Random Thoughts and Actions from this past week

I was chatting with my good friend Rachel this past week and she asked me what my last thoughts were before becoming a mother of two...
I gladly obliged and let her know most of what is swirling around this mind of mine and she listened so well, bless her heart...
So what have I been up to this last week of pregnancy before officially embarking on a new chapter in my life?

1. I have lingered over a long casual breakfast with Jason complete with 2 cups of coffee and 1 big Belgium waffle with lots of powdered sugar and gobs of maple syrup. AND DID NOT FEEL ONE ONCE OF GUILT.

2. I have completed 75 percent of my Christmas shopping.

3. I have vacuumed a basement carpet that has not been vacuumed for a year and let's face it folks, this next year ain't lookin too bright either.

4. I have celebrated a birthday in a low key kind of way-complete with Costco pizza, a Curious George birthday hat and a cookie cake from Marsh.
Pants are just optional when you open birthday gifts at our house(see picture below).

5. I have visited  St. Vincents Emergency Room with Hollis after a mis-diagnosis from a Peds nurse.
After her visit, she got in the car and promptly asked for a hotdog from Costco. I pretended I didn't hear that request.

6. I have cleaned up the proverbial red Kool-Aid  vomit on the couch cushions. Don't believe what they tell you. It is Soooooo overrated.

7. I have slept as close to 7:30 as possible without the guilt.

8. I have run my hands over my belly over and over this week-relishing the thought that this is probably my last time to help assist God in the miracle of life.

9. I have been humbly overwhelmed by phone calls and emails this week wishing me luck, sending me love  and covering me in prayers.

10. I have loved ducking out of chores that were "unsafe" like raking the leaves from our one tree we have in the yard or bending down to let Wrigley out for the 789th time in a day. I'm so gonna miss playing the pregnancy card.

11. I have been to Costco 3 times this week- some have nesting instincts- I have food hoarding ones.

12. I have felt my heart drop to the floor when Hollis asked me today if we could go out to lunch and I said no and she burst into tears and sobbed, "But Mama, it's our last lunch out together before the baby comes."
Gulp. We went straight to Eagle Creek for grilled cheese. Her Choice.

13. Celebrated Jason's birthday in a lower-key kind of way(if that was possible). No card and no candles on the cake- but take heart- he did score a really cool alarm clock from Hollis. Sorry babe, you didn't really want that IPAD, did you?

14. I have stuck my tongue out at those heinous compression apparatus I've been sporting the last 2 months and walked by that bottle of Merlot with a wink and a smile.

15.Still get quite perplexed when Jason is referring to our family and uses the phrase "our kids" in it somewhere.  Are we really going to be parents of two??

16. I have prayed ceaselessly for a healthy baby, a healthy delivery and a smooth transition for our little family. I need to remember that the will of God will never take me where the grace of God will not protect me.

And there you have it.
Some of  the thoughts of a pregant woman before the big day..I never said they were gonna be deep. :)