Baby Gets Us Free Stuff

Sometimes having a baby in my belly attracts attention... good and bad. It's actually been kind of fun to have random people seem interested in my baby and when she's due. My favorite question so far was a lady in Walmart who asked, "Oh, are you mo' hunry?" I think I asked her, "What?" at least 3 times and finally realized she was asking if I were more hungry. I love living in the Souf.
Yesterday I unfortunately had 2 not so great comments right in a row. While waiting for James at the doctor's office, I got up to ask the secretary a question, and she was really nice to ask questions about my baby etc. and the lady in the back chimed in and said, "Oh, you're due in October? Ya, you're big like I was." Ha! What do you say to that?
After the appointment, James and I went to my new favorite sandwich spot--Firehouse Subs-- and when I walked up to order, the lady's eyes got all big and she said, "Woah, you look like you 'bout to explode!" Seriously?? Who says that? I just tried to play it off and laugh and say how I still have a couple months... and she responded, "Oh, REALLY? ... you mus' be havin a girl." I told her I was and she just looked at me with a face like "Good luck!" Well, those 2 comments right in a row didn't make me feel great, but I got over it. So what if my belly is big... my baby is growing and happy in there! At least that's what I think since she's constantly moving all over the place.

So the good attention I was speaking of happened today. I met up with a lady to sell my sheets that I posted on Craigslist. It's always interesting to meet up with people you've exchanged emails/texts with because they're always different than who you expect. Well this lady was the body builder type decked in black spandex to match her nice, big, black truck. She was super nice and we chatted for a minute about McKinney trade days and such, and I asked her what her job was because she had referred to it on the phone. She said she worked for Dymatize protein supplements (not surprising) and followed up with asking if I take protein. Ha! Do I look like I'm into working out and taking protein? At this point I was actually just relieved that I decided last minute to change out of my too tight t-shirt that said AUTISM upside down on it. I told her I actually am trying to get more protein in my diet for the baby and that I recently tried out a sample of some whey protein in the smoothies we make at home. Well, what do you know, she asked her body builder man friend to look in their truck for some natural protein for me to try. I figured she was going to give me a little packet, which was really nice, but then the guy pulled out a huge tub of strawberry protein powder! I didn't really know what to say and felt a little weird about walking away with a free 5 lb. jug of protein after she had just paid me for my sheets (with a $10 profit nonetheless). Maybe she felt sorry for me or maybe she just wanted the baby to come out ripped. I don't know. Either way, James and I felt like we got a pretty good deal thanks to Baby. Just think what kind of free stuff we could get when our cute girl is actually here! =)

So from now on, if people make comments about the size of my belly, I'm going to just tell them it's the protein powder I'm taking. Oh, and come on over for a strawberry smoothie if you live nearby. We're gonna pay it forward.