Lately I have been thinking about the fact I am more than half way through with my pregnancy. Although I have been feeling good over the last few months, my ribs have started to hurt and I am getting a few more pregnancy symptoms over the last few days. I realized I had almost forgotten I was pregnant because I hadn’t had any. The nausea and fatigue had faded and I had energy to burn. I still have about a month left in my second trimester though and still feeling pretty good. I’m going to type this blog while I’m still feeling really good! LOL

So, up to this point I have to say I am enjoying being pregnant. Did you enjoy it? If so , what were some of the things you enjoyed about it? I decided to make a list of mine. Besides sharing some of my pregnancy experience with the world, this may help me when doing my baby’s scrapbook that I am making for her. So here goes:

1. I enjoy knowing there is life growing inside me.
2. I enjoy taking care of her–having a reason to really pamper and take extra care of myself.
3. I enjoy feeling the baby’s movements.
4. I enjoy shopping for good deals on cute maternity clothes
5. I enjoy watching my belly grow (since it is not unbearably huge and uncomfortable just yet). Side note: I have a very small petite frame so I know it will eventually get crowded in there and much less comfortable.
6. I enjoy eating for two.
7. I have a new idea of what is beautiful. I am going from a woman who enjoyed being thin to a woman who adores the pregnant silhouette and I think I will honestly miss my round baby belly when it’s gone.
8. I will miss preparing for something huge, even though the time spent doing this will be filled with new jobs taking care of baby once she gets here.
9. I will miss being excited about everything that is new—my first ultrasound, finding out baby’s gender, hearing her heartbeat, feeling her kick for the first time, picking out things for her room, and everything that is completely new and I will only be experiencing one time.
10. I love how excited my friends and family are too—how much we all already love her!
11. I love the unconditional love I already feel towards her and I know she loves me too.
12. I love the fact I am the mother–the one who feels the symptoms yet secretly enjoys her little movements when nobody else in the room knows she is moving. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE CARRYING HER!