What NOT to say to a pregnant girl

My little brother Steven is leaving on a mission in a few weeks, and we are all going to miss him soooo much! He is such an amazing guy and we are so proud of him. His farewell was today, and my family had over some friends and family over for lunch after church.

One of the people who showed up was a guy with his wife and son who have been friends with our family for a long time. So, this being said, the man (who will remain nameless) is totally forgiven and we still love him. The way the conversation went down was a little something like this:

"So Dawnie, when's your due date?"
"May 23rd"
"NO WAY! Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure"
"That can't be right though because you are already so big and you're going to be like out to HERE!" (which he supplements by putting his arms as far away from his stomach as possible)
"Wow... Thanks. You can LEAVE now" (I said this very sarcastically so he would know I wasn't actually ordering him from the property but letting him know that he is a moron)

[note, this is the part where the poor idiot should have back peddled and apologized... But of course he didn't]

"Come on, I wasn't trying to be rude" (I promptly cut him off with)
"No, I know you weren't trying to be rude, it just comes naturally to men"

This was then followed by some more stammering where he tried to explain himself by saying how big I was and that that's the only reason he said what he did. So, realizing that his idiocy was not to be helped, I decided to give him an awkward side hug and tell him not to worry about it.


Now... as any woman who has either been pregnant or has two brain cells to rub together will tell you, pregnant women do NOT NOT NOT like comments about how big we are!!! JUST BECAUSE WE ARE PREGNANT DOES NOT MEAN WE DON'T CARE HOW WE LOOK!!! Take freaking note! So, if you make a comment about my body, it had d*** well better be one that is complimenting me rather than making me feel like a fat freak show.

Now, this post is not just directed at men. I have had a few girls comment stupidly about my body when I was pregnant with Mason. But, to celebrate people's stupidity, I thought I would list some of the stupid crap people have said to me when I was pregnant with Mason. This one today was the first one from this pregnancy, but both me and Mason were pretty huge when I was pregnant, so I got lots of idiots vying for my attention.

(a girl at church) "Wow Dawnie, you started showing like SO early! I mean you're really big!"

(a moron at the movie theater concession stand) "Woah, you've GOT to be having twins!"

(a zillion people at church near the end of the pregnancy) "You're STILL pregnant?! You looked like you were ready to pop a LONG time ago!"

(a bunch of men at church) "You're huge!"

And the one that tops them all by a mile and still makes me see red is the time I went over to a neighbor's house to show them Mason when he was 2 months old. The dad answered the door and said
"Congratulations. [then he points to my stomach and says] When's this one due?"


I don't think I realized how stupid people can really be before I was pregnant.
Now, even though this has been a mostly negative post, I will end with something positive by crediting my husband. Wynn has NEVER. EVER. Offended my appearance. Pregnant, not pregnant, PMS-ing, not showered, no makeup. No matter what my physical condition, Wynn is ever the gentleman and has never said anything to make me feel anything but beautiful. Wether or not I actually am beautiful is not the point. The point is that he's smart enough to realize that a woman needs to feel good about herself. I think this is due to the fact that he is a) smart b) has a strong sense of self-preservation and c) was heavily influenced by his older sister Marsha who taught him well. I am so incredibly grateful for a considerate and kind husband who knows that I am hard enough on myself that he doesn't need to make it any worse by pointing out things that I'm trying to improve upon anyways. If anyone else has any funny stories about morons being morons, I would love to hear them!!!

Dirty laundry

Mason has been climbing in our dirty laundry basket lately. Couldn't begin to tell you why. All I know is that he cracks us up allllllll the time. We love this kid! He has become such a fun buddy to us. I don't know what we ever did without him. Anyways, here are some cute pictures of him being goofy.