The past couple of weeks I have consistently focused on the beauty of my pregnant body, instead of its aches and pains.

I rejoiced with the option to work out again since I no longer have to keep off the contractions. I have managed to do either a Turbo Jam DVD or go on a long walk every day and it has felt soooooo good.

I have kept a smile on my face for the most part and made light of the end of pregnancy, with an Operation Evacuate Baby B Day and sharing a video of my 9 months pregnant belly earlier today.

I spend most days antsy with anticipation. Also called nesting like mad.

Take today, for example. I woke up cheery, despite a lack of sleep. I popped out of bed when my little M came into my room. We headed downstairs for breakfast. I experienced a sudden urge to clean the kitchen. Then, the living room. Before I knew it, the entire downstairs sparkled – including the inside of the microwave.

From there, I still wriggled with a desire to do something else. I popped in a Turbo Jam DVD and got my workout on. I played with M. I made lunch. I got us cleaned up and then put her down for a nap.

Then, I crashed. I started feeling some very slight contractions. I actually prayed to God to let them turn into the real thing. They went away almost immediately. I cried.

I do believe pregnancy is a blessing and a joy to experience. I hate to gripe about it because I know plenty of women would do anything to be in my shoes right now with a baby only a few days or weeks away. I try to keep myself on that up view the majority of the time. But what goes up, must come down. Today it came down. I hurt bad and I want him OUT!

Oh, how I used to love that song! Then, I heard it recently and the whole part with the dad leaving his kids to fly and crashing down made my stomach drop. I don’t like to think about that! Although, in reality, it has likely happened. Life is pretty ironic.

Exhibit A: For the past two months, I would have to stop contractions from becoming heavier at least once a week. Now, at full term, I want the contractions and they will only play peek-a-boo with a few mild ones here and there. I guess I will just keep walking, walking, walking. Nesting, nesting, nesting.

Exhibit B: With an impending baby’s arrival, you would think my body would try to stock up on sleep. Nope. It wants to sleep until about 2 am and then stay up the remainder of the night, uncomfortably tossing and turning.

Exhibit C: Makenzie won’t keep socks on her feet but loves to wear many on her hands like mittens. Then screams when she cannot manage to grab things, but refuses to take them off. I don’t get kids’ logic.

Exhibit D: I used to tell myself I would not want kids. I also used to tell myself that those bragging moms annoyed me. Then, I had kids. I fell in love. I cannot contain myself from bragging. And asking you all to pretty pretty pretty please click the link to vote for her as Chobani’s Champ of the Month for their new kid Greek yogurt. Simply click the image below to go to the voting page. Then click the heart in the corner of her picture (2nd image in the top row).

Exhibit E: That you can love the beach, but hate the ocean. I don’t know what is swimming around me in there that could hurt me! Although, I will happily get in a lake where I can see nothing. Lakes don’t have creatures, right? Right?!

Exhibit F: That every time you try to film your belly for a video of baby B’s dances he knows. He will kick and shove and make my belly wiggle just before we start the camera….and immediately after we give up. Yet I can’t keep last night’s short film session to myself. It’s too real and us not to share.

You have Makenzie in the background being all cute. You have Peter trying to make things work. You have my sister filming and saying slightly inappropriate things. You have baby B being uncooperative yet again, despite some slight shifting and distortion of my stomach around the 0:40 mark. And me being way too open for my own good as I film my 9 months pregnant stomach to share online. Enjoy!

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Question of the Day – What’s something ironic you have experienced before?