Time flies

I was sitting in the office the other day at my Dad's church, and looked up at the calendar on the wall and realized that I only have two weeks left of uninterrupted summer- next week and one week in August. Every other week i've got school events two if not three days of he week. How crazy is that!?! I can't believe that it's gone so quickly.

Speaking of going quickly, I'm 31 weeks pregnant! It seems like just yestereday I was looking down at that little stick and watching that second line become more and more pronounced. I was crying, Shane was practically dancing, I think he may have teared up as well, it was a beautiful moment. We both began to think about how we would spend the next 9 months, which at the time seemed like an eternity, now here we are. I get bigger every day, literally. Two weeks ago, people kept commenting on how I didn't look more than five months along. I no longer get those comments, now I get, "you look bigger every day!" . Awesome, thanks. They aren't wrong though, I can almost feel Jack growing. I watch the number on the scale creeping higher and higher. The weight is coming on very quickly now, four pounds in the last two weeks. Jack's movements are much stronger now, I can see them, which i think is really cool, Shane on the other hand is a little freaked out by it. He moves a lot when I laugh, not sure if it's because he likes it or the shaking disturbs him. He also moves a lot when I listen music. I hope that is because he likes music. We love music in our house and I hope my little man will as well. I read out loud to him a lot. I'm trying to soak up as much of the last weeks of pregnancy as I can. I'm also trying to remember little things about this time, so I can share them with Jack.

I've been uncomfortable for the entire pregnancy and now is no different. It feels as if Jack has taken up residence in my ribcage. My hips ache. There is still the backache that started almost immediately after I became pregnant, the heartburn that struck with a vengeance in the second trimester and has not let up since. Plus now the general discomfort of carrying so much extra weight in my midsection. Also, i really can't eat much these days without getting a gurgly tummy, it's awful. These are not necessarily things I hope to remember, just documenting them to whine a little electronically.
We were in childbirth class the other night and I was noticing how every woman's ankles were swollen, I looked down at mine with delight. I had some swelling back in April, but since then my ankles and feel have been fluid free, until the morning after class. I think karma came to get me. My ankles have been swollen all week. I think today I'm staying and keeping them propped up. I often wonder if all women experience the kind of discomfort during oregnancy that I have. I'm sure that it will all be worth it like everyone keeps telling me, but seriously the next person who looks at me with that bemused stare and says that might just get punched in the face.

I've been sewing on nursery stuff a lot this week. It's been fun to work with my Mom on it. I hope it all turns out as cute as I imagine it.