30 Week Comfort levels

Oh man. What a HORRIBLE night sleep last night.
You know when you lay there sort of half asleep, half dreaming? You know your body is not moving but you THINK you are awake? And then all of a sudden you see spiders, freak out, get out of bed and realize that you must have been dreaming after all??

And then you constantly wake up with heartburn, legs that are trying hard to cramp up on you, and a bad pain in your lower back?

Well that was my sleep last night.

My only comfort was knowing that before I go to bed tonight my husband will be back from the Ukraine and in the morning I'll have someone to rub my sore back.

I love my pregnancy, but I HATE how I'm sleeping.

I look forward to my morning coffee like it is blood I need to replenish in my veins. I don't know how I would function without it these days. Oh well. Soon enough I'll have a newborn babe in my arms and will be complaining of being woken out of a dead sleep 2-3 times a night...so I'll try to find comfort in the fact that ONCE I'm asleep I stay asleep?????

I'll focus today on just how good my skin looks as well ;)

Canada Day and 30 Weeks Today!

Here are my 30 Week/ Canada Day Belly Shots.

I was dreading doing ANYTHING today. Dreading walking downtown or walking ANYWHERE in the heat with the two kids.
I lucked out because my friend Paula invited us to join her big family bbq. It was perfect. We got to decorate ourselves, eat, roast marshmellows, jump on a trampoline and play with sparklers. I wish the kids could have held out for the fireworks, but at the same time I'm pretty pooped.

My legs are quite swollen and sore tonight so I'm happy to have been able to do SOMETHING for the kids with MINIMAL effort on my part.

A Face for a Mommy to Love

How can ANYONE be in a BAD MOOD after looking at this face?? Actually I think I'm going to make it my screen saver. Then when he continues to draw on the t.v with those crayons in his hand I will just hum a merry tune and count my blessings for curious and creative little boys.

I wonder if the fourth child is going to be EVEN weirder than this one ????? ;)

Over Did It

I spent the entire day yesterday by myself.
It was great.
I made my way to Ottawa and perused IKEA to shop for my sun porch.

By the time I got home it was around 430pm and I started to assemble my new Day Bed that pulls out and turns into a double....I finished at 930pm!!!!!

Needless to say I am VERY sore today. Back and Belly.

I also tossed and turned in bed all night decorating my sun porch in my head.

I think I even had a dream that it was full of spiders.

Then I woke up at 5am to a cute little boy screaming for me.

I'm tired.

Really tired.

Today is a rest day. I think I'll take pictures of the porch and do a little cleaning but that is IT!!
Well o.k, that AND take care of the two little ones and my chickens. But that's it!!

Leg Cramps

Had my first leg cramp last night.
It was fabulous.
I've been getting the tiny ones but as soon as they come on I've been able to stop them.
Last night however it kept on coming.

This was after a really good stretch at the Y.
Hmmmm so don't stretch? I don't think that is the answer.

Oh well. Just a reminder that this belly is growing and growing.

10 weeks to go.

I can't hardly believe it. I don't like it.

Only 10 weeks.

That means only 10 weeks to go of the summer as well.

I don't like that either.

Sore Parts

I had a great workout at the YMCA today.
I have been unable to go for about 2 weeks so todays sweat felt really really good. This time I made sure to eat enough breakfast!!!

Afterwards I had did a long stretching session.

Wow...

There are some parts that are becoming kinda tender. ahem....

My pelvis must be widening or something. At least that is my excuse for why my hips and butt are so wide. ;)

Can You Imagine???

Today was even Hotter than yesterday. The only thing saving me from hibernating in my bathtub is knowing that it rarely gets any hotter than this.

Oh...and having fabulous friends that have pools and air conditioning...God Bless you Anita.

Just the two little ones, no organized activities and no husband....What else is there to do other than go visit friends, hang out and pretty much do what I want??? I'm kind of liking this. I get to do whatever and go wherever and don't have to 'ask' anyone else if they need the car or have any errands they want to do. O.K so I DO still have the two little ones so I suppose I AM kind of busy ;) But it is nice to be LESS busy.

Wow....Can you imagine having an ENTIRE week to yourself???? Like, no husband AND no children??? I could go for lunch, shop a little, soak in the tub, meet my girlfriends for a wine night and SLEEP IN!!!!!

Just for a week.

I think I just may make an IKEA trip while I'm at it...

I'm Feeling Hot,Hot Hot...

Hot Hot Hot!!!!!
Over 30C and boiling!!!

Thank GOD my mother put in a pool last year.

There you will find me.

There or hiding in my house with my feet up and all the blinds closed so as not to let in an OUNCE of warming sunshine.

I'm not complaining really. Gives me an excuse to do as little as possible.

29 Week Belly Pic

That's me. All of me. All 148 pounds, 28 pounds gained of me. Sigh....
I feel it this week. The weight. I am slower and HATE the look of my arms and face. THIS is a good pic. The other 748 that it took to get this 'candid' photo....not so much. The varicose veins showing that I had to crop out...not so nice looking.

Why are these pregnancy logs all about weight?? Because EVERYTHING else about this pregnancy is PERFECT and WONDERFUL. The weight gain is ANNOYING...so I write about it.
So there.

I managed to hop onto the elliptical this morning at the YMCA. I must not have eaten a big enough breakfast because whoa! At 10 minutes my blood sugar plummeted. So off I got and to the juice bar for some orange juice quick!!!

I did NOT like that at all. Note to self...left over cereal not enough for breakfast.
Normally I make sure I eat enough, but this morning we were rushing around so we could drive hubby to the church to send him off on his 2 week trip to the Ukraine. I kind of forgot about breakfast as we got ready.

I won't make that mistake again.

Although I hate to look at my ballooning body (because really I FEEL smaller than I look...and sexier), I know I NEED to keep eating and eat well. So I do....Eat....and eat.... sigh.

Soaking up Baby-ness

I was snuzzling with Lara tonight and the baby was kicking away at her back. It was so much fun to have Lara be able to FEEL Audrey kicking her. It was a nice snuzzly, cuddly, warm moment.

I'll be 29 weeks this coming week and have a little over 2 months to go.

Really? I mean REALLY?? only that little of time? I don't want it to go so fast!

I remember feeling the last 10 weeks felt like a year and for this baby I really really don't want it to end. I LOVE being pregnant and am enjoying having a big round belly and a tiny alien roll around inside of me.

I want to soak up every moment...remember every second.

Besides...I'm not ready for the next part yet. I'm not ready to have a 2.5 year old that is not potty trained and is still in a crib ON TOP of a new born. I admit that I don't have much faith that Peyton will be ready any time soon to give up his diapers OR his crib.

He is just different from my two girls. They were chatting away at his age in big girl beds and wearing big girl underwear by the time the next baby came along.

I suppose I'm not ready for him NOT to be my BABY anymore either. I want to hold on and soak up every ounce of his baby-ness before the new baby makes him look like a GIANT in comparison.

I'm just not ready and that is quite O.K with me :)