A stream-of-consciousness post

I just finished going through a bunch of baby hand-me-downs we’ve received. We have a big pile for 0-3 months, another big pile for 3-6 months, and a modest-sized pile for 6-9 months. I feel very blessed! They are nice clothes, too, and most of them look like new. I texted A.J. that our baby already has more clothes than I do.

I am 31 weeks along (I’ll be 32 weeks on Monday) and I’m going to the doctor every 2 weeks now. I feel bad for writing this on my blog since I haven’t even called my mom to tell her about it yet, but I was measuring 28 cm. instead of 31 when I went in for my checkup on Wednesday. (You’re supposed to measure the same number of centimeters as you are weeks along.) The doctor said not to freak out and it’s probably just the baby’s position, but I’m getting an ultrasound to check his growth when I go back in another 2 weeks.

I’m still working right now, just 2 hours a day at the daycare giving my co-workers breaks. I’ll be done by Christmas because in the state of Florida you have to get training in order to work at a daycare longer than 1 year. My year deadline is up in January, and I don’t want to go through a bunch of classes just so I can work 2-3 extra weeks before the baby’s born. So Lord willing, my daycare career is almost over (hopefully forever!).

It is so strange to be in Florida at this time of year. Thankfully I did visit last year around this same time, and I moved down in January, so I got a taste of the weather around Christmas. It was 70 today and I was listening to Christmas music, and I’m about to go make some hot chocolate and turn on the Christmas lights in the living room, without feeling much incongruity between my festive atmosphere and the warmth outside!

I guess I’m just adjusting to it more easily than I thought I would. After spending 3 winters in Michigan, I’m ready for some milder weather right after Christmas, so if I have to have a mild Christmas too, oh well. Plus it is great to be giving birth to a January or February baby in Florida as opposed to Ohio or Michigan… so much less hassle to go outside!

I went to a secondhand ”family resale” store today to see if they had any good baby things. I think I would have a hard time putting things from there on my newborn. I’m all about hand-me-downs… as long as I know where they came from! (Does that make me a snob?) I did, however, score a $2 maternity skirt with the Target tags still on… yay!

I decided to blog even though I didn’t really have a specific issue to talk about, because I’m having the kind of blogger’s block where I just don’t write because I don’t have anything important to say. I started out blogging more like this, on Xanga, just writing my daily life and things I was thinking about, and people still seemed to like what I was writing.

Then eventually, as I get in the habit of doing it, I’m more able to come up with interesting blogging ideas on the spot.

To wrap up, I think I’m going to share some of the blogs I’ve been enjoying recently. These are relatively new reads (as in over the past several months), and I think you might like them too.

Ali’s African Adventures
The Homespun Heart
Money Saving Mom
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (my friend and matron of honor!)
Through Clouded Glass