Sometimes I forget...

There are still days when I'll see a woman with a beautiful bump in the corner of my eye and feel my heart squeezed tight in an all too familiar way. For a brief moment it knocks the wind out of me. The moment after I suddenly realize I've caught a glimpse of my own reflection.

Infertility is not cured by pregnancy. The soaring happiness I feel over the life growing inside of me is so fragile and comes with such deep fear. I cherish every second of this miracle but fear that any moment things can go wrong. It's exhausting. And I wouldn't change it for the world.

Thursday is our anatomy scan. I'm thrilled with the thought of seeing Bubba again and excited to find out what flavor he/she is. At the same time I'm absolutely terrified, hoping with all my being that our little Bubster is healthy and growing strong.

What do you think? Is Bubba a boy or a girl?

While I write a post about The Big Reveal Dinner...

Here's all my belly shots so far - all but two taken on Saturday or Sunday before breakfast. The first one is taken only a few days before Week 5, and Week 13 is taken in Sweden after a giant breakfast and I'm obviously bloated and look about 6 months pregnant.

Promise to tell you all about The Dinner soon :)

Perfect Moments

What can be better than this?

Walking around the fields of wheat on a sunny day with my dog as only company.

K-boy getting whiff of something interesting and taking off in a frenzy. Watching him disappear for a second in the tall straws only to see him bounce back up the moment after. Down. And up. And down.

Finding my two babies snuggled up together at the end of an exciting day.

Life is pretty good.

Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Rome, May 2010

The Colosseum - Flavian amphitheatre completed 80AD under Emperor Titus

Piazza Navona - Fountain of Neptune by Antonio Della Bitta 1878

The Pantheon - temple of all the gods - 126AD

Tre Scalini at Piazza Navona - Scrumptious pasta

View after climbing the 138 steps of The Spanish Steps

Original Caffe Latte

Street art

Tre Scalini waiters

The Pantheon at night

The Trevi Fountain - I threw a coin for all of us but wasn't allowed to do a "Dolce Vita"

Sunday morning stroll along the river Tiber

View of St. Peter's Basilica from the river Tiber

St. Peter's Basilica

Nuns in St. Peter's Basilica

The line to get in to the Vatican Museum

Raphael's School of Athens 1511

Michelangelo's Creation of Adam inside the Sistine Chapel - NO PHOTOS ALLOWED heeheehee

Anti Pasti

View of the Alps flying back from Rome

I love Rome. 

L.O.V.E.