It’s hard to believe that Ms. Madison is going to be here about 12 weeks. What? Weren’t we just counting down the days to Week 13 when we could tell everyone that we were expecting? And now, here we are at the end of summer, school starting today, our baby shower less than a month away and fall just around the corner.
The last few weeks have been challenging.
I’ve been working crazy hours on a special project, which is both fulfilling and exhausting.
I sneezed and jacked up my tailbone (I wish I was kidding) and was in some serious pain for about a week – still not fully recovered, but at least I can get in and out of a car without crying.
My feet are reacting to the humidity and have gone from cute & petite to massive club-like stumps that don’t fit in my shoes.
Did you happen to hear that we experienced an earthquake last week? Yep, and a hurricane went through last night, though I’m so thankful that neither caused damage or really impacted us much. I do happen to prefer living in an area known more for blizzards than these other scary natural disasters!
I’ve been trying to go on walks when I can, just to keep in some sort of shape that isn’t completely round, but now that I get a crazy side-stitch feeling the whole way across my stomach when we do that, it’s not as much fun. Yoga isn’t a great option now either, since I get this crazy blood-rushing-to-my-head awful feeling the second I lower my head. Good times 😉
I had the oh-so-fun glucose test (finding out the results of that in a week). Because, really, who doesn’t want to chug (they gave me 5 minutes) a flat orange sodaish thing at 7:45 in the morning? Sick. Praying my results are ok so I don’t have to do that again!
I’ve been feeling “big & blah” – just not really myself, and that’s been hard. Oh the glamour. I just can’t stand it {wink}
The silver lining? Madi, our wiggle worm, has been so fun and bouncy lately! I love when Matt puts his hand on my stomach and talks to her and she wiggles around (or, more often than not, calms down immediately. Maybe because he’s so warm? Regardless, I’m definitely going to have him try that trick when she’s here & fussy!). I always thought I would be completely creeped out about a little human making my stomach jump, but I love it. So. Much.
Given all of those things, I’m so incredibly thankful for this opportunity. We have a lot coming up in the next 12 weeks (doctors appointments, baby showers, touring daycare centers, finishing the nursery, childbirth classes, etc.) and I just pray that God would give me energy when I need it and the chance to relax when I should.
