Feelings: Excited, calm, happy, nervous
Outward appearance: Hmmmm, never have quite caught that "pregnant glow" look
Days remaining: 8
Type of walk: Waddle for sure
Days left until I stop working to become a full-time, stay-at-home mom: 3
Feelings on leaving the workforce: Mixed. I've never wanted to be one of those moms who is on the computer working from home and patting her kids on their heads as they run by. I want to be fully present and I don't think I can continue to work, even part-time, with 2 kids. Even with Lizzie it's tricky cause I squeeze it in between her naps and during her bedtime. However, I will miss the adult interaction and just the sense of accomplishment I get when I get in there and work hard and lead meetings and network and all that fun stuff I've been doing for the past 12 years or so. I enjoy working and I enjoy being mom.
Puffiness level: Not too bad. Not as puffy as last time.
Gym attendance: I go almost every day. Mostly water aerobics. Feels good.
Cravings: Protein (meat and eggs) and cereal.
Current obsessions: Reading the Book of Mormon in the morning, taking a warm shower, watching Lizzie dance with reckless abandon, talking with Paul at night as we fall asleep (one of my all-time favorites anyway, you know that talking you do when you are about to drop off to dreamland and it's dark and you just say whatever is on your mind), taking lots of naps (oh how I wish I could store them up like a camel), watching Lizzie laugh with reckless joy and abandon (Paul says that light in her eyes when she laughs is a mark of no regrets, I agree), reading a couple of mom blogs which I treasure including Nat the Fat Rat (LDS mom based out of NYC), No More Mom Jeans (LDS fashion blogger who has the worst sense of fashion so I read it ironically, so funny!), and anything by Richard and Linda Eyre and their daughters who created the site Power of Moms.
Well, there ya go. And some pics below for laughs and giggles. I'm lookin big!
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