Pregnant Sisters Reunited

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14 Aug 2011 11:48 AM

Amidst the craziness that was my nineteenth week of pregnancy, my thirty three week pregnant sister came for a week long visit. Prior to this visit, I had not seen her for an entire year, which is a really long time for us to go without seeing each other.

This particular sister and I are very close: close in age, close in mindset, close in goals, close in values, close in priorities, and recently close in pregnancy. When my sister discovered that she was pregnant, I was the first person she told (besides her husband of course). When I found out I was pregnant with our second child, she was the first person I told (besides my husband of course). We keep in touch through phone calls and text messages and every once in a while through e-mail and video chat, but none of these are quite as nice as seeing each other in person.

So when my sister came to visit, we had a lot of catching up to do. We lost track of time talking and spent a few hours "baby" shopping. We compared our baby bumps; at thirty-three she certainly has one and at nineteen weeks mine is barely showing. We advised one another as we tried on maternity clothes at a local boutique. We even shared a rare pregnancy craving for frozen yogurt (something we used to do as teenagers ... sharing frozen yogurt that is). We shared healthy protein rich meals and took time every day to exercise together. We visited family during which she made a labor skirt and I wrote a blog. We even spent a few hours at the local weekly farmer's market.

The week went by far too fast but we certainly took advantage of our time together as pregnant sisters reunited. Luckily we will see each other again in a couple months after her precious baby is born (at which point I will finally look really pregnant!)!

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