I think this pic speaks for itself...

I am definitely not, but here we are regardless. :D

We’ll call this baby-to-be the earthquake baby – when Mike and I were evacuated from Japan due to the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown trifecta, the med-group here gave us exactly 30 days worth of meds…meaning one more pack of birth control pills for me.  And, since we were gone for 30 days…well, you can see how well that worked out for us once we got back to Nihon (Japan).

I received that daunting extra pink line on Mother’s Day at 4am and promptly returned to bed to stare at Alan until he woke up and asked what was going on and why I felt the need to stare so intently at him at such an early hour.  My response, and you should read this sarcastically because that’s exactly how I said it: “I’m pregnant…Happy Mother’s Day to me.”  Alan just smiled, pulled me into one of his bear hugs, chuckled a little while murmuring something about him having super sperm complete with their own red capes and then fell back asleep.  I have to hand it to him…not much can phase him.  I, on the other hand, had to get up out of bed because I couldn’t sleep anyway.

I’m certainly not ready, Alan definitely is and I think Mike might be more in my camp.  He’s a ham and loves the attention on him, he pushes puppies and kittens out of my lap so that he can sit there himself.  Actually, he just sits on top of them to make them move so I’m a little worried what’s going to happen when this new one comes and is attached to me for the majority of the day.  But…people do it everyday I suppose and everything works out.

If I wasn’t experiencing some of the exhaustion that was also present with Mike, I might doubt that I’m actually pregnant.  I feel fine otherwise, but it’s still very early – only 5 weeks in.  I’m sure though, as my belly grows…and grows…and then grows even when I’m sure there is no possible way it could grow anymore, that I’ll feel more pregnant.

My guess is that this one is a girl, because she’s already a pain. ;)  Coming exactly when she wants to…wether it’s convenient for everyone else or not.

Thanks to Lauren Sokal for Mike’s awesome shirt!