firsts

I have been thinking lately about how happy I am to be pregnant, and how I will never quite have this experience again. Yes, I will most likely get pregnant again, but never for the FIRST time. It is all so new and exciting. Kind of like a lot of firsts... first kiss, first date, first wedding (not that I plan on another), first time driving, first time going to school, to college, first time being in love, first time traveling out of the country, I could go on and on. And although you might do any of these again and love the experience, the anticipation and uncertainty of the first time ever doing it cannot be repeated. And I love having new experiences, including pregnancy. I don't know what it will be like to be super huge and swollen yet, I don't know what it will be like to give birth, and most importantly, I have no idea what it will be like to see my child and love it (many have tried to explain the unconditional love you instantly feel, but since I have never had a child I don't really know what that is like).

To say that I am excited is an understatement, and if you know of my impatience, then you know it is killing me to only be 18 weeks!! ahhhh! And I can barely wait one more day to find out the sex (luckily its tomorrow).

***and in the spirit of all things Mormon, like having children, I made my first loaf of bread today! (it is still rising)