Jan. 5th, 2012

How can it already be 5 days into the new year?  It's pretty crazy.  Maybe it seems so crazy because of what is bound to happen by the end of this month.  It's still a little hard to believe that Baby J could enter the world any day now, but is more likely to come at the end of January.  And now that the Christmas and New Years rush is over, Tyler and I are just waiting.  I'm thinking time might start to slow down now and that's going to be painful.  I'm starting to understand why the last month of pregnancy is always complained about - it's starting to be more of what I've been expecting, more pains, aches and waddling.  Yeah, I've got the waddle going on now and for the most part I can control it, but there are times I catch myself swaying more then usual.  Like when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, I'm so stiff that it takes all my strength to get there and I waddle like a duck the whole way.  If I keep myself moving, I'm fine.

Tyler and I have been taking it easy the last few days.  Since New Years Day, not too much has happened.  We have spent a few days in Ponoka at Tyler's parents house.  We have organized all our things so it doesn't look like a bomb went off in our room.  That's one of the bad things about not really having a permanent place to stay - we don't have dressers or closet space for all our stuff so our things end up in piles.  It started to drive Tyler crazy so he spent a few hours the last few days organizing clothes into rubbermaids.  It feels a little more like we have our own space and that's a nice feeling.

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday at 9:30 in the morning so we went up to Sherwood Park the night before so we could kind of sleep in.  I also really wanted to see Kitten again.  I don't like not being with her because that's just what I'm used to, and I just love her so much.  I like to think that she missed me too but I'm not sure cats are capable of having feelings like that.  Don't burst my bubble if you know the answer to that.

So, we woke up yesterday, showered and got ready for the day.  It was going to be a busy day, one that Tyler was already telling me that I had to keep my strength up because he didn't want me to be exhausted before we were done all our errands.  So, we drove to the appointment to find that there was no free parking close to the building.  The last time I had to go to that building, I was able to just park out front for free but I guess not much is free these days.  We ended up parking in a mall parking lot and walking 5 minutes.  We were half an hour early for the appointment but it didn't take long before we made our way into an exam room.  This was the first time I was meeting the doctor who might deliver Baby J but I knew from Amy's experience that she was a really nice doctor.  She came in and we talked for a bit about baby things.  I find her very relaxed and that makes me a bit more relaxed about the whole giving birth thing.  She measured me and I am as big as I should be for 35/36 weeks along.  And then we got to hear the little heartbeat.  It's always the best part of the appointment, even though it never lasts as long as I want it too.  I could listen all day to Baby J's heart.  She didn't give me a beats per minute but  it sounded strong.  We now have appointments every week to check progress until baby is born.

After the appointment, we walked back to the car and went to check out the pet store we parked in front of.  There were some chinchillas to look at but they were mostly sleeping.  We found some cat scratching posts that Kitten would love to play on if we could afford them.  And then we started our marathon run of errands.  We have been compiling a list of things we would like over the past few months and it was finally time to try to cross some of those things off.  We headed to South Gate mall and walked around for a while.  I bought a few new shirts which was a bit of an ego boaster for me because they aren't maternity shirts and they still fit.  I've been wearing some of Tyler's shirts because I only have 3 maternity shirts and Tyler's are long enough to cover the belly.  I guess I'm just lucky that the 80's are kind of coming back in style, with those over sized off the shoulder shirts.

We ate some lunch and headed out to South Edmonton Common to look for pants for Tyler, shoes and ways to spend a gift card we received from a friend.  It was a tiring day for us.  Just getting in and out of the car was tough on me and I was excited to be done shopping at the end of it all.

We headed back down to Ponoka and enjoyed the afternoon and evening together.  I knew it would be early to bed because I was falling asleep on the couch at 7 while cross stitching.  Sleep came quickly once we got to bed and I only woke up once to waddle my way to the bathroom.  I hate waking up in the middle of the night because I'm always so sore that it takes about 5 minutes to actually get out of bed and then the slow walk to the bathroom takes another 2 minutes.  It's more of a pain in the butt then a relief.

Today we installed the car seat into the car.  And now we have further proof that we do need a bigger vehicle.  For one, Tyler said that the cat isn't coming back out with us is we have to drive the Pontiac back to Bella Bella so that convinced me.  But also because there is hardly any room for anything we might have to bring back out there.  We have been looking for a while now and can't seem to find a vehicle we can actually afford.  The dealerships always want just a little too much then we want to spend so for now, we will have to deal with a 2 door car.

Not too much is on the menu for us today.  I plan on cross stitching while I watch the World Junior medal games.  Maybe I'll play some Wii, although it keeps telling me that I'm obese and I don't really like that so I might stay away from it.  I'm just pregnant, you stupid game system!  You don't need to crush my self esteem like that :)

I'm trying to move more and more instead of just sitting all the time, so I might also play on the old exercise bike at some point today.  Other then that, our day will be low key.

Sonja