31 Weeks :)

Today, I am 31 weeks pregnant.  I kind of can't believe it either.  I was fully expecting this to be the slowest process of my life but the end is creeping up fast.  9 more weeks and that's if we are going by my Feb. 7th due date.  I kind of think this child will come earlier then that just based on my own calculations, but now that I've said that it will be super late.  Oh well.  There is no controlling this belly monster.  The major milestone Baby J hit today is that there is now surfactant being produced in it's lung which is something that prevents the lungs from collapsing in the outside world.  It's nice to know that now Baby J can breathe if born this early.  

Last night was a pretty awful night for me.  I had a terrible headache that was a result of my poor choice in movies.  During the afternoon yesterday, I watched a "sad" movie.  I'm sure that if I watched this movie any other time in my life, I wouldn't have ended up sobbing for half an hour afterwards, but how was I supposed to know the main girl was going to die in the end.  So, I was crying and crying and then I got over it.  I didn't replenish my water supply so I'm thinking that's where the headache originated from.  Tyler was studying all last night and my headache got worse and worse as the night grew older.  Tyler told me to go to bed at around 7 and I should have listened to him, that would have helped a lot.  At 7 my eyes were only hurting a tiny bit and I was just a little exhausted.  By 9, which is when I finally headed in, my brain felt like it was on fire.  I couldn't stand being in the light and it hurt so bad.  I thought that I would just fall right to sleep and sleep all night long.  Tyler was nice enough to come to bed with me because usually if I fall asleep before he gets to bed, he will wake me up and then I wont be able to get back to sleep again.  So, he rubbed my head and my back and I decided then to take something for the searing pain behind my eye.  I rolled over and may have fallen asleep but it didn't really feel like it.  I had to go to the bathroom and that was a big chore.  After getting back into bed, I tossed and turned and woke up a few more times, still with a headache.  I did finally get to sleep after 11:30.  Poor Tyler!

I woke up this morning well rested and headache free.  I joined Tyler on the couch while he played on the computer and then headed out to work.  I made my breakfast and enjoyed that while Kitten cleaned herself beside me.  It was a slow and lazy morning.  I did the few dishes from last nights meal and did a bit of cross stitching.  I then headed into the kitchen to take chicken out for tonight's meal and to make Tyler a sandwich for lunch.  

Tyler came and left again and I was left wondering how I should spend my afternoon.  I very much value my time these days.  I was told recently to treat sleep like gold because once Baby J comes, there wont be a ton of it but I'm treating all this free time as gold.  It will be the last time in a very very long time where I will be able to just sit uninterrupted and do whatever I want for hours on end.  I am very much looking forward to taking care of our new baby but right now, I'm very much enjoying all this time I have.  So I read to Baby J and I cross stitched some more this afternoon.  I also headed outside into the glorious sunshine to get Kitten some more cat food.  We ran out of her regular cat food and had to buy the bad stuff, Meow Mix.  We picked it because chicken wasn't the first 3 ingredients but it turns out that food is just junk.  It's not making her feel good at all and it makes her one stinky kitty, so I went to see if there was anything at the store that would be good enough to feed her.  I found some and she seems to like it.  We will see if it makes her feel any better but I think it's better then the other junk we had.  

I made dinner and waited for Tyler to come home.  We enjoyed Classy Chicken and each others company before retiring to the living room for a quiet evening.  Tyler has been studying basically all night every night for a few days now.  I feel sorry for him because all his free time is spent with his books but I'm also super proud of him.  He's been working hard to get this stuff done and in a little over a week, it will all have paid off.  

Our evening plans are as follows: once Tyler is done reading, we will be watching the latest episode of Dexter.  I couldn't even think about staying up to watch it last night so tonight is the night.  I have an orange waiting for me on the table and I might find something else to eat as well.  I couldn't finish all my dinner because I get full pretty easily these days.

I can't believe how soon we are coming home!  It makes me so excited.  I can't wait to pack and get everything ready for our road trip.  I can't wait to get home and see all of our family and friends and enjoy Christmas with everyone.  

Sonja