Close Encounters of the Pregnant Kind

I have found that something about a pregnant lady makes people say things that they wouldn't normally say. And, then of course, there is also a sudden decrease in personal space awareness. I am almost not surprised anymore when a stranger puts her hand on my belly for a prolonged amount of time in a public restroom while she tells me horror stories about delivering the 15th of her 17 children. Here are a few of my favorite encounters:

1. An elderly man came over to me at the grocery store in the produce section looking very stern and asked me if I was trying to steal a watermelon. (He then broke into a semi-toothless grin.)

2. A kindergartner came running up to me while I was on recess duty, put her hand on my tummy and said, "Mrs. Dainty! I just saw your belly MOVING! Is that your baby? Is she having recess, too?"

3. Lucy (our dog) gave me several annoyed glances as she tried to snuggle up to me while we were watching TV and kept getting nudged in the face by the little squirt as she did her evening dance.

I have 8 more weeks to collect these stories. Maybe I'll send them into Reader's Digest...who knows, maybe one would get published and win me $20!

Snow and Sesame Street

We woke up to sooooo much snow! The kind where you can't get the back door open and you have to shovel your way to the garage to get to the snowblower. Leah and Lucy were both pretty amazed - the snow is deep enough to swallow them both up! We played in the snow while Ryan, bless his heart, began excavating our house. Leah helped shovel us out for a while. What a trooper! Another recent fun event was going to see "Sesame Street Live" on New Year's Eve. We saw Elmo, Grover, the Count, and all of Leah's favorites. The music was pretty awesome - my favorite was a medley of "I love trash" and "We're moving trash," which is a song about decomposition sung by an R&B Beetle. Very fun - Leah was mesmerized.

Anonymous said…

reader's digest pays much more than 20 bucks! send them in!

the old man in the grocery store sounded very sweet and i can just picture him laughing at his joke. :)

the kindergartener is also very sweet.

September 11, 2008 at 5:54 PM

Mrs. Johnson's 4th grade said…

nikki,
those are so funny! what a good idea to put them on the blog...then you'll always remember them :) eli was kicked too... :) poor dogs.
one of the girls at my school always asked if my baby was having a circus in my belly :)

September 12, 2008 at 11:08 AM

when i was pregnant with amber, alison went up to our neighbor, who was quite overweight, and said, "my mommy has a baby in her belly---how many babies do you have in yours!!!!!!!"

September 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM

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