Nine Months and Counting

Well... here I am everyone. I'm now entering into my ninth month. Honestly, the time is flying by. Ben and I both are very excited to get to know our little baby and all that being parents entails. Yes, we know that it entails more than we realize...but what does worrying profit right? (I learned that from Jesus) Anyway... here are some thoughts and feelings from the ninth month. (or at least the things I can talk about freely on this blog)

1. If I thought I was going to the bathroom a lot a month ago... well... let's just say I was naive.

2. I am planning on using cloth diapers and I have discovered that the stores don't sell a lot of stuff for that. Also, people online are pretty passionate about their own opinion about that. I am personally doing it to save money. We'll see how it goes and if I can hang in there with it.

3. I am not overly anxious about the actual birth. I am anxious about when it comes home... forever... with ME!

4. I have read some women saying they wish they had more time being pregnant they love it so much. I do not feel that way. Although I've had a good pregnancy it's uncomfortable now.

5. I've started to stockpile food now. I'm collecting soups and canned goods and making extra with every meal to freeze. I hope this helps when the baby comes. I've also bought supplies to make my own baby wipes. I know... it's a little different, but hey, I got it from my Amish cook book! :)

6. At the beginning of pregnancy I would sit at the table and cry because I had to eat an apple. I didn't feel like eating then. Oh boy, how the times have changed. I wake up hungry and (this is aweful) one of my first thoughts is "what do you want to eat?" My favorite thing of late is toast with peanut butter and banana on it. I've gained a total of 20 pounds now and 5 of those in the last 2 weeks! I've pledged to myself to lay off desserts. We'll see how that goes. It's day two in that quest.

7. To help count down the days I am making an Amish friendship bread starter that takes 10 days to complete. I really like seeing the little experiment on the counter all bubbling and stuff. I'm going to try to make "Beth bread" with this starter. If you don't know Beth Baldwin, well... she makes good bread.

8. I'm really enjoying the flowers in my yard. I didn't want to plant anything until I knew what the previous owners had planted. Beside the house there were these stalks growing up a few weeks ago. I thought they were rhubarb, but it turns out they are peony bushes!! Yeah... so much better than rhubarb! ha! I'll show pictures below of some flowers we have in our yard. Happy Mother's Day!


Iris

Peony bud

Peony bushes