Big FAT melon

Weeks 33-36 (Month 8): Honeydew
Hayden's senses are continuing to improve -- when light peeks in through my (extremely) stretched belly, his tiny eyelids and irises blink and dilate. And, he can now recognize and react to simple songs… time to start practicing my lullabies! OR NOT. Poor kid would be mortified. Growth (at least INSIDE my womb) is starting to slow, and I may notice Hayden descend into my pelvis at the end of this month. Actually, I already feel like he has. I don't expect I will be pregnant much longer. Thank goodness the hospital bag is already ready.

Yesterday Adam and I went to have our "belly" photos taken. The photographer was really sweet, but needs to be a little sensitive about how she talks to her pregnant clients. I took what she said with a grain of salt, it was clear she was oblivious that some of the comments she made while we were in session could be perceived the wrong way. I knew she wasn't being malicious though...and that really she was just clueless. So she says to me when we get there "how far along are you?" And I tell her 33 weeks, and she says "Really? WOW! You look like you're 38!" Ummmm....okay...not really sure how to react to that. I see Adam try to hide his choking.

The next thing she says wouldn't be as meaningful unless I told you that she was a little heavier herself. Bigger hips, bigger thighs, square flat butt...probably doing most of her shopping at Lane Bryant ( wow do I sound like the bitch now)...I'm not passing judgement, she was a pretty girl, she is just a bigger girl....and I'm not the one that threw out the comment, mind you. So she says while we're in the session and she's positioning me "we have the same frame". I just kind of tried to hide my looking at her like she was insane. I think Adam was ready to fall over and suffocate. If only my mind had a bigger mouth. I was so floored I just didn't really say anything. But I was thinking to myself "NO! WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME FRAME! REALLY! I am just pregnant! And if one more person implies that I am FAT I am going to gouge their eye balls out!"

We go back to look at our pics on Thursday. Big FAT momma pictures to follow. I'll try to keep from strangling the photographer, and stuffing her body into one of those big lights she used to highlight all my cellulite.