Week 30

I'm trying not to count down the days! BL is getting bigger, definitely making it harder for her mommy to do things like eat regular meals, bend over, work out on the elliptical machine, and wear any pre-pregnancy clothes. She also moves almost all the time now. The biggest milestone this week is that some of her pokes and kicks have started to be rather uncomfortable! This all sounds pretty negative, but there are some upsides too...people have really started to notice that I'm having a baby, and they will talk to me about it, and hold doors open and offer me their seats on the bus. I am trying to take the advice that I've now heard from numerous sources: start saying "yes" when people offer you things! It's not as easy as it sounds.

I'm also really looking forward to the coming of spring in general. I think it will be nice to have BL begin her life just as all kinds of other new life is emerging outdoors as well. Also we are really hoping that we know much more about what the future holds by then...if John gets an offer, it may even be in the next two to four weeks! All we can do is hope...