Holy Moly

The nesting stage has KICKED IN. Holy cow. I never knew it would be like this. I thought "nesting" happened a lot earlier than your last 2 weeks so I thought I just missed it. Last Monday I still couldn't be on my feet working longer than 45 minutes or I felt whoozy. I've been going non stop since last afternoon/evening. I just finished the GARAGE. Visualizing myself, 9 months pregnant and moving cardboard boxes, moving cans of paint, organizing the garden tools, sweeping, sweeping and MORE sweeping just makes me feel like I've turned into a crazy person. I completely rearranged the whole garage and it looks SO GOOD now. I cannot believe all a person can accomplish if they set their mind to it. Piles of paperwork, phone calls, etc. all finished TODAY!!! I can't believe my list of "to do" has basically disappeared! I literally scrubbed the house up and down yesterday, it nearly killed me, but then around midnight I had this incredible feeling, "You're going to have the baby TOMORROW. Your time is UP." It was so strong, I was SURE it was gonna happen. So I stayed up 'till 2am getting my hospital bag together, getting the car seat cover washed, fussing with the stroller and who knows what else. So after I just finished the garage I decided I was very satisfied with my work and I would relax the rest of the night. I just can't do it! I'm going stir crazy!!! But I really can't work anymore, I'm way too tired. Every time I get up my body says, "Slow down! Get back on the couch and put your feet up." My mind is just going. Yesterday I was in such denial that I was nesting. But today I realized that it's not very normal for a person to have a strong desire to wipe down all the light switches in the house. I don't think I've ever done that before unless someone was paying me. But honestly I REALLY want to get them done! Once this realization kicked in, I could finally say, "Yeah, I'm nesting."

I'm so excited to have this baby! I was basically having a freak out attack every other day for a few weeks, now, but ever since last night I've just felt READY and like it's TIME. I'm excited to have a little baby with round cheeks. I feel like she'll have round cheeks. I have another ultrasound in a week and I can't wait to see what she looks like. I hope we get a good picture. And hopefully it show that we can keep her inside a little while longer. I'm also excited to not be pregnant. I really feel like I've been SOOOOO blessed through this pregnancy. Whether it's a one time deal or my body is just blessed to breeze through the process, I am grateful. I don't want to get her out 'cause "I just can't take it anymore"- I'm just excited to get out and be more active! I've never been so motivated to work out. I know I won't be able to for awhile, but time flies so fast now, it will be here soon enough and I can put her in the stroller and go on walks. I miss being outside SO MUCH. It's always too hot and I'm too tired to do anything outside anyway. There's a work out group at church, three times a week, that I went to once, but then it was just too early to wake up. But I'm pretty sure I'll be awake in the mornings, now so as long as the timing of it works out, I'm thinking I could start going and get on a walk routine with a friend or two for the off days. That would be AWESOME!!! I really wanna get my body in gear. I was in really good shape before the pregnancy and it felt SO GOOD and I had so much energy. I just wanna get back to that. So hopefully I can make it happen.

I can't believe I'm gonna be breast feeding in a couple weeks. Another weird first. So many firsts approaching. By the way, we're naming her Scarlett. I suppose we should discuss the spelling before she actually arrives. We've had the name picked out for a LONG time, but didn't want to DECIDE until we met her- but it's probably what it will be. So, being her name will be Scarlett, makes us want to go with a RED theme in her room, which I'll get to sometime after she's here. We really like the name. I like how it's classic and very feminine. And no, it has nothing to do with Scarlet Johansson. If anything, I used to think about Scarlett O'Hara, but now it's just become her. The little baby in my womb. We were going to wait to tell people 'till after she arrives, but it's seems a pretty for sure thing, so here ya go.