What I'm thankful for.

My husband. Without him my life would be pointless and boring. He loves me no matter what and puts up with me. I can't imagine my life without him.
My baby. I am truly blessed by God to be able to concieve and grow a human inside me. It is a miracle and I thank God for this awesome opportunity.
My sisters. We have all been through so much in our lives together. Lil K and I have always been close because we are 1 1/2 years apart in age. Big K and I were never close. She was 4 years older and she picked on us and beat us up! Now we are all so close and I love them a lot!
My nieces, nephew and great niece. I am thankful that they are all happy, healthy and smart. They love me so much (even the 17 year old!)and my life is better because they were born.
My BFF lil J. She lives all the way in Washington and we never talk on the phone but when we are together it is like she has lived next door the whole time. Her 3 kids are my godchildren and I couldn't be luckier! We have so much fun when we are together and there is never drama between us.
My BFF big J. We have known each other since we were in 4th grade and became best friends in 10th grade. We can go months without talking or seeing each other but I know she will be there for me ALWAYS. I can always count on her. She never judges me and there is no drama between us, ever!
My career and job. Everything happens for a reason and I think God had it planned for me all along to come to the hospital where I'm at. I love my job and am so much happier then when I was at the previous hospital. I have learned so much and can work pretty much anywhere with what I have learned at the two hospitals combined. My boss is amazing. She is very flexible and pretty much will let me work whenever I want and as little or as much as I want. She is very fair and easy on me. My benefits allow me to take almost my whole maternity leave with pay. Working as an RN has allowed me to be comfortable in life. I can buy what I want when I want it and save some money as well. I can't see me doing anything other than being a nurse!

What are you thankful for??

the Inbetween.

So, I'm 29 weeks today. Sometimes I don't even feel pregnant and somedays I feel like I'm 10 months. My work has been being pretty easy on me and letting me do the one job that uses the least amount of energy. I appreciate that, a lot. I can barely bend over a patient's stretcher without it killing my back. I get so out of breath doing the littlest tasks. I wish I didn't have to work at all but this is the real world and not Tiffany's dreamland.

Clothes are starting to tick me off. The maternity clothes that I have are too big and of course my normal clothes are too small. The only clothes I feel comfortable in are PJ's and I can't wear those everywhere. I wish I could but I can't. I refuse to buy anymore maternity clothes because of three reasons: they are expensive; plus size maternity clothes are hard to find and mostly available online only(hince the reason they are too big); and I probobly will never need them again. My "maternity wardrobe" consists of one long sleeve shirt, one short sleeve shirt, a sleeveless dress(it was on clearance) and one pair of maternity jeans. The rest of my pregnacy wardrobe consists of a few t-shirts, a few blouses that still fit and a few pairs of black stretchy work out type pants. I always feel so frumpy and hardly ever match. THAT is the reason why I don't like to go do anything these days. It's pretty frustrating. (as I am typing C is moving around and I remember that this is ALL going to be so worth it when I see him for the first time).

Back to the doctor on tomorrow. I hope everything continues to go well. I should have another songram at my next appointment and I can't wait to see how much he has grown!

It still amazes me.

I'm sitting here feeling C wiggle around inside of me. Am I weird that it still amazes me that I have a baby inside of me that is moving and kicking? It is still such a miracle to me. I am in awe everytime I feel him and it makes me so happy. I can't describe what it is like to feel that and know that in a few months I am going to be a mother. I was standing at the front door today just looking outside at the beautiful fall day and I was thinking how much my world is about to change. Everything is going to be so different. I can't wait to see what he looks like and pray every single day that my pregnancy continues to go smoothly and that C is born a healthy baby boy.

J is gone and made it back to Washington safely. She missed her kiddos so much. I miss her so much already. We had such a blast when she was here. It had been so long since P and I had gone out and hung out with anyone. We basically sit around the house. Between me working long hours and being so tired all the time and him working out everyday after work we don't have time to go out. All we want to do is sleep. So, it was really nice to get out of the house and hang out with her. J told us that since me, P and her sister J are encouraging her and her husband to NOT come back to Texas and see the world she made up her mind to move to either Pennsylvania or Florida. We told her PA since we have never been there. She wants to move there because the Hershey's factory is there. See, we are best friends for a reason :)

Baby Shower Day!

I had the most amazing baby shower today! I got tons of presents but only 3 of the big things I registered for. I was hoping for more big things because that stuff is expensive! I still have a work baby shower in December so hopefully they will all pitch in on some big items. I was so happy to see all my family come together and my friends too. I have the most amazing friends and family. Nobody can be luckier than I am, I swear. My BFF J came in all the way from Washington State to give me a baby shower. She did such a good job and worked so hard to make it special for me. I was so surprised to see my dad there too! I haven't seen him in 5 years, since me and P's wedding. Being the preggo emotional wreck that I am I started crying when I saw him. I was so overwhelmed with all kinds of emotions and I couldn't help it. People thought I was sad but I was far from sad. I will probobly cry when CJ is born too. I had to hurt my moms feelings and tell her she couldn't be in the delivery room. She thinks because she is the "grandma" she should get to be in the delivery room. She wasn't a mom and therefore can't be a grandma (but that's a whole other story).