8 months in, 8 months OUT

  

At the end of this week, we'll celebrate Carter's 8-month birthday.

It occurred to me today that as of sometime this coming week,

he will have lived more of his life outside of me than he did inside.

 It's unbelievable how much faster time has flown since his birth.

I went back into my photo archives this afternoon

and found my monthly pregnancy photos.

These were on display at my baby shower, but I'm

posting them here for some of my out-of-town

friends and family that never got to see me pregnant

and have asked to see these.

Month 1

Late October

Just found out.  Not sure what to think...

November

Hyperemesis Gravidarum in full swing.

Weighing 12 pounds less than the previous month.

Days of failed attempts before I could get out of bed for this pic.

December

Still sick as a dog, but starting to get excited

after seeing ultrasound pics that looked like a real baby!

January

Trying my hardest to keep down as many calories

as possible each day.  Still struggling, though.

Michael built a snowman and brought it inside for me.

February

Medication finally started to kick in and I was able

to keep the nausea under control most of the day

and start gaining some real baby weight!

March

Gaining weight like crazy.  For the first time

since October, I was able to leave the house

for something other than doctor appointments!

April

Feeling great most of the day every day.

So excited about our baby boy to be!

May

The last picture of Carter on the INSIDE.

I didn't think it was possible to love him more.

Until I saw him.

Unfortunately we never got to take a 9-month picture

because Carter was born almost 3 weeks early.

We had a beach ball and sand pail all ready to go, too!

Oh, well.  Better to have a happy healthy baby than

a complete set of pictures, right?

The quality of these pictures is awful, I know, but we

didn't have a decent camera at the time and I was way

too sick most of the pregnancy to even shop online,

let alone actually go out camera shopping.

I'm still glad we did them, since this will likely be my

only pregnancy and as miserable as I was for the vast

majority of it, it was still completely miraculous.

As unflattering as they may be,

I will treasure these pictures forever!

Linking up with Sunday Snapshot

at Ni Hao Y'all.