A day in the life...

Now that you know what Curtis is up to, let me fill you in on my exciting life. Be warned, it is a hard life I live.

For starters, I generally get out of bed at about 9:30 or 10:00am. Curtis would probably kill me if he knew I slept in so late (so we will see what happens once he reads this), but I figured that I should get sleep now while I still can because once the baby comes I know things will be a whole lot different. Even though I get up so late I would hardly ever call what happens when I am in bed restful sleep. I have always been a pro when it comes to sleeping; I used to fall asleep within minutes of hitting the pillow, and would rarely ever stir until my alarm went off the next morning. However, the last month has been a completely different story. It is virtually impossible to get a good night's rest now between having to get up to go to the bathroom 3 or 4 times a night and trying without success to find a comfortable position to sleep in. When the morning rolls around I feel like I have gotten a total of 2 or 3 hours of good sleep. I have always heard women complain about not being able to sleep during pregnancy, especially towards the end, but for some reason I always thought that it wouldn't happen to me. I don't know how women with lives, that actually have to get up in the morning, do it.

Once I finally manage to roll out of bed (and I literally mean roll...it is quite amusing to watch me try to get up from a laying down position), I start my never ending quest to find something good to eat. I am trying really hard to be careful about the type of food I put into my body now that my baby's health depends on it...but I can't say that I always succeed in choosing the healthiest of foods. Curtis made the comment last night about how "cute" it was that I ate all of his raisins... "along with the entire kitchen." Cute huh?...I don't think so.

The rest of the day I try to make this house we are renting a home. And let me tell you, I suck at it! I am the worst decorator ever and I don't have my sisters around to help. I also decided that I would be a lot better at decorating if I had lots of money to spend on cute things...but instead I have to work with what I've got, which isn't much.

I also get to do all the "housewife" duties that I haven't really done too much of on my own before. Cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry, ironing (I am the worst at ironing, unlike my mom who even irons her pajamas!), paying bills, etc. It is strange to have to do all of this by myself because in the past Curtis and I both worked about the same hours and so we would do a lot of this stuff together. It makes me feel very grown up. I thought not having a job was going to be a nice break, but I didn't realize that I was going to work just as hard doing things I don't particularly enjoy doing. I want my job back!! Oh well, at least I get to sleep in :)

I am very much looking forward to the baby coming, for many reasons, one of which is to have some company around the house during the day! I feel very blessed to be able to stay at home with my son. I think it is so important for a mother to be the one to raise her child, if it is possible. I spent no time setting up the baby's room once I moved here, it definitely took precedence over setting up the rest of the house...even though the baby won't be here for another 2 and 1/2 months. Here are some pictures of the room. The walls are purple, not by choice, it is just one of the joys of renting rather than owning.





I spend lots of time sitting in the baby's room just imagining what it is going to be like when he actually gets here! I love sitting in the rocking chair and reading.

That is pretty much how everyday goes for me. Sounds tough, right? Sleeping in and sitting around reading...The highlight of my day comes around 6:30 when Curtis comes home. I try to be a good wife and have dinner ready for him when he gets home, and so far I have managed to have something different for dinner almost every night, which is a huge accomplishment for me. Even though I feel as though I have accomplished very little by the time Curtis gets home, he is constantly praising me for whatever I have been able to do. I am so lucky to have such a sweet husband! (Hopefully he remembers that once I tell him that grocery shopping and posting on our blog are about the only things I have done today).

Well goodness, I can't imagine that any of you actually read this far, I know this hasn't been the most exciting post, but hopefully they will become much more interesting once the baby is here...