thoughts on pregnancy: *almost* 26 weeks

{almost 26 weeks photo}

hi!  i'm closing in on 26 weeks and dare i say, looking it?

i'm feeling really great, i only have two more weeks of the second trimester, but am feeling pretty mobile and relatively normal.  well, if normal now includes feeling kicks from inside my body and this might be an overshare, but having a belly button that is halfway stuck out.  kinda thought that wouldn't happen to me, but what do you know!?

i've been enjoying all that pregnancy has to offer... eating for two (this picture was taken right after good earth...yum), running (ahem, shuffling) around the lake, getting a little sympathy here and there for my many curious ailments (nausea, overheating, heartburn, leg cramps, constantly spilling things on my shirt because my belly is in the way of the floor...).  i continue to find pregnancy a little liberating (your stomach is actually supposed to be big!) and meaningful.  cheesy!