Even though I have been pregnant 5 times in the past 7 1/2 years there are not a whole lot of pictures of me actually being pregnant. Part of that is because I’m the mommy and that’s who is usually taking the pictures and another part of that is because I looked like this…

 This was very close to the end of my 5th pregnancy. I know. HUGE. I was huge and I look even more giant since Katie (age 6) was the photographer and so I look like a giant with a monster belly! At first I thought about deleting this picture, it is not at all flattering, but then I realized that huge belly carried my sweet Jonah!

I don’t know if you can make it out but that scale says 6 lbs. 13.5 oz. They wrote him down as 6 lbs 14 oz.  So what I had here was the smallest baby I had ever had and the biggest belly I had ever had.  Doesn’t seem right does it?

Yes, I get down about my weight. I would love to lose some, feel more comfortable in my clothes, not look 4 months pregnant.  But I’ve also got to keep things in perspective. 

I have a healthy baby boy. He’s nursing well, gaining weight, already rolling over and smiling and cooing.

I have close friends who have suffered from miscarriage and have heard many stories recently of pregnancies ending in a stillborn baby or severe birth defects. 

Perspective. Appreciating how God has blessed me again and not complaining and focusing on the negative. I have so much to be thankful for as we enter this new year.