I know I haven't posted at all yet this month, and I am sorry. I would use the excuse that I have been busy getting things ready for baby, but I pretty much did all of that before Christmas and now I really don't have much to do. At the beginning of the month, I made lists of things I needed to do before baby comes and things that he still needs, and I have been slowly checking things off those lists this month. I even have gone to baby classes at the hospital already. So pretty much everything is ready, I just have a few more things to do once we hit February and then we'll really be ready. For example, I plan to clean out the car and put his car seat in, deep clean all the carpets in our apartment, move the recliner into baby's room and Dan's desk into our room (I will be using Dan's muscles for this task), and packing my hospital bag and the diaper bag so we will be ready whenever it's go time. I start going to the doctor every week starting this week, so it's really starting to feel close. And if those things weren't enough to remind me that we may have a baby boy at the end of next month, my body is reminding me by giving me signs that it is getting pretty tired of being pregnant, too. Instead of being able to just roll over in bed at night, I have to use my arms and hands to push my body over because my hips and abs can't get the job done anymore. I also forget how far out my stomach reaches sometimes. Last week my stomach ran into a girl at a church activity. Lucky for me I knew her, but I was still like "oh yeah, I'm carrying a wide load around my midriff." And a few weeks ago, I was squatting down cleaning the lint out of the dryer and I just tipped over. There was no way I could stop myself, so I just let it happened. I didn't get hurt, and it was more funny than anything, but it was still weird. My ribs feel like they are being pushed out crazy far. And recently, I've just been getting so tired and fatigued during the day that even going to the grocery store makes me feel pooped and I have to rest after. It's just so weird being pregnant. But it's also cool, too. For example, yesterday while I was brushing my teeth I saw my stomach ripple when he moved. I don't really know how else to explain it, but he did it twice and it was really cool to see because I saw it in the mirror. You don't get used to feeling him move around inside you, and I know that's something I'm going to miss. But I will have a super cute little baby to look at instead, and that's definitely worth it. Five weeks left!!!
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| I had to change shirts because I was starting to stretch the other one out too much! |
Oh and this was too funny not to share: 4 weeks vs. 35 weeks pregnant. Needless to say, I've filled out a little bit.
