She's Sick ...

...and she swears she's not faking it.

For the last couple of weeks as we've alerted people to Emily's condition, our friends and family members have asked "how's she feeling?" We've been blessed to be able to answer that she has not really been sick at all.

We forgot to knock on wood.

I have been married to Emily for 4 years. She has worked full time for most of those years. I think in all that time, she has missed one full day and one half day because she was sick. I think it has a lot to do with her upbringing, because she and her siblings have all kinds of perfect attendence certificates and t-shirts from the public schools. Emily does not stay home without a good reason.

I was never like that. When I was a kid I'd fake sick all the time. I'm not sure why; I remember mostly enjoying school. (How else can you explain my refusal to graduate and get a job?)

Well, it looks like the Wignall that is growing insider Emily is starting to take over: she stayed home from work yesterday.

It's surprising to us because she's at the end of her first trimester and most of what we've read indicates that the sick stage is supposed to end with the first trimester, not begin with the second. I guess that's just one more piece of evidence that every woman handles pregnancy differently.