Good evening everyone! Sorry it has been an entire week since you have gotten to be engrossed in my adventures. Just kidding...consider yourselves lucky to have been spared the details of this last week. It was not bad, but it was not anything to blog about. Basically I cleaned, organized the pantry, the kitchen cabinets, took the Dyson apart to clean it, etc. There were some delicious meals again this week, but I failed to document them for you all. They included a repeat of the pulled pork, a delicious homemade chicken parmesan, and a creamy chicken chili with some jalapeno cornbread from scratch. Thursday morning I had a visitor from my first trimester return, my old friend nausea stopped by and to overstay her welcome. This combined with a couple other symptoms and the always wise, self-diagnosing, internet search sent this little mama into an anxious state of my sweet baby girl is coming soon and I'm not ready. I rapidly took the remaining meat I had in the fridge for crockpot meals to the freezer because I did not want it to spoil. I put the pack-n-play/bassinet together, put more in the hospital bag, and made a list of items I still need to purchase to feel "ready." Then I proceeded to put myself on light duty and went for a pedicure in an effort to keep her in the oven longer. Pretty toes are obviously a necessity for this major life event.
Saturday I celebrated the 36 week milestone with a women only breast feeding class and my dear friend, Danielle's, baby shower. I will say this class was not the best, most informative one I have attended yet, but I did learn some things and practiced the positions to ensure a successful latch. Daniel had to work, as he has had to do a lot this past week, so he was fortunate enough to miss the boob made out of stuffing and panty hose as well as the lovely videos of boobs and more boobs. He also missed skiing again. I feel awful that he is missing all this prime powder time and yet I was proud that I had not forced him to attend the class with me and endure some of the awkward embarrassment it offered. Silly I know. I am having a baby and yet I still felt a slight blushing sensation while watching videos of breasts just out in the open and aiming the fake boob at the fake baby's nose and going "tickle, tickle." Talk about enjoying all of the little moments.
I find myself in quite a predicament these days because I am extremely uncomfortable most of the time and I want to meet our baby girl so badly. Patience has never really been a virtue I possess and this case it certainly is no where to be found. However, I know the longer she stays on the inside, the better it is for her and I do want the best for her. This morning I woke up and made the decision that I was finished complaining about these un-pleasantries and I was going to remember how blessed I am to be healthy, loved, safe, secure, and pregnant. Really I have nothing to complain about when it comes to this pregnancy. I have somehow managed to stay pretty well within the recommended weight gain, I have not had morning sickness, I can still wear my wedding ring and I have not had to endure any swollen body parts yet, aside from the obvious belly. More importantly our baby girl has received fabulous, healthy reports each time we went to the doctor and for that I could not be more thankful. Sadly my goal this morning did not last very long because the nausea was really bad and I am human and pregnant. Oh well I am not giving up. I will be trying to focus on the positives and distract myself for what hopefully will not be much longer. (smile)
Tomorrow starts a new week and while trying to maintain my goal of staying on budget, I will be doing more organizing, cleaning, cooking, reading, window shopping, etc. Really I will be pursuing any and all tasks that do not require me spending any unnecessary funds. It is not as boring as it may sound and you may be thinking, "really how much more can you clean and organize?" Trust me with a nesting mentality and all that has been let go while I was working, there is no shortage of things to do in those areas. I am incredibly anxious for Tuesday because we go to the doctor for the our big exam and ultrasound to see if I am progressing. Prayers for progress people. Not to complain or rush her, I just always enjoy moving forward haha Well I'm going to go for now and I'll try to get creative with my activities this week to ensure more posting. Have a great week!!
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