From the beginning, I have told
people how fortunate we feel to be having a baby – pregnancy is a beautiful
gift. Not wanting to be the person who complains about being tired, nauseous,
etc., I try to stay focused on the positive. But the truth is – many things
really are much less comfy right now. One
night last week, I was lying on the floor and Jonny was massaging my hips,
which have lately become very sore. I
asked Jonny “why do you think this is happening?” and he said “Why do most
people have morning sickness and you didn’t? I guess it’s just a tradeoff.” True-dat, JP.
So, in keeping with my commitment
to the positive, I give you my top ten reasons why pregnancy has been a beautiful
gift:
1. Watching Jonny’s eyes open with
excitement when he sees or feels the baby move
2. Imagining what (and who) the baby will
look like
3. Absorbing the irreplaceable advice,
love, and support from our “village”
4. Creating four new and totally excited
grandparents
5. Receiving compliments from friends & strangers. It never gets old to hear “you look great!”
6. Learning, more than ever, how well I trust my own
instincts and intuition
7. Feeling the baby grow. Tiny
butterflies transform into tumbles, punches, and stretches
8. Discovering how much love
you can have for someone you haven’t even met yet
9. Letting people rub my tummy,
especially when they’ve never felt a baby belly before
10. Anticipating
how we’ll be as parents. And knowing (deep-down) that we’ll be great.
Now,
I’m not a saint. And so I’ll take this time to admit that I am REALLY ready for
a glass of wine.
We brought our boat home from
Kentucky for the summer. We decided it’s comforting
to know that if we’re craving some wind in our hair, our favorite toy is right
in the driveway. Parked and taunting us. Saturday was one of those 75°-and-sunny
kind of days … and we just couldn’t resist. Eight months pregnant or not, I am a boater ... and now Baby P is too!
Hopefully only 4 more weeks of these chalkboard updates! |
We recently bought a new DSLR camera and below is one of the first pictures we
took: Conley basking in the sunlight of “his room” (i.e. the Baby’s nursery). Both of our boys seem to understand that a big change is coming in the next few weeks. They follow me everywhere I go and like to nudge their noses up to my tummy. Two very protective big brothers!
Conley loves sleeping in the Baby's Room --- waiting for Little One's arrival! |
This is a really sweet post Kristie! I'll be thinking about you guys as you get closer and closer to meeting your little one.
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