Wide Load

Beep..Beep..Beep..wide load coming through.

This is one of the biggest things about being at the end of my pregnancy.  I feel, and I am, huge. 

 

 

The elastic on my maternity pants no longer fits over my belly, so now I rely on leggings, yoga pants, and sweatpants.

Rolling over in bed is not so simple anymore, and neither is getting out of bed.

I cannot bend over.  Drop something?  It stays on the ground.  Shoelaces untied? Beg husband to tie them, or switch to slip-ons.

Trying to squeeze through a space that would have been no problem before?  Problem now.

Only getting my winter coat zipped if I don’t have a lot of layers on and can stretch it just far enough.

Wearing husbands t-shirts so that I don’t show my mid-drift in public.

For a few more weeks, until baby Tomlinson arrives, this will be my daily struggle, but at the end there will be a beautiful baby and I’m sure it will all be worth it!

Time Flies

I am now double digits away from my due date!  I remember when I was waiting for my wedding day, when it finally got down below 100 the days just flew off the calendar.  Adam and I are so excited and can’t wait for the baby to arrive.  As it gets closer and closer it starts to feel more and more real.  Sometimes it still catches us off guard and we’ll say to each other, “Can you believe there’s a baby in there?” or “Can you believe that we’ll have a baby?”  It still seems surreal, but the days are passing by quickly and we are so excited!  We are so lucky to be so busy and that the holidays are coming up so that we have many benchmarks to make the days pass by even quicker.  Here’s a glimpse at what’s to come.

We have 97 days until my due date.

In 1 day it will be November.

In 28 days it will be Thanksgiving.

In 55 days it will be Christmas!

In 62 days it will be 2015!

And in 93 days it will be February!

I know that these next few months are going to fly by and that’s great because I cannot wait to meet this little baby, but there is still plenty to do.  I’m going to do my best to cherish these last months of pregnancy and prepare for our first child.  There’s so much to do! And plenty of days left to do it in.

Halfway through 24 weeks

It’s been a few days since I’ve blogged, and actually it is not because I haven’t been feeling well.  I have actually been super busy and have had tons of energy!  It has been amazing—yay for the second trimester!

Adam and I keep thinking about how quickly the rest of our pre-baby time will go.  In about one month it will be Thanksgiving, then a month from then it will be Christmas, and then a month from then it will be pretty darn close to baby time!

We just registered for our child birthing classes, there is a baby shower date on the calendar, and my belly continues to grow.

A funny thing happened to me last night—the baby kicked so hard that it actually scared me and took my breath away!  It’s pretty amazing what God can do!

I have some exciting posts coming up this week for you to watch out for:
--An awesome pregnancy sleep aid

--An awesome pregnancy book
--An awesome maternity store

Yes, many awesome things are coming this week and I’m so excited to tell you about them!

Counting down the Days

I’m starting to get more and more excited.  The baby is kicking and moving around a lot, there is a baby shower in the works, I’ve been organizing the nursery, a lot of my pre-pregnancy clothes don’t fit anymore, I’ve been stocking up on diapers and buying some clothes, and we got our first gift in the mail.

With all of these exciting things happening I can’t help but count the days until Baby Tomlinson will show up.  As of today, I have roughly 120 days left.  Is it too soon to start counting down the days?

I think not, so I made this countdown chain and hung it in the nursery.  I am a very visual person, so this way, if I am particularly stressed and feeling like there is no time left, then I can go look in the nursery and visual just how many days are left.  So here’s today.  (And of course this is all assuming the baby will come somewhere around the due date).

And since we’re talking about today, one thing that I have been particularly stressed about recently is the state of the nursery.  Here is its current state.

Yeah, I know it needs work, but now I can look at the wall and take a deep breath and realize that I have lots of time.  Lots of time to clean and organize.

So the next time you start to feel stressed, take a deep breath and do something to help you visualize how much time you have left.  Buy some candy and put that number of days worth of candy in a jar and each day you get a candy, then you can see how much is left, or find some other fun way for you to keep track.  Or just sit back, relax, and enjoy the adventure.