38 Degrees and Rainy

I should not feel the need for a large cup of hot chocolate when in three days it will be May.

Sad.

Insightful Afternoon Conversation

M (a four and a half year old who was staring at my belly) : I don't know how it will be for you, but it was pretty weird when I came out of my mom's belly...

Me (laughing) : I imagine it is going to be pretty weird for me too!

Baby Brain

So I don't really buy into the whole "pregnancy brain" thing. People say they are more forgetful, have a shorter attention span, etc., during pregnancy. I don't really think this is true and from what I have heard there are no scientific studies to back this up. I think it's just that we are so solely focused on the baby and its upcoming arrival, that we just don't bother to think about much else. It's like we just get lazy about everything else. Like this blog for example. It is very sad to see the infrequency of posts of late. However, all I can ever think of to post has to do with baby and I am not convinced everyone finds that quite as interesting as I do.

But yesterday we had our 32 week appointment and got a 3D ultrasound of the baby. He/she (I've had a lot of boys guesses recently) had her hand pressed up against its face the entire time, but you can still get a bit of an idea of what the babe looks like. Oh, and baby weighs 4 pounds 7 ounces already! Crazy. Can't wait for May.

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.