It’s actually been a good couple of days. Camper-centered, like usual. He’s been on the top of our minds and people have showered us with gifts for our little baby to be. Yesterday we got a HUGE box from our Groton family. TONS of clothes, I can’t even believe it. Looks like BabiesRUs exploded in Camper’s room. When my cousin Sara’s baby was born he kind of just “skipped” the whole newborn clothes stage- he was a big one- and has just gotten bigger, so he was kind enough to share. Thanks Sara, Auntie and Melissa for sending your love this way!! Then today the girls at work threw me a shower. It was amazing- they got me tons of bath stuff and clothes and baby pruning tools and the cutest baby book ever. My Mom came too, and even though she’s given me a gift at my other two showers (one in MA and one in Herriman with family), she came with even more!! I thought it was tricky yesterday when she came home from “the park” without the book she always takes to read, and then wouldn’t look at me until I stopped asking where she had been ;) She’s a tricky one- she got me the warm jumper I wanted for Camper AND the cutest PJ’s with bears and moose and racoons on it AND a breast pump. I actually can’t even remember all the things people have given us, it’s an amazing show of love and support. So thanks to all our family and friends that have given us so much from the very earliest stages of this pregnancy!
Pregnancy is once again changing on me. I’ve gotten hungrier again, even waking up feeling like I want to eat in the middle of the night. I’ve tried to stifle that urge a bit…I want milk ALL THE TIME, and I’m starting to get more tired at work again. I think that has a lot to do with the fact that we’ve hired my replacement and I’m in the beginning stages of training her. My back is also killing me…but I hear that’s to be expected. More exciting, though, is that Camper is getting really really strong. I felt him stretching the other morning and it was so slow and deliberate, he is such a real little person. I’m hoping that we’ll have good news with regard to my iron at my appointment tomorrow, but honestly, it’s nice to not have to worry about Camper’s health anyway. Just don’t beef up in there too much Little Man…
John goes back to school next week, and I’ll keep on working and doing as much as I can. I think the time might be approaching when I’ll need a little more rest. I got home last night and asked John, “What if I go into labor at the end of a day and am already exhausted?” I think I need to try a little harder to not get so run down. We’ll see what I can do about that…
But as for now, I’m just enjoying life with baby internal. I’m really, really enjoying having my Mom here. I tried to explain to her today that I’m actually starting to feel spoiled- do you know many people who have someone there to help them get the food they need and do the cleaning that needs done and drop them off and pick them up and basically just lives life in a constant state of, “What can I do for you?” I hope that I can be as good a Mom as she is, selfless and patient. Cause I know I’m not an easy one to help. At least I’m giving her a pretty grandbaby boy to say thanks. The only thing that’d make it even better would be to have my Dad close by. I don’t like the idea of them being apart for so long. Thanks for letting me have her for awhile, Dad. She helps me so much!
Oh yes- and since I’m naming people I love- I have a pretty good husband, too. He is amazingly good at finding the exact food I need before I decide I don’t need it anymore, and very, very good at making me smile when I wake up in the morning. Enough mushiness for now, I think it’s time for a bath.
