What I've loved & What I am looking forward to.

(I am dressed here :)

What I've loved about pregnancy:

• The moment when Ted and I saw the positive pregnancy test.
• Knowing that I am carrying and taking care of someone so precious. A human being!
• Watching in amazement, our first ultrasound of our 10 week old baby squirming around.
• Watching my belly grow with each new week.
• The first time I felt the baby's movements at 13 weeks. No words could describe.
• Feeling my baby growing and his/her movements from within.
• Watching my stomach as he/she moved around.
• Watching my belly bounce up and down as he/she hiccuped.
• Spending a few minutes right before bed talking, singing and praying for our baby.
• Watching Ted kiss my belly and speak to the baby.
• Watching the baby respond to Ted's voice!
• Feeling the baby move when he/she heard me speak for the first time that morning.
• Preparing for our baby!
• The anticipation of not knowing when he/she will arrive and for me, not knowing the sex!
• How this has brought Ted and I even closer.

I will miss most of the above, so I've heard!

What I am looking forward to (with Baby):

• Holding my baby for the first time and many times after that.
• Snuggles with him/her.
• Singing to him/her face to face!
• Knowing if it's a him or a her!!
• Introducing our baby to the world.
• Watching as he/she grows.
• Documenting every little thing (you know me...)
• Baby's "first..." everything.
• Watching his/her personality develop.
• Watching him/her look more like mommy or daddy.
• Lying in bed with baby in between us.
• Spending time together as a family going for walks, picnics, outings...
• Introducing our baby to different cultures.

It's hard to narrow these down. Many more to come after the baby arrives, I'm sure!

What I am looking forward to personally:

• Sleeping on my tummy.
• Getting my figure back.
• Going for runs/walks with baby in the jogger.
• Having a bit of caffeine here and there. Dr. Pepper, ahhh.
• Eating sushi.
• Doing the early morning stretch without getting a charlie horse!
• Not having people stare at me like I am a traveling circus wherever I go.
• Seeing my bones again. Not having balloon hands, feet and face.
• Wearing my converse for the first time since March.
• Fitting back into the clothes that I now love so much. It's like Christmas!
• Being able to do things on my own again- the simplest things I need help with right now.

I could probably right a lot more in each category but this would be a novel! I wanted to write a blog like this before baby came and since baby is deciding to camp out a bit longer, why not write today?