Monday, July 21, 2014

Who Does This Body Belong to Again?

My body is doing some pretty amazing things. Like hiding my bellybutton from me. Seriously, I can't even tell if I have one anymore. And preventing any hair from falling out. It's incredible. The hair I find in the shower or clean off bathroom counters is about 1/2 inch long and very dark. HA! JR! My body grows my fingernails fast enough that I have to cut them every 5 days just to stay sane (thank you Rhonda's Piano Studio for creating a lover of short fingernails). My feet have grown over three half sizes, I never get acne, my skin tans without burning or peeling, my body rejects the gallon of water I chug everyday in the form of acid reflex, and the moles! Don't get me started on the moles...

And speaking of feet... Mine are referred to by me as elephant feet, and husband has lovingly nicknamed them "The Hooves." It makes me laugh hysterically every time. This whole experience with my feet growing really has me in awe of human skin. Like, I didn't even know I had that much on my feet, let alone that it could stretch so much. I really think the hooves should have some stretchmarks to show for the work they've been doing. I wear compression socks a lot to help with the swelling, and the other day when I took them off this is what I found:


THAT. Ladies and gentlemen, if you couldn't tell, is the Nike logo imprinted on my feet. Haha! 

Despite all the crazy things my body is doing, I'll tell you what, I'm kind of in love with baby hiccups. And it makes me laugh every time Michael Blake stretches out on a single side of my belly and makes me look like Quasimodo, if you picture the hunchback in the front. Sometimes I get teary when I hear his little heartbeat, and I can't help but think what a miracle it is to be a part of creating a little human.

Also, if anyone else tries to call my feet anything other than feet, I will probably be delivering a child in the Utah State prison system.

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