Big, Tight and Shiny

My gorgeous Marine was just promoted to Corporal on Monday, February 2, 2009! This is Joshua's third promotion during his time so far in the Marine Corps (less than two years!) so it's a very big deal, and we're all so very proud of him. He has been working so hard for our little family; and because of him, I really am the luckiest girl in the world.

Here's a snapshot from his promotion ceremony... just ignore the coke machine. lol.


According to my weekly email updates, Beckham should be weighing around 5lbs now and I totally believe it. His punches and kicks have become quite painful, and it feels like everything inside me is incredibly sore. My stomach is really starting to get big now too. I was looking at it in the mirror the other day and freaking out about how big, tight and shiny it was...haha. I decided to have Joshua take a picture of it today from the front so you can see what I mean:

I only have 6 1/2 weeks left until Beckham's due to arrive but with the way I've been feeling, I wouldn't be surprised if he came earlier. But I guess every woman feels like that near the end. I started feeling Braxton Hicks Contractions over the last couple days, and I've also been experiencing a lot of pelvic pressure. It's getting hard for me to walk and to do just about anything, especially since I'm always out of breath. I'm even hurting when I'm sitting! Joshua's been helping to pull me off of the couch when I need to get up and he insist on having me wake him up at night to help me get out of bed every time I need to pee, but I refuse to do that to him. I'm still working, but boy has that been difficult. Yesterday and today I thought I was going to pass out in the office, but I'm determined to keep going. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that he comes two weeks early because I can't imagine having to go all the way until the end of March! eek!

Here are my Belly Pics from last week and this week!