3rd Trimester Musings

In honor of entering my 3rd trimester, and for the sake of posterity, I would like to record some of the things I have been experiencing lately:

1. Major baby kickage, night & day.
2. Constantly make little grunts and sighs as I try to get comfortable sitting ANYwhere.
3. Getting really tired of my maternity wardrobe but trying to resist shopping.
4. Have to hold Ava above my belly now b/c my hip disappeared, hahah. At least my left arm is getting a workout for when Cadence arrives!
5. Feel like my belly skin can't stretch ANY FURTHER!!
6. Out of breath from just walking around like normal.
7. Unconsciously rub/pat my belly about 5 gajillion times a day.
8. Already getting nervous about putting the baby in daycare when she's 2.5 months old...
9. Have random grump attacks that dissapear just as rapidly, which probably confuses the heck out of Ava.
10. Sooooo excited!!! Can't think of much else than meeting my second little girl, very distracted at work, have to restrain myself from perusing baby boutiques online during business hours! :)

Must Be Doing Something Right

Ava has to be the most loveable 3 year old who ever lived. Maybe I'm a bit partial, but I think she genuinely is a sweet-hearted little person through and through. This morning I woke up before her and went into her room to help her rise and shine. I stroked her hair for a minute and, after she stirred and did her morning stretching, she opened her eyes and gave me a wide smile. "Good morning, Mommy. I love you," were the first words that came out of her mouth and I couldn't help but kiss her all over her face in reply.

There's nothing better than picking up a bed-warmed toddler, feeling her put her arms around your neck and melt into you for just a few seconds before she wriggles out of your embrace, asking for breakfast, ready to start the new day. It's moments like those that make me forgive the marathon, million-decibal car seat tantrums she throws weekly because I won't give her two lollipops or because we can't go to Nana and Papa's house right now or because I won't open the car windows on a 35 degree spring morning. :)

Moody Pregnant Woman

I'm in a really bad mood today. Not for any specific reason. Random things are just rubbing me the wrong way.

Like when my kitty cat kept falling asleep with his paws on my arm while I worked from home today. The rational part of me knows that it was actually really cute, but it still bugged me. Almost like he was being needy and I didn't feel like being affectionate right then and so I resented him just for being there? Talk about a moody pregnant woman.

And Cadence has been hanging out in a really uncomfortable position today. I feel like my belly's about to burst, and she's only 13 inches and 1 1/2 pounds at this point! I truly don't remember feeling this uncomfortable with Ava, even toward the end. Then again, it was three years ago, and they say that God programmed women to forget the bad stuff and remember the good stuff so we keep having babies. Either way, I'm still grumpy and tired and all I want to do is break my promise to fold the massive mound of laundry that's been dominating our loveseat for two days so I can fall into bed at 8:00.

Blah.