JUST 10 of the things I have learned

Here are the top ten things I have learned and happenings from my pregnancy:

10. Sleep deprivation starts way before you have a baby
9. Today I was walking across the street to the State Building when some guy whistled at me. I thought "I've still got it" then he must have saw my belly because he said "oops sorry." Sad day
8. Sadly, I snore. Yup. And Josh hates it : (
7. I thought I knew what heartburn felt like until these past 2 months!
6. It's really not sexy when the bottom of your belly sticks out of every shirt you own
5. Shea butter does NOT prevent stretch marks.
4. As previously mentioned in a different post don't EVER watch birthing videos
3. Hobbit feet are really unattractive
2. I wish I owned one of those electronic chairs that takes you up and down the stairs.
1. I already know that every single one of these will be totally worth it in a month. This will be the best Christmas we have ever had - well if he comes before : )

Love and Marriage

Yesterday this story was not funny, but now looking back this was hysterical to me. I love my husband he is the greatest. He is the biggest sweetheart ever and he makes me laugh so much. Well this past week I went to Babies R Us and was checking out the car seat travel systems and I found one on sale! So I figured I would bring Josh there this past Saturday so that we could finally buy the car seat.

Well, I brought him to Babies R Us. It was his first time there and it was as overwhelming as it was to me. I showed him the stroller and car seat and Josh wanted to take it off the shelf and play around it with it. So we are playing with it and he collapses the stroller. Then he tries to put it back up. And no luck. Two store employees come over and they can't do it either. Literally, it took ten minutes to put it back up. So then we take out another one and Josh collapses that one too. And again can't get it back up. But this time no one came to help. He kept playing with it and shaking it and trying to pull it really hard apart. It was so frustrating at the time watching him. I asked to try and he told me to "go look around." Such a guy. Then after like an hour (ok 10 minutes) he finally sees a little latch and yay it works!!

We end up buying the car seat and travel system (we got an awesome deal $70 off)!! So we get it out to Josh's car and we try to get it in the back seat and it wouldn't fit through the door so we tried the truck and no luck. So Josh decides to take the whole thing apart and put pieces in the car and in the trunk. And again we are totally frustrated. I went to put the cart back and I am walking back to the car and he is struggling with the box trying to collapse it to get in to the car. I am giggling as I watch this but he is pretty ticked off at this point. We get it all in and get in the car to leave.

Now maybe this isn't funny to anyone else but watching him struggle with that box and struggle with the stroller has been making me laugh all day. The best part is we didn't argue even after being so frustrated. He is so cute and I love that he came with me to Babies R Us and I love that he wanted to see how the strollers worked and I love that he got every piece of the one we bought in the car. But seriously, I can't stop laughing today picturing everything that happened!

This baby is just going to have to stay in me!

Wow, a month and no new post! Well I am due in 49 days! 49! Where did the time go!? I decided a few months ago that Josh and I were going to take the prenatal classes at the hospital so that we could be prepared for the big day and understand what was going to happen since this is the first! One of our friends (Nikki and Mike) are due about 9 days before us and are delivering at the same hospital so we all decided to take the class together. We went to the first class which was last week and learned about warning signs of prelabor and some other useful things. I thought "this is exactly what we need." Then before we leave the nurse teaching the class says "next week we will watch a video of women giving birth." Of course Josh freaks out and says there is no way he wants to watch that and I was thinking "no big deal. I watched my sister give birth and it wasn't that bad." So all week Josh was saying he didn't want to go because he didn't want to watch it.

Well last night we go to our class. We learn about the different medical equipment used in labor and delivery and about epidurals (yes please) and then she puts the video on.... At the beginning it says "The Miracle of Life" and it was produced by Brigham Young University. So I thought "they won't show too much because they are super conservative." WHATEVER! We had up close and personal views of (as my mother-in-law would say) she she's. But that wasn't the disturbing part to me! I was freaking out! I was getting hot and sick feeling and I was just thinking "I change my mind! I am not ready for this baby." Then of course there has to be one woman on the video who has a natural birth, makes no noises during her contractions, her and her husband just press foreheads together during them and then the freaking baby just falls out of her pretty much. Show off! Josh and Mike covered their eyes a lot but everyone must have thought I was fine because I just kept staring, little did they know I was in complete shock!

Then we leave and Josh says "that doesn't seem too bad." And I said "I wish this was you!!!!" I do! I can't do it! I am freaking out a little! I am already large so I keep imagining this monster head baby that I am going to have to birth! Oh geeze, it's going to happen whether I want it to or not huh? I am so sorry mom, I had no idea what you went through!