Ahhhh, Valentine's Day rings true in our home. It's the holiday where you remember the ones you love. Our version this year-
Shannan (running late for Bible study): Jeremy, will you please install the blinds in the kids' rooms like you said you would do for the LAST THREE WEEKS?"
Jeremy: Sure, it will be your Valentine's Day present. Remember - it is Valentine's Day.....Did you remember it's Valentine's Day?"
Shannan: Oh, we don't celebrate that Hallmark crap in our house. But if it means you'll do the blinds, then great! Happy Valentine's Day!"
Ummm, I'm not proud of my behavior, but give me a 9 month pregnant woman pass. Lately my husband has been giving me a lot of those.
With two weeks left until my due date, I begin to actually look forward to my midwife appointment. Maybe I'll go in and she'll say - You're in labor!! Go to the hospital and you'll have the baby in two hours. Yeah, right. That doesn't happen. This week at my visit, she said - "You're tight as a drum, maybe 1 cm dialated on the outside, nothing on the inside." This is the stage of the game (and I promise you - you totally forget this part of pregnancy) where it takes FOREVER for that baby to get here. It feels like you're a water balloon slowly, slowly, slowly filling with more and more and more water until that magical day when POP!! you're done. Or should I say, DING! you're done. But I digress. I learned at my last midwife visit that the reason why I could be in so much pain - Braxton/Hicks wise - is because I may not be drinking enough water. As a big fat pregnant woman, I hate squatting down to pee, so I think she may be right that I'm not drinking enough. I've been hitting the sauce hard the last two days (H2O variety) and low and behold - BH contractions and pain are almost gone. Go figure....
I decided to refinish some furniture over the next few weeks until baby #3 gets here. Tomorrow I'm going to change this table (and its match) into something that matches my black and white bedroom furniture. 
Oh and I picked out my PUSH present - Never heard of a push present? - click on the link. Some women want diamonds, some want pearls, some want a fancy new something. Me? I'm getting this......
to this
Well, if you are the type of person who does celebrate the Hallmark crap called Valentine's Day - I hope you have a good one.
PS - I have give a shoutout to my Bible study - today, for craft time (which I hate and usually avoid at all costs) we made Valentines and we got to make treat bags for our kids. They TOTALLY saved me - now my boys will feel like their mommy does love them on this Hallmark holiday because I had nothing planned. If you do feel like being amazed by a Valentine day mother - check this out. Wow!
7 comments:
I'm not a big fan of the Hallmark holidays myself. And I must say that I KNEW you were linking to Jessica's blog even before I clicked...unbelievable! I'm excited for your push present. I wish I lived by you so I could give you mine and you could get something else too! One benefit of living in the desert...running outside almost year round. We bought the tread when we lived in Wisconsin...frozen tundra...nuff said!
Thanks for the link. But I'm WAAAY more impressed by your furniture refinishing.
Maybe if I get pregnant again, I can get a treadmill, too...let me know how that goes!
wow!!!!!!!!!!! that push present is awesome. no seriously!
i just saw jessica's blog. please warn us next time. thanks :)
Maybe if you got over being the Valentine Scrooge your baby would come quicker!?! Just a thought. :) Love reading your entries and keeping up on your life. Good luck with the next couple of weeks! And with your push present, maybe labor won't be so bad?
Can I have a push present without having to go through the pushing part? That little phase I was going through about one month ago wanting "one more kid" is so history. I'm over it. Can I get a present for having my tubes tied?
You gotta love the "Push Present", money is no object when you give birth!
I am so super jealous you have a midwife! Things are a bit backward here in MO and midwives are not allowed at the hospital. I did refuse a pelvic exam this week though. I'll let him know when I'm in labor. Back off buddy! Only 2 weeks left for you!
I do know a child at school who's family owns a dairy farm. Maybe he's a nephew of yours.
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