Life as a Wife

Time is absolutely flying by.  I had my baby shower on Friday and it was great.  I received many great gifts from my bedding and a play yard to really cute clothes and shoes.  I still need several more things (diapers, eek!) but I feel like we have a pretty good start thus far.

I am approaching my 36th week and nineth month of pregnancy.  I can’t believe my due date is less than five weeks away!  Robert still moves around like crazy except now he likes to kick on vital organs and my ribs.  It can be quite painful, but I’m still having fun.  Several stretch marks have popped up on the bottom of my stomach, unfortunately, but I suppose that’s not such a bad price to pay to finally get my little baby.

I think at my next appointment my doctor will start to check on my progress, i.e. if I’ve started to dialate yet.  I’m excited to find out where we’re at in this process.  I’ve been getting the feeling that Robert will come early but who knows.  I could be completely wrong on that, and I won’t be at all surprised if I am wrong.  I guess all we can do is wait and see.

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A man is being prosecuted for killing a cat in a drunken jealous rage.  If convicted, he could spend up to two years in prison.  This story is absolutely unbelievable to me.  If someone killed my beloved pet I would probably sue that person, but should he really go to jail?  Why is it that animals in our country have more rights than humans?  Animal rights activists are going to be all over this calling for this man’s prosecution and two year imprisonment because of this incident.  I feel badly for the cat, I really do.  It suffered unnecessary pain and harm, but I do not think this man deserves to have two years of his life taken away because he killed a CAT.  Maybe he should take some anger management classes and be forced to pay his ex-girlfriend in damages caused by this incident, but Prison?!  Really?  Come on!

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Our third wedding anniversary was a huge improvement from our second.  Dad and Lou Ann came out and we all got to see Robert during a 3D ultrasound.  He looks just like his Daddy.  It was so amazing to see our son.  I can’t even describe it.  Afterwards we all went to Red Lobster for dinner and absolutely stuffed ourselves.  I love Red Lobster.  Their lobster mashed potatoes are totally worth the $3.00. 

Here is a picture of our sweet son.

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Last night Christopher and I went to Target to exchange a folding chair.  It was raining so we had the umbrella and as we were walking in the door to Target Christopher said, “Target really has a very distinctive smell.”  I said, “What?  The umbrella?”  And he said, “No, Target.” 

We found a nice chair and we bought it.  We were just about to walk out of Target when Christopher asked me where the umbrella was.  I thought a minute and said, “It’s with my purse.”  “Well, where’s your purse?”  “In the aisle where we found the chair.”  So Christopher waited at the front with the chair while I dashed all the way to the back of the store hoping and praying that my purse and umbrella were where I left them.  They were.

This morning I woke up and looked at the clock.  It said 7:03.  I’m supposed to get up at 6:40.  I turned around to wake Christopher up but I saw him, fully dressed, walking towards me.  I told him that my alarm didn’t go off and he said that it did.  I didn’t remember.  I jumped out of bed and washed my face and put in my contacts.  When I came back in the room at 7:15 my alarm was going off.  Apparently, it had been going off every seven minutes since 6:40 and I had been pushing the snooze button and I honestly don’t remember any of it.

There are at least two or three more silly stories, but of course I can’t remember them right now.  I was clumsy and forgetful before pregnancy, but it has definitely gotten worse these past six months. 

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We have been in our new apartment for three or four weeks now and we love it.  It’s so nice to have that extra space.  I still have a lot of unpacking to do as boxes fill up the floor of the baby’s room, but I’ll get to that.  My shower isn’t until September sometime so I have time until then to get it all cleaned up and put away.

I had my gestational diabetes test done on Friday and I passed!  My doctor told me (and I had figured this out on my own, too) that because of my PCOS I was high risk for GD, so I was a bit nervous going into the test.  God has been good, as always, though, and He has kept both me and Robert safe and healthy thus far in this pregnancy.  I am nearly 26 weeks along now, and Christopher and I just cannot wait to meet our little boy.  He still moves around all the time and last night Christopher swore he felt the baby’s hand.  Robert loves to wriggle around and he does not like it when Mommy squishes him. 

Dad set a firm wedding date for September 13th, so it looks like our family will be changing drastically a lot sooner than we thought.  I am basically okay with this, though, because I know how lonely Dad is.  It’s just going to be so difficult having Dad live somewhere else and having another woman around all the time and adjusting to an entire new family.  I never thought that *our* family would end up with step siblings and nieces, etc. but here we are!

Christopher starts school again this year on August 20th which will be our third anniversary.  I’ve already told him that we are going out to a very nice dinner and we are having fun this year.  Our second anniversary was surrounded by Mom’s death and funeral and burial so it was very difficult to do any celebrating although we did enjoy a nice dinner at Outback.  This year, however, we will not dwell on all that!  (Who am I kidding?)

