Red Car Factor

I call it the 'red car' factor: after you buy a red car suddenly you notice everyone has a red car. I had my 'red car' moment this week when I received an invitation to my friend Emma's baby shower. All of a sudden I've realized that being pregnant isn't a perpetual state of being in only a short few months I'll have a baby. A real baby.

I want to think the reason I haven't really clued into this obvious detail is simply without a big bumpy presence at my waist the whole 'baby' idea is more of a wishful thought instead of an excited reality. It's quite a mind shift but one that is very, very exciting! 

Also the invitation alerted me to the fact I need to register for baby things.