Monday, August 8, 2011

Let the countdown begin!

We're less than a month now!  These past few months have just flown by.  We are both extremely excited and anxious for the expected arrival of our little peanut.  We're at that point where she could decide to come at any moment.  We are ready....in the sense that the baby's room is good to go, we've got all the necessities and we've had 9 months to wrap our head around this all.  But I'm not sure I'm ready to give up sleep ;)  She will be worth all the sleepless nights and I can't wait to meet her!

All the last month pregnancy woes are kicking in:
The dreams have begun - I dream about her most nights.
Swelling - UGH, I'm starting to get little potato feet.  And I'm at the point where I'm going to stop wearing my rings because they were on the verge of not coming back off at the end of the day.
Heartburn - I get heartburn from drinking water :(
Uncomfortable sleep - I'm tossing and turning most of the night....the belly just keeps getting in my way when i try to roll over.
Pains - lower back, leg cramps etc....
Nesting - I've been nesting, but Jon is waiting for my major nesting phase to kick in.  We were reading my What to Expect book last night and there was a section on nesting he read where it said I'll get the urge to clean the house top to bottom in every nook and cranny and he was like 'Why haven't you done this yet, I hope you get this nesting'.
I've had a pretty good pregnancy overall and I'm just keeping the little peanut happy with her sugar - who am i to deny her ice cream nightly (she begs for it every night....i can't resist)?

Here is my 36 week bump:


I had Chinese last week and this was my fortune.  I thought it seemed rather fitting :)