I’m Blessed

Good morning.  This Monday morning, I’m blessed with coffee.  I’m blessed to still be pregnant.  I was blessed with an incredibly relaxing Thanksgiving weekend.

I’ve been lazy about blogging, but I tend to attempt to keep first things first.  I’m excited that my very own computer should be coming sometime today, so that means I no longer have to stand in line to write a blog post in my house.  It’s exciting news for everyone!  I’ve got about 15 blog posts written in my head, and I’m excited to let them out and enjoy some clear headed-ness.

I’ve reached 36 weeks, and it’s hard to believe that someone who is about the size Elias was when he was born is residing inside of me.  I’m excited that the minimum goal of 37 weeks hits this Saturday.  I’ve just so barely entered the “OK, I’m ready to be done with this pregnancy” mode as everything is starting to be sore pretty much all the time.  I’m starting to worry over everything which is normal for me at this point in the pregnancy.  I worry if the baby doesn’t move as often as I think she should, and I worry about how she may be turning or positioning herself.  Of course, she starts moving whenever I eat something or just poke her a bit.  She’s just getting a bit cramped.

At my last midwife appointment, our little girl was head down, but posterior (meaning face up instead of the traditional face down).  That’s not a huge deal because she still has plenty of time to turn, and as this will be my 5th delivery, it’s very common for babies to change positions more often right up until labor starts.  I’ve been doing some stretches recommended, and I’m fairly certain that she’s already turned, although I won’t know for sure until I see my midwife again.  I very much don’t want a difficult labor.  I think I need to be a tad bit more fed up with this pregnancy before I welcome labor with open arms.  Usually by the time it comes, I rejoice over it.

I’m so blessed that we’ll be home for Christmas this year.  I’m loving the Christmas decorations slowly being put up around the house.  We’ll wait until closer to Solveig’s birthday before we get our live tree.  The day of her birth 2 years ago was the last time we got a tree.  (We don’t bother getting a tree when we’re visiting my family for Christmas.)  It sounds like a fun tradition to get a tree for her birthday.  Hopefully she won’t mind.  Hopefully her sister won’t pick that exact day to be born.  I have no idea how to plan for Solveig’s birthday party.  Should I send out invites if I have to call everyone if I happen to be in labor that day?  What if I go into labor the day before and don’t exactly feel like hosting a party?  What if labor starts an hour before the party and I’m trying to just get through it without anyone knowing?  That doesn’t sound like fun.  I’m a bit at a loss at what to do about this particular party.  It falls into my “don’t plan on anything” time frame.

I’m going off track, but I feel like there’s so much to catch up on with you guys!  I wish I could sit over coffee and Mint Milanos with each of you and just talk about life.  This baby has me craving Mint Minlanos pretty much all the time.  It’s like the Oreo situation in previous pregnancies.  Apparently this baby has a bit more refined taste.

I’m blessed to get 3 batches of Swedish meatballs in the freezer this weekend for post-baby time.  It was such a lazy weekend, I actually felt like cooking something special.  I got lots cleaned in the upstairs of my house too from scrubbing the bathroom to doing every last stitch of laundry, and that just felt so good!  AND…(wait for it…) 

I cleaned my sewing room.  No, for reals.  An avalanche doesn’t happen when you walk past it anymore.
I smile whenever I do laundry now.  (On a technical level, the sewing room is actually the laundry room, but I find I like saying ‘sewing room’ better than I like saying ‘laundry room.’)  I am so blessed that Knut was around here and there this weekend, and he got lots done getting wood split and stacked for this winter.  Things were just getting done left and right this weekend and it just felt so good!!

So besides the open tubs of Christmas decorations that are mostly plopped on in the dining room and den, my house is mostly clean right now, and that’s a GREAT way to start out the week!  Well, that and getting a new computer which will basically insure that no housework will get done for a few days.

So to finish up on theme:

I’m blessed to have a hubby that gets up with the kids in the morning and start the coffee, and gets everyone started with breakfast so I can wake up slowly. 

I’m blessed to have a mostly clean house for the next 4 seconds.

I’m blessed to have Christmas music playing now around the clock, and since it’s after Thanksgiving, there’s no guilt.

I’m blessed that my kids are finally eager to play outside all the time.  Man, they have so much fun in the snow!  Strange, that they’ve been waiting all Summer for it to “cool down” so they could go play.  They are sort of weird that way.

I’m blessed with birds at our bird feeder outside the kitchen window pretty much every daylight moment.  They’re just fun.

I’m blessed with Baby Alpaca yarn on my needles.

How has God blessed you this last week!  With the Thanksgiving holiday, I hope you all had time to reflect on how blessed each of us is!  Let’s pretend we’re all sitting around the table, and give some thanks.  What are you thankful for?