38 WEEKS!!!
I’m not going to lie to you guys – I seriously hope this is my last post of this pregnancy. I would love for my next post to be about my first few days of motherhood, but we’ll see how it goes. I’m hoping to have this little guy out before next Monday, but babies do what they want. So, I’ll do what I can on my end and just hope that he cooperates on his end.
As far as getting ready for my little guy’s arrival – his nursery is somewhat finished. I just have some clothes to put away; it’s mostly small pieces like socks, hats, and onesies. All of his little pacifiers and things like that need to go away. That’s mainly what is on the agenda for tomorrow. I’ve pretty much accepted the fact that his nursery doesn’t and probably won’t look like what I had always imagined my first child’s nursery would look like. But after all, that seems to be the theme of this entire situation. Nothing about it looks the way I thought it would or has gone the way I planned, but it’s okay. I’ve had a healthy pregnancy and I’m hoping to have a healthy and safe delivery.
In other news…
My cousin and his wife (who are currently stationed in Germany) just had their second child – a baby boy named Henson Lee. He is the absolute cutest thing. He looks just like my cousin did as a baby, but their first son looks just like my cousin too so it was to be expected. It’s exciting but also very sad because I actually never got to meet their first son. While they were stationed at Fort Rucker my entire family drove down to Alabama to visit and I didn’t go. The coco loco was still a big thing and I was at the hospital working at least five days a week, so going on a trip in a 15-passenger van with my family (a few of whom are considered members of the high risk population due to health issues) was just not the move. Now my cousin and his wife have had their second child, and they’re all the way in Germany. I think they’ll be there for another year so it’ll be a while before I get to meet those kiddos, but I’ll have a little cousin to introduce them to when it’s time.
This past weekend my other cousin (who happens to be the older brother of the cousin mentioned above) and his girlfriend had a gender reveal. They’re expecting their first child in December, and it’s a boy 💙💙💙. I have to admit – I’m still a little upset about that because I really wanted it to be a girl. For this particular cousin…I needed him to have a girl, but no. It’s a boy and I am super happy for them. His name will be Vincenzo – super Italian, but I would expect nothing less from my cousin’s very Italian girlfriend. I love it. As if a gender reveal wasn’t enough to celebrate on Saturday, my cousin also proposed. It was the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen and she was super surprised. I can’t wait to celebrate everything with them.
Our family just keeps growing in the best possible ways. It’s truly a blessing. At some point I hope to be able to share more pictures on here, but not without everyone’s consent. At 38 weeks, I’m having all kinds of symptoms similar to what I had in my first trimester and today is one of those days where it’s a bit worse than others. That’s why this post is super late today. But like M continues to remind me, it’s almost over. Even in the midst of being and feeling the way that I do in this moment, I’m still grateful for this kiddo moving around in my belly and he is MOVING! Y’all stay cool in this heat; I’m going to get some rest.
Xoxo,
Ash, RN