38 Weeks!!

First things first. I had a great 38 week appointment this morning. Down five pounds (it is common to lose poundage in the final weeks) making my new weight gain total 20 lbs. We both seem to be doing great! Baby's head is definitely down and in the pelvis... but the movements are giant rolls across my belly. I laugh when I think about what that must look like in there.

I am not yet to the point where I just want to have the baby. I still love being pregnant and baby is welcome to stay in my belly as long as they'd like. Well... OK maybe it isn't an open ended invitation... but I am still loving being pregnant. With that said... I am also so incredibly excited about meeting our baby! I cannot believe we are just two weeks from my due date. Its definitely a bittersweet feeling for me. I really cannot wait to meet Baby M... but once Baby M is here... that's when the hard work begins. That's when they are no longer in the safe, warm shelter of my belly... they are in the cold, polluted (in more than one way) world.

One thing that was on my to do list was updating my pregnancy keepsake book. There is a page for Mom to write a letter to her baby. I actually wrote the letter back in January. As I was reading it again and transferring into the book... something I wrote really caught my attention. I said something along the lines of 'You are still in my belly, yet you have already brought so much joy into our lives.' And its so true. This baby has not even taken their first breathe of air... and they have already brought more joy into my life than I have ever known before. (And since I know this child is a true gift from God... I'd also say that God is also responsible for the joy in our lives.) There is not a single thing that could take away our joy. Financial stresses, work stresses, life stresses... every problem has a solution... and no matter how stresses I might get... thinking about my child takes all that away. And yeah yeah.... I know there will come a day when my child may actually be the cause of some stress. But for now I am just in awe of the growing amount of joy this baby has already brought.