January 20th.
As you can see, I’ve been getting bigger. I would put this into our nifty slideshow, but Chris is the only one that knows how to do that around these parts. I think I was about 32 weeks in this picture, but am not sure. Remember, the camera adds at least 10 lbs. And I think it’s more like 20 for pregnant women.
I’m 36 weeks now and ready to be done with pregnancy. I’ve enjoyed parts of this pregnancy more than the other two- there’s something really sweet about knowing this is probably the last time I’ll ever experience feeling a baby kick. And all that being said, I am just really ready to be done. I feel huge, though everyone assures me I don’t look it. I’m tired and ready to be able to sleep/lay on my belly again. I’m even up for the sleepless nights at this point. I just want to be done with pregnancy.
We have been super busy lately, though I know it pales in comparison to how busy I’ll feel in about 3 to 4 weeks. We’re trying to finish lots of stuff on our house before the baby comes, so that has occupied our weekends, and any other spare time we’ve had for quite a while. Thanks to my sister-in-law Caroline, we are almost completely finished with our kitchen cabinets- which is such a long time coming. Yes, people, we have been working on this project for about 10 months. May I suggest that if you are trying to remodel your whole house, you do one room at a time. Don’t start every project at one time like we did. Sometimes it feels like we will never finish.
The kids are doing well. Amai is getting really excited that summer is coming, as she usually has a long list of activities to keep her busy. This summer will be filled with swimming, ballet/tap, and gymnastics for her. I’m not sure what Asher will be doing, but this will be his first summer of activities- so it should be fun! Give me a big hollah if you see me out and about with all three of them- I’ll be the woman chasing her older two children with a baby in a snap’n'go.
I’m still getting used to the idea of Amai being in Kindergarten in the fall. I’m so happy for her (and me), but it is such a bittersweet feeling. If any of you have strong-willed children, you know what I mean. She has brought me to my knees in prayer more than almost anything else in life (apart from mom and the whole cancer ordeal.) We have worked so hard with her on things, and so it feels like a monumental event that she is graduating on to the school years part of life. This will be a big year of change for all of us. A new baby, Amai in Kindergarten in the fall, and Ashe in Mother’s Day Out two days a week. I look forward to this wild ride- let’s get it started!
Stay tuned, people. I know I’ve been absent lately, but I will post any news I have of baby girl’s impending arrival. And no- we still don’t have a name picked out yet.
I’ve been tagged by at least ten people on Facebook, so I thought I would post my 25 things here as well- since I haven’t posted anything in such a long time. So without further ado, here are my 25 things.
1. I LOVE, I mean absolutely love to laugh. The kind where you could easily spew coke or milk out your nose if you were drinking something. The kind that makes tears stream down your face. And I love getting the giggles when it is completely inappropriate too- like in church, or in college during a lecture, or something like that. I was definitely the one in school who got in trouble for laughing in class.
2. I was a horrible student in college. Not because of laughing in class, but because I hardly ever went. I didn’t have to study very much to get by, so I just didn’t see the point in going to class. I graduated after changing majors 5 times and somehow ended up with about 5.5 years worth of credits finished in 4.5 years.
3. One of my biggest pet peeves is mis-spelling words and poor grammar. It doesn’t annoy me, it just pains me because it makes people seem so much less intelligent than they really are. I’m not perfect at it either, and it drives me absolutely bonkers when I realize I have made a typo here or there. (Please don’t email me to tell me how many mistakes I’ve made here.)
4. While I didn’t love college for the classes, I absolutely had the time of my life in college with my friends and sorority. It was simply awesome.
5. I miss my mom for many reasons, but her big laugh and her ability to really enjoy a good time are two of the biggest things I miss. I miss my grandfather’s laugh too- they both could so easily laugh to the point of tears. Though I have healed in many ways from losing her, I will never fully get over living my life without my mom. It’s really hard sometimes.
6. I have no idea what my favorite color is. It used to be red and nothing even touched that as a close second. But then I had Amai and fell in love with pink for the first time ever. Asher opened up whole new world of color to me, and I still am at a loss as to what colors I love. I love lots of color and this is why I still haven’t decided on paint colors for most of our house.
7. I would rather spend an evening with my hubby than anyone else on the face of the earth. He can make me laugh harder than any man ever has, and I deeply and truly lucked out to have him as my best friend. I adore him.
8. I secretly want to become a pilot one day. Not commercial, just private- for fun. Don’t know if we’ll ever be able to afford that, but I dream about it quite a bit. Every time I see a small airplane flying by, I’m a little jealous.
9. Before I had kids, I had no idea how amazing it would be to become a mom. It’s the best thing ever. And yet, there’s nothing that has had the potential to drive me to drinking like a bad day with my kids. I’m eternally grateful for the good and the bad days with them though.
10. I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.
11. Amai going to Kindergarten in the fall has hit me much harder than I ever thought it would. I’m ready, but then again, I’m just not ready for her to grow up this fast. The next thing I know, she’s going to be asking for the keys to my car so she can go meet her friends somewhere. Dang!!!
12. I’m still praying about whether or not to go to seminary for a counseling degree. On one hand I think it would be great, on the other hand I don’t know if I can handle everyone else’s crap- I have enough of my own.
13. Chris and I are both night owls. It kills me to get up so early with the kids because I usually stay up way too late. I’ve had to really force myself to grow up in this area. The minute they are more self-sufficient I know I will probably revert to staying up into the wee hours of the morning.
14. I consider myself to be a very creative person. I love to create things. I can sew really well, I love to build things, and I usually am the one that puts all the kids’ stuff together when it calls for assembly. Poor Chris- he loves to build stuff too, but I always beat him to it.
15. I can’t stand it when people make fun of our last name. Usually this happens in a checkout line when a clerk makes a snide comment about it. I’m shocked that someone would be so low class as to bring something so far in the past to light. And no- we are not related to those Bobbetts. They spell their name completely differently anyway. Even if we were related, is it really ever appropriate to make fun of someone?
16. When I am sick, I love to be fussed over. Being a good nurse is not one of Chris’s strong suits- so being sick is absolute torture.
17. While I love a good party, and being with lots of friends, for the most part I really like peace and quiet. That’s part of what is most challenging about having young kids. It gets so loud sometimes, I have to go stand in my closet and just close my eyes for a minute or two.
18. This third pregnancy is both the quickest and most tiring I’ve had yet. I’m not sure I could ever care for three kids while being pregnant. Good thing we’re going to be done with 3.
19. I love music and miss playing guitar more than I miss playing violin.
20. I want to take up running again. I ran a lot in college and have never been in such good shape. Of course, there were no children back then…
21. In general, I don’t like sitting at the computer. It feels like such a waste of time. I’d rather talk on the phone, or even better- in person, to catch up.
22. I wish I could travel much more than we get to.
23. The only regret I have about college is that I didn’t go to Italy for the semester I had planned on going. Even though I didn’t finish up my architecture degree, it would have been totally worth it.
24. I absolutely love reading a good book. I read very fast and can easily zip through a few books in a week if they are good. I love the library and go there quite often.
25. Now I’m going to put my kids in bed, go to home depot for paint samples, and come home to finish upholstering the headboard we made for Amai’s bed over the weekend. Maybe I’ll stop at the library while I’m out, too.
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