Sweet but not Prickely

My lil D Man,
It's hard to believe that you're due to be here in just over 6 short weeks.  I thought that this week I would make two lists for you.

What I Will Not Miss About Being Pregnant

• Having to use the restroom too frequently
• Having to sleep on my right side.  If I sleep on my left side you kick me, a lot, because that is where you hang out.  It's also not the 'best' way to sleep according to the pregnancy gurus.  I also can't sleep on my back for the same reason I can't sleep on my left side.
• Swollen feet.
• Heartburn and Acid Reflux
• The extra weight gain, although most of it is just you.
• Waddling like a penguin, although my cousin Samantha loves penguins, I don't think I make a cute one.
• Being able to stand up/sit down without it feeling like an Olympic event.
• Not being able to breathe properly since you are pushing my lungs up into my ribs.
• Having to wonder what you look like.
• Crazy emotions.

What I Will Miss About Being Pregnant

• Being able to be the only one to bond with you for the past nine months.
• Feeling you kick/squirm/roll on the inside.
• Having you with me all the time.
• The mystery of how you came to be and the amazing thing my body is doing even at this very moment.

I'm sure that there are many more things, but right now my mind is fuzzy and scrambled.  Comes with the pregnancy but I don't mind it as much as other mommies to be may.

Today is Daddy's birthday too.  Don't tell him but he's getting really old.  In two years he's going to be (shhh) 30! (gasp!)  We were talking yesterday about how most people hate the idea of turning 30, but I think that he and I are going to be ok turning 30.  We figured that before we both are 30 we will have been married (of course), started a family (that's all because of you D), and bought a home.  Who cares if we don't have a ton of money, we will have each other and that's all that matters.  Being married, having a family and a home are big goals people set up for themselves before they hit 30 and God willing we will have hit them all.  So our life will be exactly where we hoped it would be.  More importantly it's where God wants our lives to be.  We are just fortunate that His will is what we had always hoped for.  You'll learn more about that later on as you get older.

That's all for tonight.  I'll have to get Daddy to take a picture later and then I will add it to this post.  

By the way, the title of this post may seem off, but let me explain.  You're the size of a pineapple this week.  I'd like to think that this is a special week for us since pineapples are grown mostly in Hawaii and that's where I was born.  Take a look at a pineapple and eat one too and then you'll understand the title.  And did you know that pineapples are grown UNDERGROUND? Crazy I tell you, just crazy.

Love you,

Mommy