finally ready, maybe

3 weeks and counting until my due date.  We finally pulled the car seat out of the box that it came in, so I feel better that we might actually be prepared for when labor starts.  I finally sat down and finished organizing the nursery.  No, I wouldn't say it's nesting, I'd say it finally came down to if I don't do this now, it's not going to get done.  Like one of my other pregnant friends said, someone told me this weekend that it looked like the baby has dropped, which is what every pregnant lady wants to hear! Means that Noah's getting ready.  I finally felt it on Saturday, a lot more pressure and more waddling.  All I can say is that I"m so thankful that I won't be pregnant through the whole summer.  I'm already sweating like crazy and it's not even really really hot. At my last doctor's apt last week, she said that Noah was getting into position.  Crazy to think how soon he'll be here.  A few of my friends have already had their babies, so it's making me excited.  And I can't wait to see my parents and sister and Mike's parents and his niece! We're going to have a full house over Father's Day weekend. 

I found this little gem on the Internet! People say the craziest things to you.  A lady a church commented that I am just getting bigger and bigger.  I know it comes from a good place, but man I'm feeling miserable and very out of control of my body and extremely insecure.  Maybe it's a good life lesson to have to learn to bite my tongue.  So I apologize if I don't seem extremely excited all of them time.  I'm basically just ridiculously exhausted and uncomfortable and trying not to make a snide comment about being pregnant.  These last few weeks seem to be completely miserable.

5 weeks and counting

As of today, 5 weeks until Noah's due date.  Thank goodness for my parents, they were able to purchase a recliner for us!  I have been so uncomfortable trying to sleep at night.  Everyone keeps telling me that this is to prepare me for what it's like to have a newborn, but I'm not exactly a nice person when I've not slept.  It is different sleeping downstairs, but last night was the first night that I finally felt rested, well once I figured out how to sleep in a recliner.  Still surreal that Noah will be here so soon.  He still is resting really high and I'm having a hard time breathing at times, so I don't think he's ready just yet.  But I have no clue.  He'll be here when he wants to be here! We're still trying to get the house ready now that we have a recliner and some other new furniture, might have to get some help from the parents with some space planning. I'm hoping to maybe get a larger rug, so that we can just vacuum instead of sweeping and mopping our floors.

I'm thinking maybe a rug like this?  It'll be something we'll have to add to our wishlist!

From Home Depot

nursery pics

Most of you have seen these already, but here are the pics of Noah's nursery.  I know everyone thought we'd be doing a Noah's ark theme, but we wanted something different.  I love stars and was obsessed with the rug that we found at Target.  I think it turned out pretty cute.  And the crib my parents got Noah is so gorgeous! Now I just need to organize all his clothes and toys.  I'm hoping this nesting instinct will kick in soon so I can finish before he gets here!

7 weeks and counting

7 weeks till Noah is here!  I can't believe it.  Everyone keeps telling me that it seems like time has flown by, trust me, it's felt like 8 months to me. It's so surreal.  The hubby and I always talked about having kids one day, I never expected it to be so soon.  But it was meant to be.  I always prayed that it would happen at the right time in our marriage and I wanted to be surprised.  And indeed I was.  I'm nervous and anxious but mainly I feel blessed.  I know that being a parent is one of the hardest and most rewarding things in this world and I'm excited for Mike and I to start this next phase of our life.

So I decided to start blogging about this new phase of our life.  And I figure it's a great place to post pictures for our friends and family to keep updated.

There's this Yeah Yeah Yeahs song, "Hysteric" that I've been listening to, well the acoustic version.  The chorus of this song is how I hope to feel when Noah is here, and it's just a sweetly beautiful song You suddenly complete me, You suddenly complete me.