Growing and Changing

It's my 29th birthday and this pregnancy is 17 weeks along. How time flies! I've been busy working and taking care of my two sick boys this week. I'm quite honestly pretty tired today, but I figured I was due for a short photo shoot to show off this quickly growing belly. Baby is in the middle of a three week growth spurt from the size of an avocado to a large banana. Go baby go!


I've been trying to get a cardio workout 4-5 times a week and well as incorporate other exercises each week such as water aerobics, walking, biking, and prenatal yoga. It feels good to move my body and I feel the difference whenever I don't get some kind of exercise every day. 


We've been busy trying to figure out important details like, what insurance I should switch to since Michelle lost her job (I was completely covered under her plan) and solidifying details for our visit to Colorado at the end of March. Also, Lisa and Brooks have been working on our surrogacy/adoption contract to send to both our lawyers to make sure everything is clear and covered. We've found it a little hard since our circumstance is slightly more "out-of-the-box" and complicated than a gestational surrogacy, but we're keeping open minds and figuring we'll keep learning as we go. It sometimes feels like extra work to create this all-inclusive redesigned family, but it also feels so worth it. I feel like this is one of the biggest growing opportunities of my life. It's teaching me so much about who I am and how I relate to pregnancy as a mother, birth worker, on a personal level, spiritual level, and now inhabiting this body that is growing a new life that is part of me, but not mine. Pregnancy like I have never experienced before, and most likely never will again. And I love this little person and the way we are so intricately connected. 

Here's to more growth, more reflections, and more invaluable life lessons! I love all the people who have chosen to do this life with me and feel empowered by the journey.