Impatient Mommy

I have hit that stage in the pregnancy where I am just ready to meet my baby boy. Part of it is wanting to finally get to see his little face. The bigger part is the fact that his kicks are so strong now they are becoming less cute and more painful. I am not getting much sleep now because of the aches and pains in my back and hips. Not to mention the Braxton Hix contractions are more frequent, intense, and longer in length. I know that after it is all over I'll miss the belly and sweet little kicks, but at the moment lack of sleep is making mommy very irritable.

Last Tuesday (11/23) the belly dropped and the Friday (11/19) before that the doctor and I were impressed with the fact I was already dilated. The last appointment (11/26) she confirmed that baby had dropped and that she hoped baby lasted another week before arriving so that all his organs were well formed and ready to function. This information is probably what has motivated me the most to get all my classwork done as soon as possible, also what has sent me into a nesting frenzy making sure that the apartment is ready before baby arrives.

Yesterday I had to do the hardest thing I think I've ever done. When making the schedule I had to leave my self off. Its happened before when I've asked weeks off but not to the extent that I am perfectly able to be at work and now I just get to go in and make the schedule. Who knows now I may actually go to the theater to watch movies. It may help me to relax and remember what it was like to spend time with Heath before we both became busy.

Heath and I can't wait to meet the little one. Heath continually is making sure that his work travels don't take him too far away in this unsure time as he doesn't want to miss the birth. I find it adorable how often he calls to check in when he's just sitting in the office. I have to keep reminding him that he will be the first to know when I start having contractions. I keep trying to have him write about what he's feeling at the moment, but he claims he has nothing to write about, but I find it difficult to believe. Well break time is over I need to get back to working on course work. Hopefully the next post will introduce our little one.

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Its been awhile since the last update, but since I finished my 8 weeks student teaching I've been busy trying to stay caught up on grad courses. Its becoming difficult to stay caught up with how tired I've been feeling lately. I'm just thankful that the earliest class I have is 11am otherwise I'm not sure when I would get my sleep. Heath says I sleep too long, but the doctor tells me to relish the sleep as I'm not going to get any after baby is born.

Since my last vist 2 weeks ago I have gained a total of 30 lbs poor Heath had a lot to deal with when he came home that day. Lets just say the hormones didn't take well to the fact that I weigh more than I've ever weighed before. I've come to terms with it, but I can't help when the hormones take over and Heath has been very understanding about it (at least most the time). My guess is that the stress of classes doesn't help much either.

Almost a month ago we had our first baby shower. A great friend of ours threw it for us, and did a wonderful job. We had a great turn out and got to see friends we hadn't seen in a while. Below are some of the pictures from the event.

Snacking on the patio

Opening gifts. We're all laughing becuase Heath wouldn't sit by me because he was "taking pictures" yet he wasn't taking pictures.

The delicious cake.

Playing games.

After the shower Heath and I finished putting together our "baby corner" adding the new gifts we received.

The main baby wall.

The baby corner

Our make-shift baby closet.

We're counting down the days until baby's arrival, and I'm getting a little impatient, yet at the same time don't feel as if I'm completely ready. Heath and I have a baby care workshop tonight and CPR classes two weeks from now. For now I just have to do my best to get ahead on class assignments so that I'm not behind if something happens. Oh I almost forgot I finally got my spring internship placement! I'll be at a local middle school, making it easier for me as I won't have all the travel far. Plan for Thursday is to go looking at local daycares.