So I figured I'd take a few moments to update everyone on the interesting lessons I've learned in the past few weeks since I last blogged.
1) Do not iron without a shirt on. One morning, in a rush of course, I was ironing my shirt for work. I'm a big fan of the steam shot button on my iron. I pushed that little button and steam-shot my belly on accident. I hadn't realized how far my new belly was protruding. This was the point in my pregnancy when I realized I had gotten fat...
2) You can turn the stove on with your belly. Last week I brushed up against the stove and somehow managed to turn one of the knobs. Thankfully I immediately realized it and didn't burn the house down.
3) You don’t really need sleep to survive. I realize this lesson will probably become more apparently in the coming months but a good nights sleep is a rare occurrence in my house these days. It has something to do with the limited sleep positions and a lot to do with lesson #4
4) There is no limit to how many times you can pee in one day. And here I thought the first trimester was bad but oh baby (literally) I think I pee every five minutes. The bad part is that you don’t really have to pee that much but you can't wait because if you wait til your bladder is actually full and the baby shifts or kicks then you are in trouble...And it's worse at night, no matter how much I limit my liquid intake a nighttime I still pee about five times a night. Awesome.
5) I will never take tying my shoes for granted again. Thank goodness it's flip flop season because putting socks and shoes on has become incredibly difficult.
6) What falls on the ground, stays on the ground. This goes along with lesson 5, bending over just doesn't happen anymore.
7) My life is a constant buffet. My appetite has gone from crazy to ridiculous. I eat, and eat, and eat. When I get full, oh wait...I don't get full.
8) Working out is for the birds. I can no longer do anything. I go for about a 20 minute walk everyday and that's a much as I can handle in this heat.
9) OCD overdrive. I feel a constant urge to organize, clean, move things around. This problem is perpetuated by the fact that we have not received our baby furniture yet and I therefore have no where to put all the cute little baby clothes I've washed and ironed (yes ironed). the furniture should be here next week but it's driving me bananas that I have no tiny little drawers to put the tiny little socks.
10) There are approximately 97 different shades of baby pink. I learned this while picking out a color for the baby's room. From "True Pink" to "baby pink" and all 95 colors in between, this can really drive one crazy.
11) Putting together baby things, like a stroller or bassinet, is really stressful. This isn't like throwing together any other piece of furniture. Your babies life depends on your ability to follow directions.
12) No, I'm not ready, stop asking. Is one ever really ready for their life to changed completely?
I guess that's it for now...I'm kinda in a "calm before the storm" mode. I don’t think it has really hit Joseph or I that there will soon be a tiny little baby in the house. I think freak out mode will begin next week...we shall see :-)
