After I Do: Changes

What's the biggest way you've changed personally now that you're married?  How did this change come about?

The biggest personal change would be growing from being a couple to a family. Marriage didn't change our relationship as a couple because we had the foundation of a marriage before the legal "I do."  When we discovered that I was pregnant, everything shifted for us.  Our priorities changed, and now we had to focus on having another being added to our super awesome team.

Seeing Ninja for the first time on the ultrasound screen.

Physically I have changed.  Have you seen my stomach?  Sure, there's only an extra 17lbs of me physically there, but the baby keeps growing every single day.  I waddle like a penguin.  I'm a lot slower, and I take my time when I go for a walk.  My lower back can't take too much activity either.  I bet I'm stronger though.  My  body had to adapt to carrying all of this extra weight after all.

Keep in mind that this photo was taken 3 weeks ago... I'm even bigger now.

Emotionally I have changed.  Pregnancy hormones are a pain in the butt.  One moment I could be crying over the silliest thing ever, and the next moment I am super frustrated with the world.  It's like that time of the month, except times that by ten.

There is this motherly side of me that has emerged from this whole pregnancy.  Maybe it naturally comes with the hormones?  I feel the need to take care of my little Ninja in every way possible.  I want to provide him with the best environment ever, and I love the little guy so darn much.  It's crazy how attached I am to him.  While I'm not exactly ready for the hours of labor or learning how to take care of an infant, I am looking forward to meeting him.  When I talk to him, I think he is listening and actually understands me.

Technically this change affects me the most due to the whole carrying-a-child-inside-of-me part.  Looking at the whole picture, the change affects us as a couple.  It turns our family of two into a family of three.  We will need to work together to learn how to become super awesome parents to a wonderful baby Ninja.  Our responsibilities will extend beyond taking care of ourselves, and we will have an extra being to love and smother with kisses all day long.  Boy it's one heck of a change, but we take the challenge with great stride.  It's part of our adventure.  It's our family.  :)

We're always ready for an adventure!

Check out other responses from the famous bees themselves over here!

After I Do:
Finances
Changes
Children
Wedding Regrets
Name-Change Decisions
Household Chores
First Anniversary

Leave & Cleave

In-Laws

Appreciation

Disagreements

Date Night

Post w/ Content! Shocker!

A whole week of posts?  What's gotten into me?  Maybe I'm just itching to return to the blogging scene.  I'm not quite ready to get back to the full swing of things, but I'll try to keep up with my posts.  I have a whole wedding to recap, including the planning & many stories to tell.  Don't think that getting married will slow me down.  Okay, I'll admit that it did in fact slow me down.  The house is still a mess, and wedding stuff is everywhere.  Hubby asked me when I would get around to cleaning it up, and I'm just not quite ready yet.  It could just be laziness, but I think it's deeper than that.  No worries though.  H bought me a brand new spankin' laptop*, and it's my portable computing/blogging device.  Therefore, there will be more posts to come!

I'll leave you guys with a throw back moment for this weekend's viewing pleasure.  This is my cousin's wedding in New York, and I was 6 at the time.  Oh to be young and innocent.  I actually have a few memories from the day.  A bunch of kids made fun of me due to my inability to fully understand the English language (Canto being my 1st language).  These kids were Chinese too.  Sadness.  Well my cousin is all grown up with a family of her own.  I'll be visiting them soon.  San Antonio, here I come!