adorable hubby

Steve is e-mailing me at work everytime he thinks of a cute name for the baby... Unfortunately, they're all girl names and we have yet to come close to agreeing on any boy names. In five days, that either won't matter at all or we'll have a little problem on our hands. We've started the process of registering - although only for a couple of gender-neutral big ticket items. The fun stuff will come later (like the baby snow suit I absolutely have to have for our Christmas ski trip). I had a pregnancy-induced emotional breakdown the other day because Pottery Barn Kids had run out of the crib quilt I'd picked out for a girl... a bit ridiculous considering 1) we don't even know the sex yet and 2) it's a quilt. I calmed down and have since spent the past two days at work scouring the internet for any bedding without Disney characters, butterflies or floral overkill. I would rather not vomit everytime I walk into the nursery. I should probably just stop entirely and not get too attached to anything before Monday.

Can you believe I would actually want something like this? I've spent the past week learning how to sleep on my left side (following the advice of many baby books and my doctor). Sleeping on my stomach is no longer feasible and apparently sleeping on your back is a no-no since the weight of your growing midsection can cut off the blood flow in a major artery. Who knew? In addition to the sleeping arrangement, I'm actually growing accustomed to all the nuances of pregnancy. I'm used to all of the vitamins (and the lack of my usual medication), the increased awareness of the food groups I eat during the day, etc... it will be strange once September comes and I'm allowed to go back to normal. Of course, post-baby normal will include some serious exercise because I'm definitely not used to the numbers creeping up everytime I step on the scale. I'm also not used to exercise so we'll see how that goes.

I need a vacation. Two months from now we'll be leaving for Mexico and I literally feel as though I'm counting down each hour of each day in anticipation of it...