Trying To Be Optimistic

So most of you know how incredibly ready I am to be done being pregnant.  I am now THREE days away from my due date...which to me, feels overdue since I had Miley a week early.  I told myself that I wouldn't get myself into the mindset that this one would be early as well, but let's be honest...it's always at the back of your mind, right??  So, needless to say, this last week has felt extremely long.  I am ready to get labor and delivery over with and meet our son.

With that being said, I decided to write down some of the postives about still being pregnant.  Just to make me feel a little bit better.  :)


*I am getting to enjoy even more "last days" with Miley.  This one makes me kind of sad every day.  I know  Miley is going to love having a sibling, but she has been my little person, my daily companion, just her and me, for the last 2 years and 8 months.  So I am enjoying every. last. second. of our limited time with just us.

*I still have a pretty good excuse to get pretty regular backrubs from Cameron.  :)

*My mom is getting here on Thursday, and my dad on Sunday...*YAY*!!!  I have been a little bummed about the timing of this as well, because since I haven't had the baby yet, I am obviously going to be spending some time in the hospital while they are here.  But the pros??  They will be here to watch Miley, and I figure if I haven't had the baby for the first few days they are here, it just gives us some time to get out and do some fun stuff while it is easier!

*Obviously, Cameron hasn't had to use any of his two-week paid paternity leave yet...which means I still have that to look forward to.  Between him and my parents, it means that I get to have someone around for a little over three weeks!  And I love that all of that is ahead of me, and not behind me.  :) 

*I have been sleeping pretty dang well for a girl who is 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant.  Sure, I have to get up and use the bathroom about 3 times in the night, and sometimes I have a hard time falling asleep at the beginning of the night, but I know that I am going to get so much less sleep in just a few short days.  Plus, I am still almost always getting a daily nap while Miley is napping, and I know that will be disrupted, at least temporarily.

*As hard as it is to shop with Miley right now, because she just wants to run around EVERYWHERE, it is still only one kid.  So I have been trying to get out and run to Target, Old Navy, etc. and enjoy the "ease" of getting one kid around, without lugging an infant seat as well.

*We are right *SMACK* in the middle of sick season.  Miley is getting over a little cold and runny nose, as am I.  Nothing horrible, but I figure every day he stays in is another day we can recover, and we get one day closer to being out of sick season.  :)

*Every day is one more day of getting to enjoy the comfort of our "normal" before we get thrust into a new "normal."  We are still doing our daily routine, and keeping up with cooking, cleaning, and all of that kind of good stuff.  Hopefully I can get motivated to make all these daily things keep happening after the baby arrives!  I'll admit....I am not the best with change, and it takes me a while to get back into the swing of things, so for  now, I am just loving that life is pretty routine.


I am going to have to check back on this list, oh, about 50 times twice a day in order to appreciate the point I am at right now.

But seriously.  Still hoping this kid makes his debut anytime now.