Monday Musings: Part Six

I've reached the halfway point in my pregnancy! It's pretty hard to believe. What will the next t-minus 20 weeks hold?

I don't think I've really felt Zeke move much, maybe just once or twice so far, so I'm hoping to start feeling some real movement soon. Although, when I think about it too much, it actually kind of freaks me out. I mean... a baby, a HUMAN growing inside of me and kicking me from the inside?!? Kind of weird and surreal in my opinion.

I'm thinking... hoping... going to try to do a 5K in early December. Am I crazy? Maybe. But I think it's a reasonable goal, and I really don't care how long it takes me. I think it would be a fun accomplishment to complete during pregnancy. I'm going to give myself a couple more months to see how I'm feeling before I make my final decision though. I'm not unreasonable!

I've heard a lot of people say the last part of the pregnancy takes forever because you start to get so uncomfortable. But I'm actually really excited about the next few months and think they will really fly by as we come up to my favorite month - October - and get to celebrate Autumn, go on vacation, have a Caramel Apple Party, then on to Thanksgiving, and Christmas and New Year's. I'm so glad for this timing as I'm sure I will start to get impatient to meet Baby Zeke!

In the next 20 weeks I hope to truly enjoy my time with Lovebug. I have been so grateful to have 4 years to spend with just him and focus on our marriage and learn how to love and respect one another. I firmly believe the foundation we've built the past 4 years is what will carry us through the next 20+ when we have kids in the house. I've heard the stories about couples (especially the mothers) focusing on their children and forgetting about their husbands, so I want to make it known to myself that I'm going to have to work on this... probably daily. I've also heard about the people who get their last kid out of the house and they look at each other and wonder who the stranger is across from them... how sad! But I can see how it could happen. So in these next 20 weeks, I want to focus on my husband and maybe even formulate a plan with him about how we will keep our marriage strong once the baby arrives.

My body and mind are going to go through a lot of changes in the next 20 weeks, but I am excited and plan to share some of these changes along the way. I'm looking forward to the second half of this pregnancy and, of course, the end result!

To life... learning, growing, and experiencing whatever the next 20 weeks hold!