Pregnancy Love

This week we entered our 3rd trimester.  Throughout my pregnancy I have been hearing "You just wait".  Anytime something new and exciting would happen, as soon as I shared it with anyone I heard a chorus of the "You just wait's".  For example, Me: I think I felt the baby kick this past weekend!  Them:  "You just wait until that baby is kicking you so hard you wonder if a bone is broken" or "You just wait until that baby kicks you so hard in the ribs it takes you breath away".  This got really frustrating for me as I just wanted to bask in the little milestones that make being pregnant so special.

I have loved being pregnant.  I feel like I've been chosen to do something way more significant with my life than my previous world could imagine.  It's like God smiled down on us and thought we would be the perfect people to raise this little baby.  I know I'm not Mary and didn't get visited by an angel in my sleep, but I can imagine what she felt like being chosen to carry God's son.  It's an honor and priviledge to carry a little baby within my body.

So onto the reason for this post.  I've been told the "honeymoon" phase of pregnancy is about to end and things will get really uncomfortable.  Baby girl is growing quite fast at this point and I can see where that may be true in the last couple of months.  So before I get to that stage, if I get to that stage, I wanted to record all the many things I have enjoyed throughout the past 27 weeks:

1.  I love feeling you kick and move everyday
2.  I love seeing your little heartbeat on the ultrasounds
3.  I love hearing your heartbeat at every appointment
4.  I love watching my belly grow and watching my belly button disappear
5.  I love daydreaming about who you are and who you will be
6.  I love talking (and sometimes singing)  to you when no one else is around
7.  I love guessing what position your in
8.  I love seeing the excitement in our friends and family for your arrival
9.  I love that you've mellowed me out
10. I love the two tiny strechmarks on my scar from the last time
11. I love that you have been so easy to carry
12. I love how protective I've become of the people I love
13. I love figuring out what you like and don't like to eat
14. I love making things for you
15. I love the new realms of humor that being pregnant produces
16. I love critiquing the bathrooms at every establishment I visit
17. I love being overwhelmed because everything is new and unpredictable
18. I love that my hair is so thick and healthy right now
19. I love that I don't have to wear makeup because of the "glow"
20. I love not being cold all the time.  For once I can warm Mike up...
21. I love not having to lift heavy things
22. I love not being concerned about the number on the scale
23. I love playing clothing roulette every morning when getting dressed
24. I love learning about how your growing every week
25. I love having a reason to browse the baby section guilt free
26. I love walking to one side every morning because you grew over night
27. I love the strength of Mike and I relationship now
28. I love that your stubborn when it comes to other people feeling you move
29. I love the smoothness of my skin
30. I love that I get to carry you with me always
31. I love the night vision that comes with going to the bathroom 5 times a night
32. I love all the snacks
33. I love going to the doctor
34. I love the chivalry of total strangers
35. I love that you stretch everytime I stand up into whatever space is created.
36. I love rubbing my belly
37. I love that for once my belly is the first thing to touch in a hug
38. I love that my body knew what to do to nurture you
39. I love the happiness that just the thought of you invokes
40. I love being pregnant.  I simply love being pregnant!

Thanks for checking in on us, nothing too exciting is going on right now.  We're mainly just growing at this point.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!