4 More Weeks

I just realized it's been 2 months since my last blog. I am terrible at this. I often think "I really should write a blog post soon" but then I can't think of anything really funny or interesting or insightful to write about and the last thing I want is to bore people to death... But I guess you are reading this on your own accord so I really have no reason to feel bad for you.

Let's see, what shall we talk about today? Pregnancy? That is what is consuming all my time and energy (literally) right now. My due date is in just about 4 weeks and I am ready to go! Chris and I are both definitely nervous to go from being responsible for one human life to two, but we are trusting that God will take care of us every step of the way. Mostly I am just excited to meet her already! And of course I am excited to be done being pregnant. Those of you who know me know that I haven't had the most pleasant of pregnancies. Although this one seems to be going pretty well right now compared to when I was this far along with Elijah, so that is a definite plus.

Now I am just really hoping that my nesting instincts will kick in because our apartment is in dire need of a cleaning. Also, we need to get a new bed for Elijah so we can turn his current bed back into a crib for the baby. And that also means rearranging his whole room and probably ours too because I'm sure we'll have the crib in here for a while until she starts sleeping through the night. Luckily we have all the necessities right now (carseat, co-sleeper, stroller, swing, etc...) so we don't have to go out and buy anything in a real hurry (well I guess we will need to get some diapers). Also, we have been really blessed to have friends with little girls that have graciously given us all their old baby clothes so we aren't going to have to buy any clothes for her for quite a while.

So, in short, we are ready for baby Zoe to come! As Elijah puts it, "Baby Zoe gotta get out Mommy's belly!"

Not for the squeamish...

I know I never update anymore. I keep meaning to, but then I think of the energy it would take to sit at the computer, think of something to write about, type.... *sigh* It's just really not worth it.

Right now I happen to already be sitting at the computer and I'm ok with typing at the moment, but not so much thinking. So this is not going to be exciting.

I can't really do anything else besides go back to bed since I feel so awful right now. I'm in the process of trying to get down a piece of bread with peanut butter on it. My cinnamon toast this morning refused to stay down and it tasted so bad coming back up that I had to switch to something else. I have bread every morning. They say you're supposed to have complex carbs, which are in whole grain breads, so that's what I do. Every morning. Although the thought of eating more bread makes me want to punch someone in the face.

But then again there is nothing else that sounds even slightly appealing to me. I can't do cereal because milk makes me sick, I can't do yogurt because it's a milk product and after vomiting up bright pink yesterday I think I will be avoiding it for a while. I can't do anything sweet (muffins, pancakes, french toast, etc.) because, well, gross!

So I eat bread. At least I'm getting my recommended daily serving of whole grains.

Then there's the thirst problem. I'm soooo thirsty! I'm probably dehydrated, that's unfortunate. I keep water with me wherever I go and try to sip on it constantly, but, like most everything else, water makes me want to puke. And of course, if I puke it all up then I just have to start all over again. So although I want to chug, chug, chug, and chug some more water to quench my thirst, I cannot because I will just hurl it all back up again. Oh the joy.

Well I think that's enough whining for today, I am going to give in and go back to bed for a while. Praying this will end soon...

Preggers

So most everyone who knows me knows by now that I am pregnant with #2! I figured it's about time I write something about it.

It was a HUGE surprise for Chris and me. I mean, HUGE. In fact, if I wasn't so stinking sick and miserable right now I still wouldn't believe it! It's funny to see how God works because Chris and I have always talked about how we want our children to be close together, but we've known that financially we just can't afford to have another child right now. And this last month especially I have been thinking that I want to wait about another year before we start thinking of having more. Well, apparently God has other plans :-P

Chris is super excited about it, which is great. And he is definitely the best husband ever and is taking great care of both me and Elijah. I am very excited to have another baby, but I am also very nervous. I'm sure that it will be hard to have a newborn and a toddler at the same time, but I know we will be able to handle it, especially with God's help :-) I'm more concerned about where we are going to live, what we are going to drive, how we are going to get more baby furniture, etc. Thankfully, I have time to figure those things out and I know God is faithful.

Right now I am just hoping that I will survive the first half of this pregnancy as I am sick as a dog and I have a toddler to take care of and work to do. When I was pregnant with Elijah I was sick from about 6 weeks to 6 months and puked almost every day. So far this pregnancy I haven't puked, but I feel sick to my stomach all day long and just overall weak, dizzy, and exhausted. I haven't eaten a real meal in about a week and I'm not sure when I will be able to again. I'm living primarily on crackers and toast.

We are praying that I will get over the sickness quickly so that I will be able to get back to normal life and that every day activities like showering and brushing my teeth won't make me want to pass out or throw up. Pray for me!!!