The one month countdown has begun! I can't believe how quickly the past few weeks have gone! Preparing for Christmas, celebrating Christmas, starting the packing process. This week is going to continue being devoted to packing and moving. Fortunately, we are starting to get several people who have said they can help us with the actual moving of boxes and furniture, so that is a huge relief! Part of me is a little sad to go because this has been our home for 3 1/2 years. I haven't lived somewhere that long for the past 10 years! But I'm definitely looking forward to moving into more space and setting up the nursery. So far, it's been fun to get stuff for Baby Z, but when we bring it home it goes in a corner or in a box, so I haven't really gotten to enjoy it and oversee all that we have for him. Then we can also move forward and buy some of his furniture -- a crib, a dresser, some pretty key items that we simply don't have room for at the moment! I'm sure the next week or so after that will be spent unpacking and by then I'll already be at full term -- whew!
**Side note -- when I don't go to work, my days run together. I just had the thought, oh no, I was supposed to write up my Monday Musings post yesterday, no wait today IS Monday, or is it? How do you keep track of the days once the baby comes?**
Now on to random facts that I want to remember about this time in my pregnancy:
1. Zeke is moving around a lot -- at least the past couple of days he has been squirming and shifting. I think I felt him have hiccups yesterday. I've been trying to capture his movements on the video setting on my camera, but so far, nothing. I always want to show people when he's moving because it's so obvious to me, but he tends to either move much less or stop entirely once they start watching. So far, his movements don't really hurt me or cause me pain. There are some times when he might kick or push a little harder, but about 97% of the time, I am just able to enjoy his movements.
2. I can't say I've really had any cravings except for the time during the summer when I really wanted cucumber salad. But that only lasted about a week. I'm currently eating Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream :o)
3. I've started wearing more of Lovebug's clothes around the house. They are just more comfortable than even my lounge pants. Some of the maternity clothes I was wearing at the beginning no longer fit. Thankfully, I was given a wide range of clothes and should be able to make it to the end! But I was still a little surprised when some of them starting feeling too tight to be comfortable.
4. My heartburn has mostly subsided on its own. I haven't had to take the medicine regularly, just every once in awhile if I feel a flare-up happening. But I've been able to eat a surprising amount of spicy foods (ie. the extremely spicy chicken tortilla soup I made a couple weeks ago) with no repercussions! I've been thankful.
To life... full of moving and staying busy!
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