Belly encounter with Becky & Kim, round 2

"When I was pregnant with Jackson, I was very fortunate that my company sent me to a conference in Portland where I was able to also visit with my two college buddies Becky & Kim. This was the first encounter they had with a pregnant Clare, and we all loved it. (It is also important to note that Kim canceled a date with the new guy she was seeing to have dinner with the 2.5 of us . . . and now they're married--that trip to Hawaii BITB and I got to go on was courtesy of them!)

Here is what we looked like in October of 2005:


Last Saturday, Ross, BITB, and I went to Portland to celebrate Becky's upcoming marriage to Dave. Kim and Justin (aka "new guy" mentioned above) were also there and everyone had a great time catching up after a few months of not seeing each other. We were also able to get a photo of the 3.5 of us. I'm about 5 weeks further along than I was in the 2005 photo:

(And they insisted I wasn't as big as I was last belly encounter . . . I think it was just the shock of a pregnant Clare back in 2005 that made them think so.)

The party was wonderful, and it was nice having a "date" with Ross (Jackson was with his grandparents getting better from an ailment) again. Most of the time I forgot I was even pregnant because BITB was calm the whole party, no kicking or rolling around. And while that disappointed Becky since she wanted to feel movement in the belly, I think it was very considerate of BITB to recognize this was Becky's party and to not take the attention away from the lady of the hour."
--Clare