Yummy Watermelon

Doesn't that picture just make your mouth water? I love the wonderful fruits and vegetables of summer, but one of my absolute favorites this year has been watermelon - yum! I like to chop the whole thing up into bite-sized pieces and put it in a tupperware in the fridge so I can pull it out on a whim and enjoy cold, juicy, delicious cubes of watermelon...wish I had one right now.

So the funny thing about watermelon these days, unlike the watermelon from my childhood, is that they are almost always seedless. I have discovered that this is a nice perk and seems to make it that much more enjoyable to savor the flavor without bothering with the seeds. I didn't even realize how convenient this was until last week when I bought one that happened to have seeds in it. When I asked Andrew if he wanted some for dinner he jokingly said, "Yes, but can you take out all those annoying seeds for me?" Oh, how convenient our lives have become...

Okay, now the third, and last thing I will say about watermelons is this: I look very much like I swallowed one whole, don't you think?

38 Weeks

Compare to the picture in the same outfit 8 weeks ago to see the dramatic difference of the last couple months...yikes. Having such a "large and in charge buddha" (magilla gorilla quote:)) has definitely made me consider some things I will not take for granted in the future. Just a few of those things being:

• Having an innie belly button (look, you can see it sticking out in the picture above)
• When I drip food (like juicy watermelon) and it lands on the table instead of on my belly
• Being able to roll over in bed without a ridiculous amount of moaning and groaning
• Being able to get up out of bed without first rolling over onto all fours (seriously, you try doing a sit-up with a whole watermelon in your stomach!)
• Being able to wear my own workout clothes on my morning walk instead of my pajama pants and Andrew's large t-shirts (you know, the ones where the "short sleeves" come down to my elbows - so attractive. Just one of the many reasons it's wise to get married before you get pregnant)
• Being able to go to the grocery store without every little kid gawking and shouting loudly, "look Mommy, that lady has a baby in her belly!" Actually, I think that's pretty cute but I certainly hope they stop saying that by at least a month or two postpartum!

What an intense and wonderful journey this pregnancy has been. We're getting excited to meet our little girl.