a 30 week baby bump

oh how this little fella' is growing. hopefully big and strong. do you think frozen yogurt and resees peanut butter cups help with that? i am hoping so! :)

this belly is a very funny thing.

i will feel it stretching 

(literally. i feel my insides pulling.)

every time it does ... i have a panic attack.

then, a week or maybe 10 days will go by and

i don't feel anything and i get used to my belly.

then i start lookin' in the mirror thinkin'
"dang girl, your belly is tiny!!"

then ... the process happens all over again.

 i stretch for days. panic. 

adjust. 

stretch.

panic.

adjust.

it's kind of a fun game.

daron is prob glad that there is an end in sight though ...

tradition has started that every night daron and PAT

have, what we call,

"tummy time"

we are both obsessed with trying to figure out what body parts

we are feeling. 

daron thinks he knows ...

i can't tell at all.

constant hiccups are PAT's new thing ...

those haven't been my fav. 

but daron keeps telling me it's a good thing he is hiccuping.

i'm not sure why.

i just feel so bad for the little tyke.

i mean, who likes the hiccups?

with all the good and bad, i can already tell i am going 

to miss being pregnant.

the experience, thus far, has truly been surreal

and more than anything i could have imagined.

it really has exceeded my expectations

in all aspects.

i've never been more proud to be a woman

than at this time in my life right now.

i am so incredibly grateful.