m2colvin: Crossing things off the TO DO list

Thank yous from the showers are all written and my hand hurts :) All the gifts flew safely home from Michigan and have all been put away. This past week Matt and I have enjoyed getting the last few things Squirt needed with our many gift cards. Matt says he is done with Babies 'R' Us for awhile now.

Since the showers I have been super excited when the UPS truck shows up at our house, it's like Christmas every day over here! Earlier this week we went to Target to look at the lightweight strollers. I asked Matt to fold down one that he liked and then we couldn't get it open again. He spent almost 5 minutes trying to get it open and I couldn't stop laughing so we just left it like that. Then we ventured over to the infant seats and tried to get the one we were getting off the base, once again we couldn't figure it out and decided it was just bolted together and that we really don't suck as parents. We have so much to learn! Ironically, when we got home the UPS truck showed up and brought us the infant car seat and base, this time Matt read the directions and figured it out in 2 seconds.

While we were shopping the other day I must have over done it because I had 5 braxton hicks contractions in the 30 minutes we were there. Matt told me later that he got a little reality check with how close we are getting to our due date (5w2d) and said Squirt can't come till after Saturday. This Saturday we will attend our lamaze class at the hospital and we are both looking forward to feeling more prepared from it.

I've been feeling more and more pregnant lately with achy arms and legs. Early this morning I had the worst cramp in my calf that sent me crying to the bathroom, I am still limping from it. I'm staring to feel a lot more pressure downstairs that makes it hard to walk and stand at times but it's just reassuring me that Squirt is getting ready to come! My list of things I would like to do before Squirt comes is becoming more unrealistic everyday. Even the little things make me exhausted, lately I have had to take a rest after showering. I'm still not ready to throw up my hands and say I'm ready to be done being pregnant but I'm looking forward to not feeling handicapped any more. I really love being pregnant and I know I will miss the now big movements happening inside of me. We are to the point that we can see Squirt move from one side all the way to the other, at first Matt and I thought it was kinda creepy but now I just think it's amazing!