An End in Sight

I am just a few weeks away from my due date... and I could not be more excited!!! I know it is cliche but I feel like I have been pregnant FOREVER!!!! Luckily I forget how bad my pregnancies are so I actually want to keep having kids. As it comes to an end I can not believe I have made it another nine months of never feeling good, yes that is right never feeling good. Most of you know that my pregnancies are full of nine months of throwing up. Both times I lost over 35 pounds. However, even though I am a grump, who is emotionally unstable and exhausted beyond all believe (yeah I am so happy if I can fall asleep before 3 am, and Liam has me up at 730 almost every morning) there are so many things that I am so thankful for and I can not imagine managing it with out. This is a weird thing to add to our family blog but I still can't help listing them out.

1. Alex- Yeah I know this is an obvious but I can not even begin to count the times Alex has taken over chores like making dinner to cleaning the house that has not been touched for days and days on end (you can imagine the state with a 2 year old on the loose.) He puts up with me when I get furious or start crying hysterically over something as little as me dropping my makeup. And he changes every single poop diaper he can. The weekend he watches Red Panda while I literally sleep the entire time. And last he brings me water or a candy as I am in my position over the toilet.

2. Red Panda- There are not many 2 year olds out there who will put up with a mother who pretty much sits on the couch until the afternoon. And the days that are really bad he knows it and will even be extra loving and patient that day.

3. Heavenly Father- When I am just at a loss I know he is there to help me over come my weak moments. Let alone the tools he has blessed me with like lds.org, scriptures, power of the priesthood, church, and prayer.

4. PBS- Thank you for having great cartoons all morning long to entertain my son. I never wanted to be that mom that puts on TV for hours for my kids but you got to do what you got to do... and at least Red Panda is learning while I am too sick to get up. Let alone I get to enjoy every song over and over again as they stick in my head all day and through the night.

5. Sandwiches- Not only because they are yummy but they are little to no work and they don't produce a smell that will send my stomach into convulsions.

6. Modern medicine- Oh where would I be with out my best friend Zofran?!?!? That's right the hospital with an IV. Let alone the plethora of heart burn meds I take through out the pregnancy.

7. Amazing family and friends- It is so great to have people excited for us and that are willing to help out with anything we might need. We have been so blessed with marvelous people in our life.

8. And last it is only nine months- yes it might feel like forever and I swear I have always been pregnant by this point but the second that little one is born my energy will increase by 15 times, chunks of food in my throat will not be a regular occurrence, I can stop carrying produce bags around with me, the taste of vomit will not be permanently in my mouth whether I am eating or not, and food will actually taste yummy again. It makes me so thankful for good health which is something that is so easy to take for granted until one does not have it.