30 weeks!

For some reason this week really feels like a big milestone. The end is in sight! And I can't say I'm not freaking ready!

Last week-end Chad and I took an all-day childbirth class. I ate it up big time. It was one day I got to focus completely on baby AND the best part....I got Chad all to myself. With our crazy work schedules and other priorities it was a real treat to have his full attention all day. The class was reeeeally informative and fun. I didn't realize how good a massage would feel until the instructor made the dad's give us 800 of them throughout the class to "prepare us for labor", except I think she was giving us moms the silent secret wink, knowing this might be our only chance to get a free massage. It was fantastic. And Chad of course made me giggle all day, which I told him was one of his duties. I loved feeling understood by the other mom's, and finding out that they were going through all the same stuff. I also loved listening to the dad's fumble about, clueless. Ha! I was clueless once too, boys. This stuff is no joke!

Speaking of, I am outnumbered by boys in my house and I often feel like a big fat alien. I can't do many of the things I used to (duh) and I hate feeling helpless. And I hate getting brilliant ideas like going camping or having tickets to standing-only concerts and then realizing...duh...I can't do that! That would be miserable for everyone! I know how naive I was about pregnancy and I'm a girl. I can at least have some bit of empathy. But boys, they have the privilege of staying naive forever. I can often be heard saying unnecessary things like, "If you could only feel this cramp for one minute, you would pass out." But of course, they never will know what any of this feels like. If they did, babies would never happen.

People often ask me about my food cravings. For those who know me well, this is a laughable question because I have always, and will always, have a real passion for food and pregnancy doesn't change this a whole lot. And I guess I do crave stuff, but more than craving it's that certain foods taste extra extra wonderful now, like my taste buds have actually matured. The following are foods that I now adore: fruit (especially oranges), JUICE, fries, OREOS, cheeseburgers, and ice cream. I never liked fruit before, and ice cream was something I didn't really care about either. I am having a hard time staying away from the Oreos, man. I have to set a daily limit for myself.

Lat but certainly not less important than food cravings, we are finally working on the nursery!

We had to switch Devin's room to our old office before we could start building the nursery in Dev's old room. Lord help us, this Saturday was NOT fun for any of us. But as I type this, Chad is finishing the bed frames he built for Devin's bed and the guest/nanny bed in baby's room so that will be a huge load off! Pictures coming soon. :)