He's Here!

Will update when I am able.

Home

It's hard to update often when I've just been sitting at home and resting all day. I've been either reclining back against pillows in bed, or laying down. I've gone out to Target and to the supermarket a few times in the past couple of weeks, but I've only been out for maybe an hour at a time. Walking makes my lower back hurt pretty bad, so I limit my walking.
I am really excited about my husband finally coming home, though. He flies in tomorrow afternoon, so I'm just trying to get through today. I just wish it was tomorrow already! Really excited to have him around. I miss him so much, and I'm glad we have only been apart for a little over two weeks, rather than months or years.
The baby has been really active, like usual. I don't feel any different for my due date only being nine days away.  I am looking forward to meeting my son, but it doesn't seem like he's in any sort of hurry to come out. Which is fine, especially since I've been blessed enough to not have any problems during this pregnancy. Everything has been perfect so far, and I hope it stays that way. I may be one of the few pregnant woman who doesn't mind being pregnant so far into the pregnancy! So far, the only hardships I've had have been with walking. I walk slowly, and I can't walk for long. It has been harder to get up out of bed, since I have to prop myself up and kind of roll out of it.
Since nothing special has been happening (aside from my surprise baby shower last weekend, which I'll write about soon!), my posts will not be frequent, probably not until after the baby is born.

Baby Shower

Yesterday, I had a "surprise" baby shower. I found out about it a few days ago, so it wasn't much of a surprise. But what WAS a surprise was the number of people who came and how generous they were. I had such a good time, the food was great, and it was more than anything I could have asked for or imagined.

The diaper cake.

One of the games. They had to feed each other baby food.

They had to guess the size of my belly using tp.

Me and the cake!

I am so happy with how everything turned out!

16 days to go, and I'm feeling good. Hoping everything stays as it is, as far as comfort level.

Jet Lag

I'm safely back in America, and it has been incredibly nice to finally get a chance to relax and not worry about going to work. The sucky part is the whole jet lag thing. Usually, I jump right back into things as far as timing goes. I'll normally be able to go to bed and wake up at a decent time.

Not so this time around! Every single night so far, I have been able to stay up till about 6pm and then I'll wake up at around 10 or 11 pm. Then I'll stay up all night and not go back to bed until about 6pm the next evening. It's kind of ridiculous by now. I mean, it has been nearly a week! I should be on a good sleep schedule! But, I'm trying to look at the bright side of things. Since I'm so close to my due date, I figure this is good practice for when the baby comes. Might as well get used to less sleep, right?

The only frustrating part of it all is just the fact that because everyone else is asleep, I just stay in my room and watch TV all night. Not terrible, just a bit frustrating.

But I'm really tired now, and I just wanted to post a quick update. I'm home safely, I miss my husband, the baby is holding on (hoping he doesn't come early), and everything is good.