tonight, as travis lay asleep next to me, i am reminiscing. i am watching old videos of sylvie when she could barely hold her head up. when she had thick, black hair. when her mightiest cries couldn't rival a kitten's meow. i am looking through old pictures of me in various stages of pregnancy. i am laughing at the pictures in my 2nd trimester when i really thought i had a full-on bump. little did i know. these pregnancy pictures are some of my very favorites. they are not in order, but they are all from trimesters 2 and 3.
what a peculiar thing, to have been pregnant. it still blows my mind to think that my chubby-cheeked, thunder-thighed 8 month old once lived inside of me. she was my whole world, but the world knew nothing of her. i was so in love with someone i had never met. i am more in love with her now that i have met her, known her, and become her mama.
awww....i remember all these pictures. i was especially envious of your hair in the first photo. you look great with short hair, and it's not something i can pull off. :)
Posted by: Deanna | 04/15/2011 at 08:15 AM
Truly amazing. It's amazed me every time. And that love...it's amazing too.
Posted by: Alisha | 04/15/2011 at 10:51 AM
It's baffling that the smell of your baby's hair can feed the soul in the way that it does.. I couldn't imagine that when I was pregnant.
Posted by: LindseyKayC | 04/15/2011 at 01:32 PM
Deanna-Thanks so much! Short hair was a lifesaver at 8 months pregnant during the hottest summer on record!
Alisha-All of it is amazing.
Lindsey-I couldn't either, but you are so right.
Posted by: sara without an h | 04/15/2011 at 03:04 PM
I really love this post.
Posted by: Emily O. | 04/15/2011 at 03:13 PM
Great post :)
I look at my baby sometimes and it doesn't seem like she is the baby that was inside me? The little kicking bean. I miss that baby... the unknown feeling of it. Does that make sense?
Love the pictures.
Posted by: Michelle J | 04/16/2011 at 09:51 PM
Michelle-That completely makes sense. The unknown of it was both scary and exciting, like a natural 9 month high. I miss that feeling, too. Though, there is still so much I can't know about her until she's older!
Emily-Thanks! I had a wonderful time catching up with you yesterday!
Posted by: sara without an h | 04/17/2011 at 02:09 PM
I seriously think about this all the time! Isn't it amazing to think that we once carried these miraculous little people INSIDE of us? It blows my mind.
Posted by: Jess | 04/17/2011 at 09:57 PM
It blows my mind, too. In the best possible way.
Posted by: sara without an h | 04/18/2011 at 01:29 AM
Aawww, this is how I remember you best, all cute & preggers. You took the sweetest photos along your journey!
xo,
hb
ps: i finally figured out how to put a button grabber link our la blog if you'd like one! :)
Posted by: Hillary Brooke | 04/19/2011 at 09:25 AM
Aw thanks, Hilary! I'm going to head over and grab your button now! <3
Posted by: sara without an h | 04/19/2011 at 02:05 PM
this is when i first met you! awww, we've been friends for so long!
Posted by: allie (and HENRY!!) | 04/21/2011 at 03:48 PM
We have been friends for a long time. You were the first blogger I met that I grew to consider a friend. <3
Posted by: sara without an h | 04/21/2011 at 09:18 PM