Fulfilling an Awful Request

With only 3 days to go before Baby D makes her debut, I'm finding myself with way too much time on my hands. I just put 14 books on hold at the library thinking that they will fill the next three days, but I know I'll probably get through one or two before Friday and who knows after that...

My sister and her husband got me a new digital camera for an awesome baby shower gift a little while back. With that gift came the obligation of taking pictures at their request to keep them updated since they live out of state. I didn't think I would mind so much. I thought I would be excited to take pictures of Baby D and to keep myself engaged in my new found love of digital scrapbooking and blogging... Then came the request:

"Hey Dean, do you have a profile pic?"

"You mean like for my FaceBook profile? Ya."

"No like a profile pic."

"Oh, you mean a side-view of me 9+ months pregnant?"

"Ya!"

"No."

"Oh."

And so came the request. After over nine months of dodging the bullet, I had come face-to-face with my pregnancy image monster. If the request had come from anyone else this post would stay in the closet with the rest of my skeletons, but since it's from my two favorite siblings who gave me a camera for just this reason, here goes:

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So there it is ladies and gentlemen. I call this image "D35" since that's how many pounds I've gained to date. I noted that you can click any of my ScrapPages to enlarge, but I don't really think it is necessary for this one! Some women love to take a profile picture every month to document the "baby's journey of growth in the womb." Not me. I was fortunate enough to have an ultrasound just about every month once I found out I was pregnant so I could track Baby D's growth without lumping my "bump" in there with her. At least I got it over with. Phew!

Finding Catharsis in a Camera,

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