Continual State of Becoming

We've already found out (through a blood test that analyzes trace amounts of the baby's DNA found in my blood and that wasn't offered during my other pregnancies, my how much has changed in a few short years) that we're having a girl this time!

Week 34:  5 minutes in the backyard I'm trying to get back into my usual photography routines now that I'm kind of feeling better (although I felt terrible for most of yesterday).  I took a few shots while I was in the backyard getting the dog back inside.  I kind of wish we had more flowers to take pictures of, but I try and make the best of what we do have.

So I'm now officially 14 weeks pregnant.  Which means I am solidly in the second and supposed-to-be best of the 3 trimesters.  Despite having started this blog well before starting a family I have never ever really written anything about what it's like being pregnant (because I usually feel sick the whole time and who wants to hear about that).  But I decided to change that today.  I'll write about it, at least a little bit. First of all, it's crazy.  Things change immediately.  My first tip that I was pregnant this time came when I went for my usual 10 mile run one Sunday (happened to be Mother's Day), and I STRUGGLED to finish a flat, easy, and extremely slow 7 miles.  I was dying, it was by far the worst I have ever felt during a run and I had no idea why.  I had a great run the week before, and I didn't really have any aches/pains/injuries... I just, for whatever reason, found it incredibly difficult to put one foot in front of the other. ...

I've let my Project 52 go for the last few weeks (or many weeks as the case may be).  But I'm hoping to get back into it now that (I hope) the worst of my morning sickness has finally passed.  Here are a few shots I did manage to take over the last month or so, so we'll call these weeks 28-33.  Next week I plan on picking up with Week 34.  I miss using my camera.