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We have moved again!  Christopher and I are in our fifth home since we got married in August of 2005.  We’ve been here for a little over a week now and we love it.  It’s so roomy and beautiful.  I’m still trying to unpack boxes, but it’s mostly just books.  We put all the boxes in the baby’s room so the rest of the apartment looks really nice and organized.  Every day I come home from work and do a little cleaning or unpacking.  Then I chill out for 20 or 30 minutes until Christopher gets home and I have to cook dinner.  It seems to be working out well.

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That’s right.  We’re having a boy!  He is as healthy as can be and is measuring a week ahead of schedule.  I always knew that any child of Christopher’s would be a big baby.  I just hope he doesn’t end up being a 9 or 10 pounder like my nephew!  The nurse who did my ultrasound estimated that the baby weights about 1.2 lbs already.  I am 21.3 weeks now and feeling the baby move every day.  It’s such a neat feeling, and I love it when Christopher can feel it, too.  On Father’s Day I prayed that the baby would be very active because Christopher hadn’t felt him in a while and I thought it’d be a great Father’s Day present.  I’m not sure that the baby ever stopped moving that day!  It was so fun feeling him flip around and kick and do whatever else he was doing in there.  Yesterday before the ultrasound I felt some pretty strong movement on my left side just beside my belly button and in the ultrasound I found out that that is exactly where the little guy’s feet were.  It was another amazing experience getting to see our baby and hearing his heart beat.  I can’t wait to meet him.

Our families are so excited about this little boy, especially my grandfather, dad and dad’s fiancee, Lou Ann.  Everyone is talking about how they are going to spoil him and what they are going to buy.  As soon as my sister found out the news last night she went to Wal-Mart and bought some baby things.  I have yet to buy anything, but I bet I’ll cave in soon.  I’m so happy to finally know for sure that we are having a boy (I’ve always suspected it!).  We thank God for this blessing every day, and I hope He’ll let my mom know that she’s going to have another grandson.

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All weekend long I have had sensations in my belly that I have been wondering about- is it baby?  Gas?  Some other weird pregnancy thing?  But today I decided that it is DEFINITELY baby.  He/she was kicking nice and strong, and I felt five kicks.  It was so amazing.  I can’t wait to feel that more regularly, although I am careful what I wish upon myself because I still want to sleep at night without interruptions from a little person just yet.

Thursday I had another check-up and everything still looks great.  The baby’s heart rate was 154 which I was told was absolutely perfect.  At the end of the appointment I was able to schedule the gender ultrasound.  Wooo-hooo!  God willing, on June 23rd we will find out if we are having a girl or a boy, and I cannot wait.  Less than four weeks away!

Morning sickness seems to be gone, finally, praise God, but now I suffer from frequent headaches that nothing will take care of except time.  But I think I’d rather have that then the constant nausea.   People tell me all the time that I’m not showing at all, but I can definitely see and feel a big difference.  My belly feels so heavy all the time and sometimes I’m afraid that I’m already starting to waddle.

My dad announced to us kids on Sunday that he is engaged.  I am very happy for him, but it’s still really hard, especially just nine months after Mom died.  But I want Dad to be happy and not lonely, so I’m glad the Lord has blessed him with someone so quickly.

Christopher is loving his job as a lawyer, and he’s doing very well.  His company seems to like him because they keep giving him these really huge paychecks every Friday.  ;)  He has two more years of law school left, and he’s already looking forward to being a full-time lawyer when he graduates (me too!).

So that’s what’s going on in our neck of the woods!  I’ll keep updating as necessary.

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Mother’s Day was very mixed this year.  The day also marked Mom’s 49th birthday so it was difficult for the family but we all made it through.  And I know Mom had a great day.  Christopher really made it special for me.  I told him that I didn’t care about making a big deal out of the day for me because while I’m growing a baby, I don’t actually have that baby to hold and take care of right now.  Of course, he didn’t listen.  We went to a MS Braves game after church (they won!) and then out to dinner at Outback Steakhouse.  He got me a really cute card and my in-laws got me two really cute cards and a little Mother’s tote.  It’s blue and brown and very pretty and has a Proverbs 31 verse on it.  So the day, despite the underlying heartache, was a very good one for me, and I have to say that I am very blessed to have such a wonderful husband and family.

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Prego Brain is:

Having to ask your husband to remind you what your address is.

Forgetting important dates that people have told you about 20 times and that you have written down.

Almost mailing a birthday card an entire month early because you got your months mixed up.

Forgetting how to use a very basic and easy can opener.

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