Mothership Confessional

OhmygoshohmygoshOHMYGOSH!!! 36 weeks. 9 months pregnant.  3 weeks from delivery. 21 days. 21 DAYS!!! When did this happen?!?! IT'S AVA'S BIRTH MONTH!!!!!!! I can say that as much as I have loved  carrying Ava, I am SO ready for her to be born! Even though nine months is such a long time when you think about it, it has gone by pretty fast. Although it does seem like forever  ago that I saw the word "pregnant" on that stick! Sitting upright in a chair is probably my least favorite thing to do lately. Doing simple chores exhausts me. Soooo...I pretty much just do the minimum to get through the day! Both feet have swelled a little bit. And I have lost one of my ankles to pregnancy swelling. Just one! Some days it is more swollen than others depending on how long I've been on my feet. I discovered two itty bitty stretch marks on my left hip. I am hoping that's all I get! My belly button has popped, but just the top part of i...

I'm living life a day at a time these days. We had a busy weekend. Well, to me it was busy, even though we did our fair share of sitting around the house! We went to the Renaissance Festival south of Nashville on Sunday. It was a hot day in the sun, but pretty pleasant in the shade. A castle that a man has been working on for 44 years. Built by hand! It pretty much exhausted me!  I had a hard time getting out of bed the next day. And then I took a nap just 2 hours after being awake to catch up some more. I had my first dip in the pool this pregnancy! I wore a pre-pregnancy swim suit with a tank top over it. I am thankful to have no stretch marks  up to this point in pregnancy, but I decided I didn't want all eyes on me during opening weekend at the pool! I definitely had to use the ladder to get in and out of the pool, or I would hold onto Chris's hand to sit down on the edge and then slide in. It felt nice to be weightless in the water! I did ...

I'm officially in my 8th month of pregnancy!! It's hard to believe! I have only imagined being 8 months pregnant... and now I get to be here . And it's just about everything I thought it would be! I feel big. I eat frequently. I am emptying my bladder very frequently.  I can't reach things as well or fit through narrow spaces. And "sucking it in" is no longer cutting it. I have back aches. I have noticed tiny bit of swelling in my feet. I waddle. Just a little. My wedding ring doesn't fit.  Well, it does, it is just really hard to get on and off. So I leave it off. My hands are really stiff in the morning and feel very swollen. It goes away after getting up for awhile. My husband is pretending to have "fat pregnancy fingers" too because he forgets to put his ring on a lot. When we are in public together without our rings on, we joke that I am his girlfriend and that someday we should get married.  And...