As far as my pregnancy goes this week I have to say that our girl is becoming much more active each day, and this makes me so happy. I’m not a very good pregnant lady because I worry all the time about her. I can’t go check on her, like I will be able to when she is outside of me. I know it sounds bad, but if I have not felt her move for a while it freaks me out. As Jake says, “You have to always worry about something or you’re not being Candice.” It has been wonderful to feel her moving more. She is still not giving powerful kicks yet that Jake can feel. They are so slight that it’s hard for him to tell. I think in the next few weeks he will be able to feel her much more. I sometimes think that when he puts his hand on my tummy that she intentionally stops moving around. I wonder if she thinks…”Oh no Dad put his hand on Mom’s belly. I must have done something wrong.” I think that it’s every little girl’s worst fear to make her Dad mad or upset. I just have to tell her that Dad wants to feel her move around and maybe she will do it for him.
This week I officially felt like some of my pre-pregnancy tops just didn’t look good. I told Jake that I felt like “Fat Man in a little coat.” (Tommy Boy). It’s amazing how much better that you feel when you put on a nice maternity top. I feel like I’m at that stage in pregnancy where I don’t look pregnant, but just fat. I’m sure in a few weeks that will change because my belly will turn more into a prego belly and look less like a beer belly. I'm going to start moving all my pre-pregnancy tops into boxes so I don't try to put them on. I don't want to feel bad about myself and no use in stretching them out. This is the time in my life that I can feel beautiful about the extra pounds because I'm growing a beautiful baby inside of me. What a blessing that is!
The weather has been pretty cold here this week, but I guess that is about normal for this time a year. We even got a few days of snow, but thankfully it didn’t stick around. I just can’t handle any more snow. I’m done with it for this year. We booked out vacation trip for Jake’s birthday. We are going to try and go to Germany again so that Jake can do some snowboarding, and I can do spa time. It’s not exactly the place I would have chosen for my birthday, but he has been dying to go snowboarding. It's also his birthday and his place of choice. It will also probably be out last trip before the baby is born. I’m really in need for some sun. I think my skin in thanking me for being super white and I just have to go with it. I do have to say that my skin looks much healthier since I have not been in the sun as much. I have noticed that my small crow’s feet are no longer there or at least as bad. So, there is one good thing from not being in the sun all year round. The rest of me looks pretty ill from being so white.
We also got another baby gift in the mail this week! I don’t know if I will ever not be excited to get gifts for our daughter in the mail. It’s just so wonderful to see how loved she already is. We got three very cute outfits from Grandma Sarah and Grandpa John (her great-grandparents). They are so cute and she pretty much covered us, from 3 months to 24 months. You will see how darling they are below. I guess that is about all to report for this week. I hope that everyone is having a blessed week and enjoy the pictures. I don't know if I have grown much from last week. I guess when you see yourself every day things don't seem to change much. I also posted a picture of my beautiful flowers that Jake got me for Valentine's Day. We don't get to spend the day together, so I got them a bit early.
~The Evans
A picture of Daffney that Jake thought looks super cute. I think she looks like she is in need of a haircut and bath!
My beautiful flowers.
The gifts our daughter got from her Great-Grandparents.
Some belly shots from this week~
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