Just Thinking...

Nesting: The desire to clean everything in site over and over. This usually occurs in the latter part of pregnancy.

Uh, Yeah... I'm there.

As the big day is quickly approaching I have found myself on my hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen floor, the bathroom floor, the bath tub, the toilets, etc... over and over, and somehow they all still look dirty to me ALL the time. Poor Mav gets followed around by mom with a cloth in hand or the vacuum, or he simply gets told all day long "I don't think that you should have that right now Mav, cause I know you will just make a huge mess." Poor kid. I'm sure he wonders where my nice twin is hiding these days. So why do we do this? What is this strange phenomenon? Chalk it up to hormones. (again) It seems like that is the only answer when you are pregnant. Hormones. I long for the day I can get into my bathtub without feeling like I should have scrubbed it first.

Oh, how I love a good long soak in the tub! Many think it is totally disgusting, since you are essentially "sitting in your own filth", but last time I checked I am just not THAT filthy of a person. And Truly it is one of my favorite things to do. AAAaaahhhh.

Speaking of relaxing... Maverick has officially advanced to the "big boy bed". Yeah! Some of you are saying "It's about time, the kid is 2!" But to be completely honest I was just WAY too worried that if I took him out of his crib that I would lose my excellent sleeper. And that would devastate me. Sleep is the greatest! But never fear. He still sleeps 13 hours at night and takes about a 3 hour nap every day. Thank You Maverick! Won't it be horrible if baby boy #2 doesn't adopt this same sleeping schedule? The answer is Yes! I don't know what I will do if he is a bad sleeper. My mom says I am in for it though. So I will keep you posted.

As for posting... I feel sad that I didn't get a picture on here of Maverick on Halloween. He was such an adorable lion, and loved saying "ROAR" to everyone he saw. He loved the concept of trick-or-treating, and had a great day with his Stratford cousins, and an enjoyable evening with his Slater cousins. Good times. (And I tried to post said Lion picture on this post, but blogger kept shutting down, so sorry, no cute Mav picture. But there will be more to come I can assure you.)

I am also feeling badly that I didn't get my hair done before the baby will be here. My hair has seemed to get darker with each pregnancy. Sad! I really do like myself better as a blond, and so does Brian, but the root grow out is enough to drive me absolutely crazy! It seems like just a few days after I get it done that my root grow-age is already showing. And, as you may know, money doesn't grow on trees, so it isn't the most cost efficient thing for me to stay blond. Ggrrrr. And it will probably just be harder for me to get it done after the baby arrives, and we are planning to get family pictures taken in December... Oh dilemma!!!! Not much I can do about it now. Why could I not have just stayed a blond in the 1st place? oh well.

As for how I am feeling... big. and my stomach feels like it is stretched to the limit. It itches like crazy, and I swear a belly-button should NEVER look the way mine does right now. I am also feeling very nervous for the whole Labor/ Delivery part. I think it is almost worse with this one than the first. I have been having terrible nightmares about every possible worst case scenario, and basically freaking myself out about it. But it is all in the Lord's hands really, and I also have great confidence in my Doctor. Who supposedly is one of the best emergency delivery doctors in the area. He gets called into lots of scary situations, so I am in good hands.

Overall: Pregnancy is a complete miracle. It is not the most fun thing in the world, but I am grateful that I have had the opportunity, and nothing beats that moment when that final push is done and the doctor hands you that precious little bundle, and you look into your husbands eyes and share a moment as close to the other side of the veil as I think you can get in this life. AMAZING. And THAT is why woman keep having babies.

Okay, I guess I am done. Wish me luck and pray for me... We will let you know when our little man arrives. I will save all my political ramblings for another time. Be glad. That is a touchy thing at the moment. But really only time can tell - right? Thanks for reading!