Last week we moved into a new house! Well not a NEW house, but a new house for us. We are still renting, but it is a lot bigger, not on a dirt road, and 5 minutes closer to town (seems like a small amount but it adds up!). I spent all week boxing things up while Collin was at work, and it ended up that they weren't finishing chopping all their corn until the following week so I had Collin's help with the actual moving part! My mother and father in law helped us move all day on Friday, such life savers! It was even my father in law's birthday! Then my mom came and helped me clean out our old house, which was a HUGE help! And then my dad stopped in after a long day of moving with dinner! Needless to say we are sure blessed in the parents department! After the move I had Braxton Hicks terribly during the night for a few nights. I may or may not have over done it.
It's been so hard NOT to over do it because I've been feeling SO good! I've only been throwing up a few times a week! And haven't got fluids for a couple weeks either. HALLELUJAH! my IV marks on both arms have started to go away for the first time all pregnancy! It has been AWESOME! I forgot what it was like to have energy and motivation to get things done. All the things I've been wanting to do all pregnancy are now getting done and I feel like I have so much still to do! I'm SOOOOO thankful these last few weeks are being easy on me besides the normal heartburn, back aches, and difficulty bending over haha!
Speaking of corn I drove the dump truck and helped with corn for the first time the other day. I have hauled hay with this truck before so I don't know why it terrified me so bad, something about the whole dumping process freaked me out. But I can say I've officially done it now!
Things on the farm are winding down. They just have grain corn and fall planting to get done (there's probably more Collin will tell me about once he reads this! Ha but that is what I know for sure.) I remember when I first found out I was pregnant and telling myself that if I could make it to corn harvest I would basically be there! Well, here we are! I have 6 weeks left of this whole pregnancy thing. Is it normal that I'm starting to get soo nervous?!
A child. A freakin' baby will be in our hands. It's up to us to make sure he gets changed, fed, taken care of, for the rest of our lives basically! It seems so surreal. Our lives are on the verge of a major change. For the better I know, but still nerve racking!
Being a mom is something I have looked forward to since I was a little girl. I remember packing dolls around FOREVER. Ask my parents, I think I played with dolls until I was probably too old to be playing with them!! Haha. I had these triplet cabbage patch kids that I wore around my waist everywhere. And I was the queen of American Girl dolls. All I used to want for Christmas was clothes for my dolls! I can remember my dad telling me one day that I was going to be a good mom if I took care of my babies as good as my baby dolls. I hope he is right! Because here goes nothing!
