We're half way there!

Well, I'm at 20 weeks and two days now! I can't believe it. I'm feeling a little behind with everything I'd like to have done before I get too huge. I still feel like our house is not in order, and that annoys me to some degree. I was rattling off the list to Jude, of things we need to get done, and he said I was making his head hurt! ha! It's so crazy that we're going to have a baby! AND, in only 5 months! aye carumba!

I'm feeling very good however. The second trimester has treated me well. My nose is still stuffy in the morning, but I can deal with that. I had my first maternity shopping experience on Sunday. It was time to buy jeans that fit... possibly a little overdue. I had worn the same jeans pretty much every time we went anywhere, because they were the only ones that were semi-comfortable. I have to admit, I was a little bit sad when I had to walk by all of the cute, "normal sized" clothes! But I was able to find two pairs of pants and only had to pay about $20, thanks to my gift cards! woohoo! My face is still breaking out... but not as much as before. I talked to a girl at church, and she said she had the SAME experience. Then her 3rd trimester came, and she cleared right up. I'm hoping that's the case with me too.

Life at the King's home is still kind of crazy. And I'm still really trying to be positive, and not think so much about myself... but it's hard. Sometimes I feel like if I don't think about myself, then no one else will. I feel like Jude and I are so tired by the time Ty goes to bed... and so our 'quality time' is definitely something that I miss tremendously. Everyone keeps saying that "our lives would have been over soon anyway..." but I don't think they understand how very different it is. There is an order in place for a reason... and when things go out of order... it's much harder to deal with. (it's funny because the virtue this month for the kids at church is "orderliness"... kind of appropriate don't you think?) Anyway... to say the least, we are doing better... but I still find myself wishing that we just didn't have to deal with any of this. I do miss my old life, but the only way I get through the day is by not thinking about that.

Until next time... :)