The Joys of Pregnancy

Being pregnant has had it's ups and downs, but last night I was reminded of some of the best parts of pregnancy! For the past few weeks I have been very much in need of a pedicure, however, a trip to the nail salon was simply not in the budget. I also can't reach my toes too well with a belly in the way, especially not long enough to paint them. I had resigned to having ugly toenails and wearing socks and shoes every day rather than flip flops (which I definitely prefer in this heat) until I read my friend Gina's blog. Gina had found herself in my exact same predicament, pregnant and on a tight budget with ugly toenails. Fortunately, Gina found a solution to her problem by having her husband give her a well needed pedicure. I decided to follow Gina's example and when Curtis got home last night I asked him to paint my toenails. Much to my surprise Curtis didn't put up much of a fight. If I would have known it was going to be so easy to convince him I would have thrown in needing a foot massage as well...

To make him feel a bit more manly about the task we made sure to turn on a basketball game for him to watch while he painted.

Curtis reminded me again of what a cute and thoughtful husband he was later in the evening. The night before I had had it with trying to find a comfortable position to sleep in without my back killing me. I decided to move out onto the couch where I had something to support my back. Curtis informed me the next day that he was not a fan of this new sleeping arrangement and so he moved all of the furniture around in our room so that the bed would be up next to the wall so I could lean against the wall. It is definitely not the best arrangement of furniture that I have ever seen, in fact I will make sure that visitors don't see our room now, but it was a very thoughtful gesture. (The only problem now is having to climb over Curtis 20 times a night to go to the bathroom.)

Curtis informed me this morning that we can now officially say that the baby is due "next month." Which is an exciting and scary thought. Though pregnancy can be uncomfortable and inconvenient at times, I am lucky to have Curtis around to help me out. He's a keeper!