When Lara and I called each other to share the news that we were pregnant, we were both shocked to find out that our due dates are EXACTLY on the same day. Go figure, right? It has been outrageously fun to be pregnant with Lara again, I’m pretty certain we won’t be doing this again and if we do I’m guessing that, statistically speaking, we wouldn’t share the same exact due date. Nicole hosted a sprinkle for both of us at her home and it was utterly delightful to get most of the A-Town girls together to bump bellies and eat yummy food.
It also happened to be during the Seahawk’s playoff game and we had the TV on in the background, on mute, so the diehard fans wouldn’t perish out of curiosity. It actully felt like how a group of women would have a football party if no dudes were invited – tea in china cups, real conversation and not too loud outbursts. I’m going to see if Josh wants to give up his couch again next weekend. Anyhow, I dug through the HB archives and found pictures from both our showers in 2010 when we were pregnant with Thomas and Maggie. At Lara’s shower, hosted by Katrin & Deneva, I mostly remember feeling very, very uncomfortable and when I made the trek up the stairs I contemplated never going down. There was pressure EVERYWHERE. Needless to say, I had Maggie about a week later.
The photo of all of us at my shower, hosted by Charlyn, Tracy and Christina, I wasn’t nearly as uncomfortable…just blazing like marshmallow and overly warm. Four of us were pregnant on that day and our babies are now not really babies anymore. These photos represent a whole lot of history. In fact, on Deneva’s fridge is a prom picture of most of us together. It is beyond awesome and will probably never see the light of day on this blog, who needs to see 1998 again? Not me. I hardly need to see 2010 pre-Maggie.
As much as I like looking forward to the future, I also like to look to the past and see where I’ve come from. In this case, looking at these images from 2010, I can tell you exactly what has changed in each person’s life for the better: births, marriages, buying and selling of homes, job changes, and other adjustments that come with living day-to-day. I love this group of girls, they’re my people in the sweetest, simplest of ways. I’ve grown up with them, I’ve lived with almost all of them at one point or another. I love their babies just like I love them.
I’m not very good about keeping in touch with some of my favorite people, but Lara is one of those people that I’m in touch with almost as much as I am with my mom. It just works out that way ~ sending texts, quick phone conversations or letting Thomas and Maggie facetime ~ I can usually tell you what Lara is up to that day. As our due date literally rolls closer, I look forward to getting the call that her little bundle of joy is ready to make her arrival. Truthfully, when I see that Lara has called me these days, I get a bit panicked that she’s in labor. That day isn’t far away for both of us, I’m sure.
And then our daughters get to meet….just like Thomas and Maggie did for the first time:
It makes me really happy to see you all together. Wish I could have been there.
#bellybumpin2013