I'm feeling pretty good pregnancy wise, but it seems that the wonderful effect of the hormones are now causing me crazy nightmares which is making it pretty difficult to get much sleep. Thankfully, we decided to get a new bed for our anniversary so that's definitely helping in the comfort arena! Speaking of our anniversary, it's this Sunday, Sept. 5th. That's 5 years for us! I cannot believe it's been that long, it's flown by so quickly!! I'm so grateful to have a husband like Steven through all this crazy pregnancy business. He's mr. patient when my moods go crazy and he's super understanding when I wake him up at 3 in the morning because I've tripped on something coming back from the bathroom or throw-up in the middle of a restaurant or wake him up all night long because of nightmares, etc. You can imagine what fun I've been to be around! He's going to be the best dad ever because he's such a trooper through all things crazy!
I am stressing about things a little bit more now than I was even last week. I keep getting asked by lots of people A) If I'm nervous about having the baby (uh, yeah, who wouldn't be??) B) what I'm going to do about my job (I don't know yet, government funding isn't something you can predict!) C) If I can actually believe I'll be a mother in just a couple of months (nope, can't believe it yet, but I'm sure I will believe it the minute she arrives!) and D) what we are going to do about living in a one-bedroom apartment (we'll stay here until we know our financial situation, she's not that big anyways, right?). I understand why people ask all these questions, but it really isn't helpful to new mothers to be questioned so much about things that are mostly beyond her control! I know everyone means well, but it doesn't keep the stress levels down at all. All my pregnant first time moms hear me out there?? :)
On to the less emotional side of things......
Baby is the size of a squash now and getting bigger and bigger by the second!
She's still moving and kicking although I think she's getting a little bit more cramped in there because her kicks don't pack quite the punch they used to. Sometimes she just jams her foot (or knee, elbow, hand, etc) straight up and it makes my stomach look very odd shaped until she relaxes again. It's quite the strange sensation!
Life is pretty much the same for us. We've been slowly preparing for her arrival by organizing every square inch of our apartment. I've gone a little off the deep end as far as cleaning goes, here's a picture of Steven helping me scrub the entire kitchen floor on our hands and knees:
I finish this quarter of school on Sept. 13th and am really excited to be done and start focusing on preparing more for her arrival!
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