How Low Can You Go...

Sweet Pea has been very low this week!!! When I say low...I mean low!!!!!

I can literally feel her sitting on my bladder and putting pressure on my pelvic area; kicking it most times.

It's not the most comfortable feeling in the world to say the least, lol.

The last two days I have experienced very uncomfortable lower back and hip pain; this could be as a result to where she is positioned right now.

I didn't get much sleep Tuesday night and last night was the worst.  I was up at least 5-6 times trying to get comfortable and trying every position possible to alleviate the pain; nothing worked. It didn't help much either that the lower pelvic pressure was intense. I had to move so slowly with each toss and turn.

Come 5am I threw up my hands and said 'Forget it! If you can't beat em', join em'. lol
I could not get comfortable and by this time I was wide awake, mind swirling with my list of never ending 'To Do's', so I decided to get out of bed and get started on my day. (Something I ended up regretting come 7am when I was hit with exhaustion and feeling sick to my tummy because of it)

I did however get a lot accomplished this AM which I am SUPER happy about :) Come time to start work, I felt like I had already accomplished 90% of my To Do's for the day.

I have been very very tired the last few days. Nya goes down for bed every night at 8pm. Once putting her down, I find myself crawling into my bed shortly after. I can't seem to stay awake past 9:30/10pm. Some company I have been to my husband! ha ha

Wednesday's I find are the hardest nights for me. Between being on my feet and running a daycare all day and then rushing to outreach right after work (literally!), coming home late from outreach, getting dinner, tidying up and getting the house in order for daycare the next day, I am DEAD! Mentally and physically dead! lol

I was on the phone with my mother-in-law the other day and she said to me 'Devin, how do you do it? I just don't know how you do what you do all the time? It's truly God's grace.'
I chuckled and thought to myself 'I really have no idea how I do what I do either!! It has to be God's grace that carries me, as it's definitely not by my own strength!'. lol

I have to admit however, the last two nights I have gone to bed with the dishes in the sink because I've been too tired to tackle them. This is something I NEVER do! lol

I was soooo happy to wake up in the AM to find that both times my husband did them all for me before he went to work :) I was dreading having to do them before I started work. lol

Aside from the tiredness and the back pain the last two days, things have been going awesome with Sweet Pea and myself! The soreness in my feet have subsided, my energy level during the day is still high, my pregnancy acne is not nearly as bad as it was with Nya (GLORY TO GOD!!! lol), I still have no stretch marks (thanks to good genes and body butter!!), my craving for chocolate covered almonds isn't as intense as before; my newfound must have craving has been for my mixed berries; a much healthier alternative :)

I can not wait until next week. I wont have the daycare kids with me, so it will be just Nya and myself for a whole week!!!!! My mind dreams of all the things we can do together, places we can go, friends we can visit and things we can see. It will be some precious time together, just the two of us, before princess Sweet Pea arrives :)

The days are winding down and four months is not a lot of time left!! I was envisioning today what and who Sweet Pea looks like. July can't come fast enough when I can just smother her little face with kisses and love!!!

One of the things I'm looking forward to most is breast feeding Sweet Pea. When I think of her, I most often think of the two of us together in her nursery, lights dimmed, the house peaceful, rocking in her glider as I breast feed; just the two of us snuggled together. My heart warms at this thought and the excitement overwhelms me.

Exciting Event
Today, while resting on the couch during the kids naptime, Sweet Pea gave me one good hard kick. She kicked me with such force, the blanket on my tummy moved!  I have been waiting for hard kicks and jabs like that for Nya to feel, but every time I put Nya's hand on my tummy to feel for herself, Sweet Pea stops :( One day soon, Big Sister Nya will feel her sister's kick. When it happens, I hope to catch her expression on camera; it will be priceless :)