I'm Not Pregnant....

...But my best friend, Amanda is! Amanda, my friend of 27 years, my matron of honor, my confidante and all-around good buddy has been trying to get pregnant for the last couple of months. She and her husband, Chris, have planned this, and being the great organized person that she is, the planning worked. I've been hoping that I would get a phone call telling me that she was pregnant. My mom spoke with her last week and asked if there was any baby news and her response was, "there's no news to share". She left me a message today to see how my job was going. I called her back and asked immediately if she was pregnant. She also said to me, "there's no news to share". Then the conversation took a turn:

Amanda: "Are you near a computer? I have the funniest e-mail to send you."
Me: "Yep, send away"
Amanda: "Okay, sent. Did you get it?"
Me: "Yeah, I got it, what is that?"
Amanda: "What does it look like?"
Me: "I don't know, a butthole?"
Amanda: "Come on, my smart friend, look at it again. Ask Sam what it looks like."
Me: "Sam, what does this look like?"
Sam: "It looks like a jellyfish....or a baby"
Amanda: "What's that last thing he said?"
Me: "A baby?"
Amanda: "Yeah?"
Me: "Oh my God! You're pregnant?!?!?!"
Amanda: "You're looking at a 5 week, 3 day fetus"

I can't convey how excited I am for Amanda and Chris. She is due on August 29th. And even though she's concerned that my writing about this may jinx it, I had to share my excitement. I wanted this to be on "paper" so that we could remember it always and tell her kid that I thought his/her first sonogram looked like a butthole! Since I wasn't expecting her to be pregnant, because she basically told me that she wasn't, and since she told me she was sending me something funny, I was completely thrown off. Had she just sent it to me with no explanation, I totally would have caught on that she was with child.

Anyway, in addition to the excitement, it's so strange to have someone this close to me going through a pregnancy. I can't wait to see her belly grow. I can live vicariously through her for the next 9 months or so. So, here's my little niece/nephew, butthole. I can't wait to be Aunt Carlye and Sam can't wait to be Sampa to another friend's baby!!