I haven't written much this month due to stress, sickness and being busier than usual. The first week of the month was unusually difficult, as I wrote about in this post. The rest of the month was full of wonderful ups and downs and very little down time (unless we count hours spent on the couch fighting back vomit).
In the past few weeks...
- we celebrated Pete's birthday and Ryan's birthday and Ryan was a guest at two other birthday parties
- we drove to SLC twice, once for the Christmas Devotional and once for the Forgotten Carols
- I made it through two more prenatal appointments and was diagnosed with SPD
- HG has found a way to rear its ugly head again, I have thrown up more frequently than I did even in the first trimester, my weight gain slowed down, and my Zofran/Diclectin dosage has increased.
- we finally reached a settlement with the insurance company for the car accident and signed all the paperwork that will bless us with an amazing amount of money next month
- I spent hours and hours researching and shopping vehicles and we spent several hours at car dealerships
- we debated buying a used version of my "dream car" versus buying something else brand new, and once we finally decided it was the wisest financial investment to get the new car, we discovered that we would not be able to spend any of the settlement money until the very end of January (banks suck), and seeing as how the baby could very well be born by then or due any day at that time, we set out to figure out a way to buy the car before then.
- after several more hours at the dealership, we finally financed and walked away with a brand new Hyundai Santa Fe and have been in love with it ever since. I am still kind of in shock and disbelief about it and stressing about when the settlement money will actually be here so we can pay it off, mostly because I just don't really know how to accept such an awesome blessing without worrying something will go wrong.
- I spent many hours at my sewing machine, sewing three pillows and one quilt for Baby K's nursery, a Star Wars/Avengers quilt for Brittany's Christmas gift, and two pot holders for Ryan's new play kitchen
- Pete and I put the finishing touches on Bean's room, washed and organized all of her clothes, and marveled at all the work we have put in over the past four months to create our perfect nursery.
- despite fighting fatigue and vomiting, I have spent a ton of time in the kitchen baking Pete's birthday brownies, Ryan's birthday cake, shortbread cookies for friends, brownies for Nathan's graduation, chocolate chip cookies for my pregnancy cravings, and sugar cookies for Santa
- we made it through Christmas shopping, wrapping and shipping
- Pete and I had a great little Christmas with Ryan and Nathan and Angela and ate lots of yummy food
- I got to eat tacos at Chipotle :)
So this month has been pretty full, and I am very ready to slow down. I am trying to finish all of my pre-baby projects so that I can relax for a little while before little K gets here, but I don't know if that is actually going to happen. I have been carrying her extremely low for a long time, so many others are convinced that I will go into labor before my due date, and I am trying to be as prepared as I can for that possibility. Unfortunately, however, with the constant bouts of nausea and vomiting that have come back over the past four weeks and the coma-like intensity of fatigue that has set in over the past few days, getting things crossed off my to-do list is getting harder and harder.
I will be slowing down this weekend, though, and I cannot wait. Pete and I made plans for our "final adult getaway before baby" last month and luckily had already paid for it before the financial crisis hit us at the beginning of this month. Thanks to it being non-refundable, we get to spend two nights - including New Years Eve - alone at a fancy bed-and-breakfast in SLC. It will be the first NYE that we have ever spent alone without Ryan, and the idea of going out to a fancy dinner and celebrating as adults is pretty exciting. I am hoping and praying that all my pregnancy issues will just take a little break for a few days so that we can really enjoy our time together and celebrate the changes that are about to come in our marriage and family.
It will most likely be 2013 when I write again. I don't know how 2013 could really ever top this year, as it has been one of the greatest years of my life, but I'm sure the birth of our little girl will find a way to make the new year even better. I cannot wait to experience all that the next year has to offer. I am blown away by just the thought of the possibilities.
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