Tuesday, November 30, 2010

31 Weeks!

31 weeks pregnant.  I never thought I'd actually be able to be here.  Even after we passed the 12 week mark, there was the 20 week ultrasound, the 24 week viability marker and now 31 weeks.  8 weeks until our c-section.  2 months.  It seems like a dream.  I feel so blessed to be pregnant and feeling baby girl kick around and live it up inside.  I just can't seem to wrap my mind around the fact that in 2 short months I'm going to be a Mommy.  DH is going to be a Daddy.  It's amazing.  Time goes so fast that I worry about not being able to enjoy it. 
I'm dealing with a few stressors as the time quickly approaches.  Christmas always causes me stress.  I worry about what to get people, who and when we are going to see, what am I going to wear?  We've always tried to be generous with our gifts because we feel so blessed with what we have, but this year has been hard for us.  DH's workers comp got cut in half, and with him unable to find a new job we are working with half his income and my income.  My hours have been cut back at work making it hard for us to just remain afloat every month.  The bills are paid, rent is paid but that leaves us very little to work with as far as gift money.  We've already told everyone that we don't need anything, we would rather the focus be on baby girl.  It's not about us anymore, it's about the baby.  We are doing 1 small gift per person this year.  I just bought DH's gift from Amazon.  I used my swagbucks to get gift cards for Amazon, so DH's gift actually only cost me $7.90 (It is a $65 hoodie).  Love swagbucks!
We are also still dealing with the idea of moving.  I know we have to, we just don't want to.  Our rent is going to increase by at least $300 a month (if not more!), not to mention the expense of moving.  I'm keeping my eye out for a good deal on rent for a single family house in that area, but the lowest I've found is $1250 a month.  I was hoping to rent something for around $1000.  We'd have to cut back more, but it would be feasible.  
We decided to leave the Christmas decorations away this year, as much as I would love to decorate our home I just don't have the energy.  So, no tree, no lights, no wreaths.  Our house will be the sad house on the block.  I am going to hang up the stockings though.  I need some ideas on stocking stuffers for DH.  Maybe a DVD or something will be good. 
Our next appointment is next Wednesday, and I get to schedule the c-section then.  Hopefully things continue to go smoothly and we'll have a bundle of joy at the end of January! 

1 comment:

  1. How exciting things are getting! My bday is January 25th :)

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