As My Due Date Approaches...

My little E at about 14 or 15 weeks :)

I've had a lot of alone time to think about stuff and that includes everything that bothers me. I have had a fairly easy pregnancy; mostly pain free until a few weeks ago. Even though I've had a pretty wonderful pregnancy I can't wait for it to be over. I know I'll miss not feeling her in my belly anymore; her little jabs in my side with her tiny feet that tickle, her rolling around, and the hiccups!

Things I won't miss include; my constantly numb and pained hand from pregnancy induced carpal tunnel (SO annoying. I never thought I would get it), feeling the round ligament pain while tossing and turning because side sleeping sucks, getting extremely out of breath from doing the smallest things (I literally had to take a break after straightening my bed up), and wearing maternity clothes (I had a dream I wore a normal sweatshirt again and it was soo nice), feeling like throwing up after eating just a little too much :( (I actually feel like that right now after having two pieces of pizza!).

 I know I'm lucky to have even made it this far in my pregnancy and now I'm about to meet my little one. I think just knowing that I get to meet her soon is what is really making me want this pregnancy to end. I have so many questions about her! What will she look like? Will she have my thick, curly, brown hair and brown eyes or my husband’s stick straight, thin, red/strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes (were blue when he was a baby now they look green/grey). Will she get my nose or my husband's nose (please say mine! ;) ) How tall will she be? I'm 5'10" and my husband is 6'4". Will she be a chubby baby? I weighed over 9 lbs at birth and my husband weighed over 8.5 lbs. (I really really hope not!!)

Ah I hope this doesn't offend anyone because I really am SO thankful for this pregnancy and this baby and we can't wait to meet her. I'm even willing to go to 42 weeks with her (I'm 39 weeks tomorrow!). Maybe it's because I'm alone now and I have more time to think about stuff. I was living with my family throughout most of my husband's deployment but as it started to end it was time for me to move back. Being alone at the end of your pregnancy is incredibly hard; I'm so so thankful that I have our two dogs with me or I would be completely miserable waiting this pregnancy and deployment out. (I'm SO thankful that this deployment is coming to an end!)

Soo... sorry for ranting. What did you do at the end of your pregnancy to waste time? I've already packed my bags, washed all of her tiniest clothes, made her bed, fixed her pack'n'play up beside our bed, and prepped all of her cloth diapers! Her room is almost completely done but it needs to be painted before we can hang anything up to finish it off.  I guess for now I'll just fill my days with Netflix and Amazon prime instant streaming (which I've found to be pretty awesome) and looking up ideas on Pinterest that I'll pretend I'll get done before E's born ;) 

Quick Update!

Quick update for today...

WE GOT THE HOUSE! 

We finally closed on the house Sept 18th then I drove back home and went to Music Midtown at Piedmont Park in Atlanta and I seriously think I was the only pregnant woman there which is not surprising considering it was a ton of walking, super hot, super crowded, and the lines to get food or get to the porta pottys were extremely long. It was a two day long concert with a big performer at the end of both days. The first night Journey played at the end and the second day the Red Hot Chili Peppers played at the end of the day. My favorite part was seeing Tegan and Sara the second day though (I LOVE them and they are so amazing live). Anywho I took a week to try to recover after MM before I actually packed up and moved which was a smart move because I was incredibly swollen and sore after all of that walking and standing. 

The next weekend my parents and my husband's father and friends helped me load up a truck and drive down and set up our new house. They unloaded the truck and emptied our storage unit in two trips, they worked so hard and I am still so thankful. I've been in our new home for about two weeks now and I'm almost completely unpacked and the baby's room is pretty much set up but needs to be painted. I found an amazing color on Pinterest (duh, where else?) from Benjamin Moore called Quiet moments that I would love to get (or copy) for her room and then my sister-in-law who does murals is going to paint some trees on the wall with stars, it's hard to describe but I think it's going to look amazing when it's done. 

I will be posting pictures soon of the house and the baby's room progress :) 

P.S. I'm 37w5d now, already full term and my husband will be home soon but I can't say when :)