Jeremy & Carri Mikkelsen

So I’d say the one of the hardest things about pregnancy so far is seeing all my pants slowly get too small. I am down to two pairs of pants and feeling like I’m just getting bigger and bigger.

Other symptoms from the beginning till now (26th week):
• noxious
• bloated
• heartburn
• tired
• unmotivated
• toothpaste makes me feel ill (still does)
• throwing up because of the multivitamin
• smelling things no ordinary nose is supposed to smell, which causes me to feel ill
• emotional (not that I am not an emotional person on my own)

• pregnancy brain- I wanted to say a little something about this. I think many people think it is untrue that women somehow lack some of their normal mental capacity when they are pregnant, but I have found I am more scattered brained. I do things I would not ordinarily do like giving my brother the birthday card I bought for my sister and then not even catching it until he read it and I saw that it looked a little girly.

  Some of you know my Jeremy is very smart, but absent minded. One example of this is that he forgot to bring his phone to work one day this week and then yesterday he took both his phone and mine to work. I searched and searched for my phone thinking I was going crazy (crazier than I already am). Yesterday night I reflected on my absent mindedness and my reaction to him bringing my phone to work. I was much more graceful than maybe I usually am. I usually get upset and think, “Why can’t Jeremy keep track of these things.” And think selfish thoughts such as, “He left me with no way to call anyone while I’m home by myself.” But no, I didn’t think these thoughts this time. I thought to myself, “I do things like this.” I thought if I did the same thing, Jeremy would give me such grace, so why can’t I usually extend such grace. One thing Jeremy teaches me (but is so hard for me) is grace. God extended such grace to us by Christ’s death on the cross for our sins. I need to extend grace to all those around me, especially to Jeremy who is my best friend and loves me so much.