belly belly belly

I have decided that I neglect this blog far too much. I am going to try really hard to update it daily - or at least daily during the weekdays. Afterall, I spend all day at a computer hooked up to the internet!

I might not have all that much to say (like this morning) - but instead of keeping all the little tidbits silent until I manage to piece them into a larger post (or forget them completely as is usually the case), I'll just attempt to post them as they arise.

So today, I will tell you about my belly.

On Monday I finally went and bought some maternity pants. It's been a long time (maybe 2 months?) since my regular pants could be worn fully zipped/buttoned up. I had been using a "belly sleeve" or "bella band" (depending on the brand) which is just an elastic/stretchy tube of fabric that goes over your undone pants, to cover up (and keep your pants from falling down) the open zipper/buttoned part, and then you wear a shirt over top, and the belly sleeve just appears to be the bottom of a shirt layered underneath your regular shirt. It's pretty fantastic, and allows you to make more use of your regular pants, BUT, I found that every time I stood up from being seated, I generally had to do some major adjusting to put things back in their proper place.

But now, with these nifty new maternity pants (1 pair of jeans, and 2 pair of slacks) I don't have to fiddle around with adjustments anymore! AND they are SOOOOO comfortable (and pretty darned stylish too!). And two more bonus points for the maternity store having a petite section, so I didn't have to do any hemming, and lastly, not one pair was more than $25! Incredible! Here I thought I'd have to spend a fortune on a temporary wardrobe to accommodate my ever expanding "speed bump."

And for those of you who many be wondering, a friend loaned me all her maternity clothes, so I was set for tops, but she's taller than I am, so none of her pants fit.

And finally, I used to have an innie. I never could quite see the very deepest part of my belly button before. But now, nearly half way through the pregnancy, the bottom of the button is quickly coming to the surface. It's nearly completely flat (not an innie), and I wonder if it will become an outie before the baby is born.