Full Term and Counting..

Well I made it to 37 weeks on Sunday and now we're counting..   I'm sure at this point most people are ready to have the baby already.  I unfortunately am not, I do not feel prepared!  I have school work and an internship to complete so that I can graduate.  I am unsure how other women have careers, other children and lives while going through pregnancy. Being pregnant is a constant struggle in some ways!  The majority of my current time is spend sleeping or wanting to sleep.  Thankfully I have a very supportive husband (who wants me to have this baby right now)  and we've been making it day by day.
I know that we could have this baby at any time and nesting mode a couple of days ago. I wish it would have lasted longer, because I have so much more to do! On the bright side, Jon and I all prepped for the hospital.  Baby bags are sitting in our kitchen and our over night bag is in the bedroom ready to be grabbed!  Jon and I are both so excited, we can hardly contain ourselves!

Since Thanksgiving is tomorrow I thought I would say a few things that I am thankful for this year.
I am very thankful for how much my marriage has grown over the past year and how wonderful of a father my amazing husband is going to be.  I'm also very thankful for our daughter, who will be here very soon.
I'm thankful for our family back in Indiana.  Jon and I are both homesick and we miss our families terribly, but this being our first Thanksgiving without them we are hoping to make new memories.  This year I thought about making a turkey and all of the fixings tomorrow, but being as how difficult it is for me to make chicken tacos - I'm passing this year. I'm also thankful for the excitement that next year will bring!  Well now it's time for me to get back to work!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

37 Weeks Pregnant

A Season of Changes

"You only need the light when it's burning low. Only miss the sun when it starts to snow.  Only know you love her when you let her go. Only know you've been high when you're feeling low. Only hate the road when you're missing home.  Only know you love her when you let her go - and you let her go."  - Passenger

How true is it that we only miss things that we don't have, when we don't have them.  I'm not going to get all sappy on you today.  I do miss our family and friends, the green of Indiana, and Los Rancheros, but sometimes change can be for the best. 

Jonathon and I are in a season of changes.  Oh so many changes.  I speak for both of us when I say that we could use your prayers.  We both have so many transitional things happening in our lives that it's hard for us to find time to have intellectual conversations and encourage our marriage.  Right now we spend so much time trying to get/keep the new house clean, dealing with the builder of the house about all of the imperfections that they need to fix, dealing with the movers who have broken a few of our things (like my washing machine), and focusing on what our lives will be like after our baby arrives.
Apart from the everyday mundane problems, Jonathon of course is still waiting for his employer to put him in a more permanent position at work and I am in the last semester of college.  These changes really can be overwhelming when you let them pile up.  Thankfully Jonathon has been my rock and has been keeping me on track and preventing me from becoming one with the couch (not for lack of my trying.)

In other news, I'm so excited about all of our family and friends coming to visit us and our newest member in the upcoming months.  Jonathon and I are both truly looking forward to seeing everyone, and sharing our baby girl with our family and friends.  It's hard to imagine how different our lives are going to be in just a few short weeks.  That's right - weeks.  6 weeks to be exact, if she decides to stay right where she's at until her due date.  I keep thinking that I have more time than I do.  I'm finding it difficult to try and gauge what needs to be completed before the baby arrives and what can wait. I hope that I'll have some clarity when it comes to this soon. 

Also - if you've been keeping up with my doctor problem, I just want you to know I've given in.  With less that 2 months I decided to stay with my fruitloop doctor's office and deal with how unorganized and rude the staff can be.  After our daughter is born, I will be searching for a new doctor.  That way I never have to deal with this situation again!

Happy Monday