Reflection

Unfortunately, I woke up (or didn't wake up) this morning feeling like a zombie... I made it to the chair in our living room and fell back asleep while Joe worked out on the treadmill. These third trimester symptoms are intense sometimes! I finally got up and started moving by 11 after breakfast with Joe before he left for work and a phone call with my mom.

...How is it that yesterday I was ready to go-go-go at 8am?

The good news is that I got everything on yesterday's list done! I don't have such high hopes for today's list... oh well. You do the best you can, eh?

Diesal found the dresser mirror yesterday...

...I caught him in the bedroom growling at himself.

Thirty-six weeks

My first day as a S.A.H.M.

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Mom

...that's me! Today is Joe's first day at his new job, which also means it's the first day of my new job - being a stay at home mom.

On today's list:
-Update blog
-Compare prices for items we still need to purchase for baby
-Order baby items online (except for the ones that are cheaper in-store)
-Do laundry
-Wash dishes from yesterday evening and breakfast
-Start writing thank-you notes for the gifts we received for Baby at yesterday's shower
-Complete baby exercises
-Organize Baby's things
-Read some in baby bargains book
-Deconstruct diaper cake (Thanks Aunt Sue!)
-Brush Diesal

Joe's Pic[k]: Just the two of us

July 2007

We took this picture when we were out for a date night with our friends, Craig and Jenny. We had actually just returned to the States from our study semester in India! They had recently married, and we weren't even engaged yet. Things have changed quite a bit since then - they've got a baby now and we're married and have one on the way!

I'm full of mixed emotions about Baby's impending arrival. I am SO excited to hold my baby in my arms... to feel his/her soft baby skin against mine, to soothe him/her, to be his/her mother. At the same time, I hesitate to focus on my excitement because of all the people who say, "You just wait, your life's going to change and you'll wish for these days again when you didn't have to worry about your baby all the time..." Stuff like that.

I'm ready to worry about my baby all the time, though. He/she is already on my mind almost 24/7 anyway! I know it will be different, but my heart is so full of love for him/her that I think my life has already changed. I can't imagine ever going back to those "just the two of us" days... and I'm not sure I ever want to.

Being a mother... a parent... is a lifelong commitment. No matter where life takes me or my child(ren), I will always be their mother. I can't wait to get started.

Malfunctions

So, last night and this morning blogger has been "temporarily unavailable." That's not that big of a deal, except that I just logged in and my most recent post is nowhere to be found! Joe looked it up and apparently they are hoping to get the posts restored... hopefully it will reappear soon!