A list of love

These last few days have been a bit rough. Just give an update, my last day of work was Friday. Just stopping that was a bit of a shock to the system. I was now throwing myself full on into "Mommy" role... or at least "prepping to-be mommy" role. This end date was a week earlier then originally planned, because work had just gotten a bit too physically overwhelming. My body wasn't keeping up with the demands I was putting on it, and I needed to scale back.

After ending work on Friday (and saying at least a temporary good-bye to my friends and kiddies), a few nasty physical things began to happen (as you can read in the previous post).
But as I was resting today I realized how much I want to not only cherish this time off, but when I look back on the pregnancy, remember the amazing parts of it.

So here is my list of love- the amazing things that have happened over the last 9-10 months

- Feeling her hiccup (there is nothing like feeling / watching your stomach jump each time, to really make you realize the little being that is inside of you)

- Having Chris put his hand on my tummy to feel her move. It's like connecting all 3 of us together.

- Looking back over the pictures of my growth, and really seeing the changes that have taken place (or the not-so existent changes- I really didn't start showing until almost the 8Th month- incredible!)

- Folding and re-folding all of her little clothes, and imagining her actually fitting into them (some of them look SO small!)



- Having Burton drape himself over my stomach b/c I swear, he can feel her moving


- Seeing those sonogram pictures of her, and hearing from the doctor that she is doing great (and has long legs!)

- having "mommy-brain", where I can't remember simple words or phrases, and knowing it's b/c so much of my juice is going towards her!

There are plenty more, that as I think of them, I'll add. I really just want our little girl to know how much she is loved, even before we get to know her.