This Sunday marks week 37...we are just a mere few weeks away from meeting our daughter. We are starting to get our bags for the baby packed and the car seat in the car. We now sleep with a phone in our bedroom and know that anytime we could get a call saying that Amy is going into labor. I went to a Dr's appointment with Amy today and the baby is doing well. She let me feel her move but I only could feel her tiny little booty pushing up the side. Still...precious.
The real purpose of this post...how are we feeling as we near full term and the soon-to-be arrival of our daughter? We are trying to enjoy our time together and soak up these last few weeks (or days!). We know that this arrival will completely change our lives and relationship and for a while it was making me nervous but something happened last night that changed my heart. I was imagining our family and friends coming over to see our daughter and introducing them to her. How excited they will be to see her and how happy we will be (even if we are extremely tired). It was these little daydreams that got me absolutely giddy for the birth to finally get here. I just wish it would happen right now...I know that might sound crazy but seriously I just can't wait!
I truly think that she is going to make our relationship so much better. She is going to be a huge part of our love and life. She will be a reminder of how much we love each other and also of the time we should still take to have dates and alone time. I want her to know that we are still madly in love and that our marriage is a top priority (right after our relationship with God). That way she will grow up to have this same love for someone one day.
Well, coming soon will be letters written from both of us to our daughter. I asked Mike to write one of these and I am going to as well. We want to write her to let her know the way we are feeling and about how we have prayed for her and loved her for so long. Something for you all to look forward to!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Ugh...
We leave for Hawaii on Monday...and we cannot be more excited. 9 days away, just the two of us to connect and be together in a beautiful place as we prepare for our daughter to be born. It will be an amazing time. But...
Mike has been working 6 days a week and also is working late every night too. He even has to go in on Sunday for a few hours...the day before vacation. I am so mad at his boss. On one hand, I am grateful for him having a job and the overtime money that we get but that poor man is so stressed and overworked that it is RI.DIC.U.LOUS. He comes home, drinks a beer and we watch TV. He looks so tired and I feel completely helpless. Here I am with a job that I only work 4 hours a day at and then come home to relax all afternoon and sometimes I just feel so guilty. At least when our baby is here, when I am home with her everyday, my job is being her mommy and taking care of Mike full time.
I hope that when we are gone he can put all the crap of his job and how hard he is working aside and just relax and be present. I know that right now he is constantly thinking about the projects he is working on and it keeps him from getting a great night of sleep...so hopefully after being away from it for a day or two, he will forget he even has a job.
So ugh...my ugh is for Mike. But the huge grin that I have had on my face since 1:30 when I got off work won't go away...I am so excited for this vacation. This is the first time we have gotten away to a relaxing vacation since our honeymoon.
Aloha for now everyone!!! See you in a couple weeks!
Mike has been working 6 days a week and also is working late every night too. He even has to go in on Sunday for a few hours...the day before vacation. I am so mad at his boss. On one hand, I am grateful for him having a job and the overtime money that we get but that poor man is so stressed and overworked that it is RI.DIC.U.LOUS. He comes home, drinks a beer and we watch TV. He looks so tired and I feel completely helpless. Here I am with a job that I only work 4 hours a day at and then come home to relax all afternoon and sometimes I just feel so guilty. At least when our baby is here, when I am home with her everyday, my job is being her mommy and taking care of Mike full time.
I hope that when we are gone he can put all the crap of his job and how hard he is working aside and just relax and be present. I know that right now he is constantly thinking about the projects he is working on and it keeps him from getting a great night of sleep...so hopefully after being away from it for a day or two, he will forget he even has a job.
So ugh...my ugh is for Mike. But the huge grin that I have had on my face since 1:30 when I got off work won't go away...I am so excited for this vacation. This is the first time we have gotten away to a relaxing vacation since our honeymoon.
Aloha for now everyone!!! See you in a couple weeks!
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