7 Months

First things first... today I am 7 months pregnant!! That still blows my mind. And tonight we are touring the hospital. Well, not the entire hospital, but the maternity part. I am really excited to see where this baby is going to be born. And see the chair Nathan will be sleeping in. ;)

Now I'd like to take a couple minutes and address the future of this blog. Well, not just the future of this blog but the future of my Facebook account. I feel like I have reached a point where I'm a little tired of internet influence relationships. Now don't get me wrong... I have loved sharing my journey with you guys! And this blog has been a really, really great way to keep my friends and family informed. But, I think I want to start focusing on the real relationships in my life. Email and Facebook have offered some new connections with people I may otherwise no longer be in touch with. But, a real relationship or friendship cannot be limited to text on a computer screen. It takes effort, phone calls, lunch dates.

I feel like my friend Caroline is a perfect example of a real friendship. We became really close back when Caroline and I were both engaged to our now husbands. We lived in the same town, both getting married at a young age, our husbands were cousins... We had a lot in common. Here we are probably six years from when our friendship first formed. We have lived far away from Caroline and Eric now for almost five years, yet she is still one of my closest friends. She even has two young kids now, and we still manage to talk on the phone maybe once a week or every two weeks. We always have something to say to one another. And when we do get to visit... we are able to pick up as if we were never apart. And over the past five years, Caroline has been such a great friend to me. She sent flowers after our move to Kentucky. She has expressed her friendship through cards, she sent an Edible Arrangement when we found out we were pregnant... And not that it is about a friend buying you stuff... but she was always let me know she was there. And I don't think I can say I have been as good a friend to her as she has been to me. And I'm really going to make it a point this year to let Caroline know how much I cherish our friendship because I think a true friend like that is rare.

Getting back to my point... While I do enjoy Facebook, seeing pictures of my friends and their babies, I'm really thinking about deleting my Facebook once Baby M is born. And I'll still probably blog occasionally, but I think it'll be much less about my random thoughts and more about family updates. I want the people who see my baby grow up to be people who are actually in his life... not just on her mommy's Facebook. Now... I might also keep my Facebook, but drastically cut my friends down to real life friends only. We'll see... but I just thought I'd share my thoughts on how my 'internet' presence will be changing over the next 84 days. And at the risk of stating the obvious.... I have a feeling once I have my baby in my arms... Facebook will no longer be on my mind.