Baby Dreams

So I've been having some crazy baby-related dreams recently. Early on in the pregnancy I had several baby dreams but they tapered off for a couple months until this last week. 

Two nights ago I dreamt that I had the baby (not sure of gender but baby had tons of dark hair) and that we decided to go to Disney World. We were getting the baby into the car seat when he/she became really fussy, so I told everyone to hold up and wait because I had to nurse the baby. So then all of a sudden the baby is on my lap, except for now it's my sister's dog and she is trying to squirm away from me.

Last night I dreamt I was at Target and frantically looking for Pamper's Swaddlers (I think that is what they are called). But the layout of the baby department had changed and instead of a huge aisle of diapers, they had cat food and cat litter on the shelves. I was totally confused going up and down all the aisles until I got distracted by maternity swimwear that was made of terry cloth.

I've never been one to do dream interpretation so perhaps someone else can explain these for me. 

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In other baby news, I had a baby shower back in Mpls this weekend, which was fun. So much cute stuff out there for babies. We have started setting up the nursery, we are just waiting on the glider now. We even bought a stroller and car seat a few weeks ago. Crazy to think of how soon the baby will be here. I start my third trimester tomorrow. Yay!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

Hopefully the cuteness of this will make you smile today.

Today's Thought

I can think of few things that bring me more calm than a walk outside in the freshly fallen snow. Despite the annoyance of shoveling, I love the quiet and peace that the snow brings.

Babymooning

According to the NYTimes, apparently taking a babymoon is the new thing to do before having a babe. So after much arm-twisting, I relented, and Drew and I headed off to St. John for a five-day, pre-baby, last-hurrah, romantic vacation. Our normal vacations consist of traveling with one of our families, so it was really nice for it to be just the two us, with no one else to be concerned about. We also planned this trip rather hastily, a mere two weeks before we left, which for me was really great because I usually anticipate trips way too far in advance and by the time they arrive I'm already anticipating what will be happening when we get back into town. So this quickly planned trip allowed me to really live in the moment on the trip and take it all in.

Here are a few pictures. I would definitely recommend both St. John and babymooning.

The first day we just laid on the beach and read. And had fun drinks brought to us. Mine, while missing the alcohol, were still delicious.

The second day we rented a jeep and toured the island. Despite being a U.S. territory, everyone drives on the left (a hangover from the Danes). I only freaked out the one time we were going up a crazy steep hill and in trying to turn we instead slipped backwards and into the shoulder that consisted of forest. Turns out road maintenance may not be a priority on St. John. We continued on, in 4WD, and ended up having a lovely day.

Most of St. John is actually national park, thanks to a very rich Rockefeller who bought up all the land and donated it. On our third day we decided to do some hiking. This picture was taken about two minutes before I realized that hiking while five months pregnant is actually much more difficult than anticipated.

Our dinner the last night was at a delicious Italian restaurant that had a scenic view looking towards St. Thomas. We had an amazing sunset dinner and topped it off with molten chocolate cake for dessert. Mmmm.

Difficulties

I know I have no right to complain but it really is a shock to the system to go from laying on the beach one day in beautiful paradise to shoveling four inches of snow the next.

More on our trip soon.