A Little Late

OmGEEE people, I have let myself down on this blog.

It was going to be this fabulous documentation of each moment leading up to the birth of my child, and then the experience of raising said child thereafter, and instead…

You get a lame update every 10 weeks.

Whatev.

Here is what's happening with me and Cupcake these days:

1. Cupcake is a girl, in case you hadn't heard. Aaron guessed it the week we found out we were pregnant. I refused to let my brain decide one way or the other for fear of getting fixated on one sex, and then being disappointed when it was the opposite. Toward the end I think I kind of thought it would be a boy (because I wanted to be the opposite of Aaron), but I didn't really care which. She's going to be awesome, and maybe some day she'll have a brother (who I hope does not want to play football, but I think Aaron would like that a lot).

2. I have still been feeling pretty much amazing, thanks for asking! It's everyone's favorite question these days, and sometimes I feel a bit guilty about answering, "I feel AWESOME!" I didn't have one moment of morning sickness, and I really wasn't all that tired. I probably get about the same amount tired now as I did first trimester—maybe because of the heat? This summer has been brutal in the Midwest.

3. The house is STILL for sale, but we've (well, I've) put a deadline of August 30th on that whole thing—then I need to hunker down and DECORATE! The current house is fine for us and a baby—we'll do a little bit of rearranging, but we don't NEED that other room or basement we were hoping to be getting…what we really need is less stuff. I imagine September will be the month of purging, rearranging, and redecorating. I'm not sure Aaron is as excited about all of that as I am…

4. Cupcake moves ALL THE TIME! I have a nagging fear that she will NEVER sleep and therefore I will never sleep after she is born…but hopefully this is not the case. She kicks and punches and does flips in there all day and I have a hard time not giggling every time I feel her. It is an AWESOME feeling. Aaron felt her moving once, but sometimes it seems like every time I grab his hand and put it on my stomach, she stops. Hmm…sounds like a joke her daddy would play on someone.

5. Baby registry—I just took a crack at that the last week. It's very overwhelming to walk into one of those giant baby super stores—there is SO much stuff in there! Thankfully I have great friends who can help me figure out where to start. (Thanks Missy and Amy P!)

So, that's a "quick" catch up. I would promise to do better but who knows when I'd rather be napping than blogging…so I'll just say here you go for now and try my best to keep up!