Cheering Myself Up in 5 Minutes - 37 weeks 4 days

Things that make me happy:

• my son's new hair cut
• getting my eyebrows waxed. (there's something about that whole "beauty is pain".)
• snuggling with my dog
• back rubs
• foot rubs
• belly rubs
• looking at baby clothes
• thinking of baby names
• talking to my son about fishing
• my son being accident-free for a whole day
• kisses from evan
• "i love you"s from evan
• my husband running his hands through my hair
• clean sheets
• new laundry detergent
• phone calls from my sister
• phone calls from my step-mom
• cheeseburgers
• my cat licking my face
• thunderstorms
• my husband calling to make sure i'm watching out that the thunderstorm doesn't worsen at 5:30am
• trying to figure out what kind of formula to buy
• my apricot scrub face wash after a hot, sweaty day
• emptying the vacuum cleaner and seeing all the cat hair that was on my floor go into the garbage
• my joyce meyer books
• talking to God

Okay, I set a timer for 5 minutes, and that list was what I came up with. Here I am, 17 days or more until the big day--assuming this child loves me as much as my first and doesn't want to come out on time--and I'm beginning to really feel the pain of pregnancy. My hips fall asleep when I lay on one side too long, my back is sore, I have a hard time getting up when I sit down on the ground, my you-know-what is starting to swell, and my stomach muscles hurt when I'm up for too long. I was laying in bed, starting to cry and just feeling sorry for myself. Boy, do I feel silly now. A little physical pain and look at all the happiness in my life! And so much of that is the son that I have and the baby yet to be born or the love of my husband. I am glad we're adding to the family.