One month away!!

Some of the many random and not so random thoughts now running through my head now that my due date is officially only 30 days away as of tomorrow!

Starting with the random:
Weight gain thus far is 25 pounds. At this point in the ball game I could snack on something almost 24 hours a day. I really wanted to keep my weight gain between the suggested 25-35 lb recommendation I am going to actually start having to exercise some self discipline to keep that on target. (I say this as I am sipping my Dr. Pepper Icy at 9:30 at night).

I've never been the most graceful person but now I am just down rate dangerous. I have lots of scraps and bruises to prove it. I knock things over, bump into things, drop things, its really getting out of hand.

Everything else (even including labor and delivery) the more I read or gain knowledge about the less overwhelming it feels... the exception to this theory is when it comes to breast feeding, the more I read and hear about that the more challenging it sounds. Even when you master the feeding part of it I've read now two books with totally opposing views one is recommending feeding on demand primarily. The other suggests feeding on a flexible schedule, both theories site lots of research and feedback from mom's who used these methods. Tomorrow is baby feeding class in the evening, we'll see if that's any help.

We haven't settled on Ava's middle name. The leader right now in the race is Ava Rose. My other favorite was Ava Claire but Ryan wasn't a fan. It only took as 7 months to settle on Ava but we don't have that same time to settle on the middle name so we will be pondering on that this last month.

Now the less Random:
Oh course I am getting so excited to meet her, to hold her, to see Ryan hold her, to introduce her to Rory and my nieces, all our friends and family and to start on the next phase of this journey of trying to honor God with this incredible gift and blessing he is entrusting to us. However, I want to try to not wish this month over already, Right now my schedule is still mostly my own and I can take Ava perfectly content with me in my tummy wherever I choose to go. I think part of me will miss her physically being a part of me. I know the joy of holding her will over shadow that but still this is our last month together being this literally connected to one another, I have this month weather I wish she was already here or not so trying to keep persective on thoughts and feelings on enjoying this time.