As I am about to start the last month of my
pregnancy before we meet our baby girl, I have been reflecting on the last 8 months…
I will never plan a road trip in the
mountains during the first trimester of a pregnancy again.
I will always have protein in my belly
before I take those ridiculously huge prenatal vitamins every day…and keep
peanut butter by my bed in case I need a little extra to get to sleep or to get
out of bed without feeling nauseous (both have happened).
Most preggos talk about the cute little
baby hiccups they feel, instead I was the one with hiccups at least every other
day during some of my 2nd trimester.
Up until around 7 months, I only felt baby hiccups once. Then, she started getting them in the middle
of the night after I woke up to use the restroom lol
Also, most preggos talk about the crazy
dreams they have. The only weird dream I
had was before we found out baby is a girl…I was going around to everyone
insisting that we name him Tyson (not even one of the names on our list). However, the Hubs had some crazy dreams for
me…usually involving guns haha!
If I ever want to feel her kick, all I
have to do is drink sweet tea from Chickfila.
She gets real excited/hyper…of course, my child would love Chickfila ;-)
Also, of course, our first child would
be due on Texas Independence Day ;-)
I miss alcohol and sushi more than I
thought I would.... And I don't even drink that much when I'm not pregnant, but
a glass of wine or a cool drink when we were in Hawaii was definitely missed!
That moment Hubs heard her heartbeat and
saw her moving on the ultrasound for the first time…you could just see in his
eyes how REAL it finally was. Also, the same
date he started writing his speech for all the boys that will one day be
interested in his little girl…
Last month, Hubs was reading us a Christmas
devotional when baby girl started kicking like crazy. It was so cute....it was
as if she was excited to recognize her daddy's voice and wanted to praise Jesus
with us! Already a DADDY'S GIRL!
It is fun to get her to react to a
flashlight in a dark room (around 27 weeks babies can start telling whether it
is light or dark outside of the womb) and have her kick my stomach so hard that
she looks like an alien…Hubby’s reaction- wide-eyed “Whoooa!”
I never knew you could worry so much
about someone you haven’t even met yet.
Cats get even weirder when your body is
carrying another human being. Dogs get
more protective.
Sorry if this is awkward, but it’s still
funny…First, know that I have never wanted one anyway, but after pregnancy I
know I absolutely, positively NEVER want a boob job. SO. HEAVY.
Ohmygosh. Haha.
I cannot multitask when I’m pregnant,
especially if one of those tasks is me talking to someone. Probably the most embarrassing “pregnancy
brain” moment I had was while talking to my mom on the phone, I was also looking
at a high school buddy’s facebook page when I realized that I couldn’t see
anything on his page, except his profile picture and a “happy birthday” comment
from me months earlier. I immediately
sent him a “what the crap?!” message asking why he had deleted me!! He had no idea what I was talking about, and
had had some family drama so decided to hide most of his facebook announcements
just so nosey people didn’t always know exactly what he was up to…this is the
same friend who bought us a random Christmas gift a few months later I had
registered for for baby girl….I have really sweet friends lol.
And last, I’m still completely blown away by the
love and support from so many friends and family. Whether you gave me maternity clothes so that
I didn’t have to spend a fortune on a new wardrobe, sent random gifts, came to
one of my showers, or just told me I was cute when I feel like a HIPPOPOTAMUS,
thank you so very much. I can’t wait for
you all to meet my precious little one.
Love,
Leslie (and baby girl)
