Today marks the start of week 36; meaning in 4 weeks give or take a few days this pregnancy will be over with and we will be parents...
I don't know about Larry but i am freaking out a little. Ever since i can remember i have wanted to be a mom... I have loved little babies and love babysitting, but i always had to give the child back after a few hours. Now i have this little life growing inside of me and ina few short weeks he will be making his entrance into the world. From that day forward he will be my responsibility; no handing him back when i have had enough, no getting paid for watching him, and putting him back in my belly where all i had to do was watch him kick and squirm. No putting hime back where he was safe from everything in life we face. Once he is here nothing will be the same, especially sleep. I thought i was not sleeping well now.... but i am sure it will be worse those first few weeks. I am a person that requiers sleep, preferably 8-10 hours sometimes more. I usually have a meltdown after a couple nights of not sleeping... poor Larry. There is so much to think about now I can't wrap my head around it all. I hope that I can at least be as great a mother as mine is, be an example of how to live a faithful life, and that i will have a good relationship with the little boy. I hope that he will have his dad's sweet nature and not my tempermental one. I hope that he takes lessons from his father and grows up to be a fentleman and opens doors for the ladies... but mose of all I hope that he will embrace the faith he will be raised in and obey the will of his heavenly Father.
4 comments:
You're still so tiny except for that belly! :D Very cute! You will be a great mom, and I'm sure you will just learn along the way. After I have worked with babies and children for almost three years straight now, I have gained so much patience, it really is just a process. I am not a mom yet, and yes, I do hand the kids back when I go home (lol), but I know you will do great! Plus, it's different when it is your own child, or so I can imagine. :)
We are so excited for you! I love the picture...especially since I don't get to see you pregnant in person. I just can't believe we are old enough to have babies. (No...no babies here) I sometimes feel like a teenager :) I can remember when your Mom was pregnant with you and Tye!
For what it is worth...I think you both will make good parents! Just remember to enjoy the little things :) even when you are tired! :P My pregnant friend told me last night that when she was tired and changing the first baby in the middle of the night that she just remembered to be thankful for her bladder back :)
Shawna - you are going to be an AWESOME mom! Some of the best advice I got, when I was pregnant with our first was, "Sure you're going to mess up but the BABY WON'T KNOW!"
Relax - God gives 'em to us, little and helpless and dependent and let me tell you - it's the easiest part of their lives. All they do is sleep and eat and poop - you can handle that, right? Then they get older and you have to monitor their friends and potty train them and help them with homework. Then it's too late - you've already fallen in love with them and you wouldn't change a thing, girl. Not a blessed thing.
You are in for the time of your lives!
lol... so that picture makes me look HUGE!!!!!! but honestly i dont think i look that big in person... and my mom agrees with me.
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