Life After I "Dew" Giveaway

If you don't already, go check out Shannon at Life After I "Dew".  She is hysterical and is one of my favorite blogs to read.  She's hosting her first give-away for a $25 gift card to Apothica.  I've never shopped there before but it looks like a very cool site.  So go check it out when you can!

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Jumping back on the Blog Bandwagon

Although I'd love to go back and catch you all up on what's been going on for the past few months, there's just absolutely no way that it's going to happen - sorry!  I've missed blogging but at the same time it's been a nice break.  I started to feel as though I was "needing" to post and not necessarily "wanting" to post.  But the other day I looked at my blog and loved the fact that I could go back in time and read about our ever-changing little family.  At first I thought the least I can do is post Ricky's monthly updates, but I'd really love to post about once or twice a week.  Time just seems to slip away at lightening speed these days and I know I'll look back at this blog when I'm old and grey and love the fact that I kept up at it.  So with that, I'll leave you all today with a picture of my cuties who I love to show off.  : )

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*Sigh*

I think I’ve been pretty good about not complaining too much during this pregnancy. I know it will most likely be my last and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed having this miracle of life growing inside of me. I’ve loved watching my belly grow, showing off my baby bump and feeling my little guy kick and nudge me from the inside. However…I’m ready to meet him and have him on the outside now. Extremely ready. Basically, I’ve gotten to the horribly uncomfortable stage of pregnancy. I now get sympathy looks from complete strangers on a daily basis and I’m told how sorry everyone feels for me that I’m still pregnant…especially in this heat. So if you don’t mind, I think it’s time for a bitch session…

• My stomach is smooshed to the size of a pea – I can now get ridiculously full from eating a grape.
• I literally get a Braxton Hicks contraction every time I get up from a sitting down position or every time I switch from side to side in a lying position. And these Braxton Hicks hurt!
• I don’t know how else to explain it but I feel like my belly is bruised from the inside. I’m pretty sure that this is from the said Braxton Hicks contractions.
• My tummy is stretched beyond its means – so much so that I wouldn’t be surprised if my skin burst at the seams at any moment.
• My balance is so off kilter than I run into everything...and I do mean everything.  Trying to get out of my bedroom just this morning, I hit the edge of the open cabinet door, the wood bed frame and the door frame, one right after the other.
• My hips ache – I wake up to throbbing pain almost every morning. But I’m guessing this is a good thing since they’re prepping for labor…or at least that’s what I keep telling myself.
• I’m the clumsiest person on earth and cannot hold anything in my hands for the life of me. Because of this, I’ve become quite talented with my toes and can pick almost anything up with them now! ; )
• Sleeping - I know it’s only going to get worse once he’s here but I’m still going to bitch about it. I now get up to pee at hourly intervals. And getting up out of a bed is almost next to impossible these days. It also irks me that people keep telling me that this only prepares you for the upcoming sleepless nights. Um…I’m sorry but that just doesn’t make sense. Anyone that’s had a baby before knows that NOTHING prepares you for the sleepless nights. Wouldn’t it be so much better if you were actually well rested before you went into labor, had to push a human being out of you and then be forced to function on little to no sleep? I certainly think so!!!!

I'm sure I could go on and on but I think I’ll stop here. Again, I’ve loved being pregnant - but I really am ridiculously uncomfortable right now. Hopefully it’s not too much longer...

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My hormones are getting the best of me

Mia and I were in the nursery over the weekend when she found this adorable Soothe & Glow Seahorse that my sister, Maria had bought for my baby shower.  She's been so good about seeing gifts for the baby and wanted me to take the Seahorse out of the packaging so she could put it in the crib.  It got me thinking and I started to tell her that we could go shopping to pick something out for her to bring to the hospital when she comes to visit her baby brother for the first time.  Well, I lost it and started bawling uncontrollably.  Mia of course wanted to know what was wrong and I'm a blubbering hormonal mess trying to explain to her that they're "happy" tears (like a 4 year old would understand what that means).  But truth be told, the tears weren't exactly "happy" tears...they were more like "guilty" tears.  I know Mia is going to be an amazing big sister and I can't wait to see her blossom into that role...but at the same time I can't help but feel so guilty about how things are going to change so drastically for her...how they're going to change so drastically for us.  All of these thoughts have been weighing very heavily on my heart recently and I turn into a crying, blubbering mess.  Thanks hormones...thanks a bunch.     

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30 days and counting!

It's June 22nd which means I'm officially a month away from my due date.  WOO HOO!!  : )

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Sigh

I miss blogging.  I really do.  But things are so busy right now and I'm currently nesting so things need to get done immediately if not sooner.  And so sadly, my blog has been put on the back burner.  Hopefully I'll get better at managing my time before my blog goes completely dead after the baby arrives.  ; )

In the meantime, to make your visit worthwhile, I'll leave you with a cute picture of Mia helping me make pancakes from over the weekend.  : )

    

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