Pregnancy Brain...

This morning, I realized that it had been a while since I had posted in this blog.  Since June to be exact. It's crazy to think that so much time has passed.  June seems like forever ago.  And then, I found this blog post I had written in September, but never posted.  Pregnancy brain.  I decided to go ahead and post it because hey! I wrote it, why let it go to waste.  But a more recent post is definitely in the works.

From September 2013: 

School is about to get underway and I’m heading into my 24^th week or so.  Time seems to be flying and there is a part of me that wants to hold on to each moment – who knows if we will have more babies.  And part of me can’t wait for December and the joy of meeting this little guy.  And let’s be honest, I think I am about to enter the ‘uncomfortable’ stage and have seen little bits here and there the last week. 

 As most of you mommies already know – sleep is a thing I long for.  In fact, the other day I caught myself thinking.  One thing I’ll really look forward to once this baby boy arrives is sleep.  And then I had to laugh, as you are all probably doing right now.  Sleep?  Wait another 18 years or so…A girl can dream right?

Up to this point, things have gone pretty smoothly.  I did have a few weeks where I was spotting and of course, was on the phone with my doctor every week.  Turns out it was just the placenta very close to the cervix and, as my doctor predicted, the baby would grow and the placenta would move away from the cervix and the spotting would stop.  And that’s exactly what happened.  But she is gracious and kind and any panic I had she saw me immediately, checked the heartbeat and did an ultrasound for us.  She is really the best. 

We have already started to get all crazy nesty around here.  Even Brett.  Or I should say, really, it’s Brett.  As I type, he’s outside, sweeping, cleaning, organizing the garage, fixing things.  I tease him that he’ll be glad when I go back to work so he can just relax, but I think it might continue.  He’s been amazing.  He is so wonderfully helpful and he absolutely loves this belly.  I had no idea I would love that belly so much.  Is a common phrase he says nowadays.  And it is finally getting to be a belly.  For a while, it really just looked like I had spent the summer gorging on beer and carbs.  I wish! 

Other than growing this life, honestly, not much has happened this summer.  Oddly, we finally heard back from one of the last organizations we applied to for a grant and were awarded it!  We had completely forgotten about it and it had not ‘final’ due date, so you just submit everything and wait.  Even though we don’t need it, it was comforting to know that if things had not turned out as miraculously as they have, we would have had some additional help and support coming our way.  And plus – we won a grant!!  But the good news is that someone else will get to use that and hopefully, it will make their dreams come true.  That’s nice to know. 

So school starts and I’m hoping this little guy hangs in there until school gets out on December 20^th.  And then, we will just wait for his arrival.