29 weeks

panic!

time is running out. god help me if this little girl comes early.

maybe i'll put a schedule together.

29 - purchase paint for room
30 - purchase gifts for cohen/lili
31 - get cradle ready
32 - paint baby room, paint kids room
33 - pack hospital bag for me AND ian
34 - put up crib/changetable
35 - get carseat ready. wait. find carseat first. then wash it, put it in car.
36 - lili's birthday week! no baby stuff.
37 - put in new floors in kitchen. yeah, gotta put that somewhere, preferably before baby! last week of work.
38 - birthday week: get pedi/manicure, get hair done. treat self to dinner and a movie. maybe invite hubby, if he's nice.
39 - spend lots of time with cohen/lili. do random nesting chores, like washing curtains, re-organizing cupboards, etc etc.
40 - give birth.

there. i'm all set. chances are that all of the above (other than giving birth, i hope) will happen in one week - 39. but hope springs eternal.

currently, baby has the hiccups.

i keep telling myself - 11 more weeks of being pregnant... ever. how crazy is that? i thought maybe i'd be more sad, but to be honest, i'm feeling more and more secure with the decision that this will be our last. i miss my body - a lot - (i understand i have to gain weight, but why is it all going straight to my ass?) and can't wait to start working out again. i miss going out for drinks with my friends (oh my GOD do i miss this). i'm tired of maternity clothes. i'm tired of swollen feet. i'm tired of getting up and peeing 3x during the night. i'm tired of snacking on Tums. i'm tired of not being able to get on the ice and skate with my kids. i'm tired of really feeling like i'm not that young anymore! i'm tired of my body feeling old but my skin feeling young - as in, the teenage years, and zits!

i consider myself SO very lucky for being able to get pregnant so easily 3 times, low-risk pregnancies, healthy, everything easy. however, i'm done!

we're still having issues with names. we have 4 still, and i think we'll end up waiting until we meet the little lady before we decide. which is too bad, because i wanted to have some wall-letters made up for her room, but it'll have to wait.

ok, it's WAY past my bedtime! lili has her parent-viewing day at ballet tomorrow at 9am so i'd better rest this tired body! the good thing is, ian's on nights tonight, which means that he'll get home around 7am and make us pancakes! i love it, it's so sweet that he does that whenever his nights fall on weekends. we get breakfast together, then off he goes to bed for the day.

m.