Weeks 30 & 31 - The Nesting Bug

If you were to walk into my house right now, you would find no evidence of the nesting bug that has hit me. Yes, I do clean, but living in a tiny little place with a 2 year running around it doesn't stay clean for very long. I really think it's more of my need to get all of the baby stuff ready and trying to figure out how we are going to put everything we need in Rachel's tiny room. I know it will get done but now being in the single digits of the countdown, meaning realizing I have 8 1/2 more weeks give or take until baby Jolene get here, it's making me want to have everything done now! Not going to happen. We still have all of Rachel's baby clothes and everything else we need for a newborn in storage and there is no way that I can get it all out without Josh's help. One reason why it's not done now is because there has been a possibility of us moving, so I told Josh if it doesn't looking like we are moving anytime soon we need to get things out by December the latest. I pray it gets done soon so my brain can stop going over a million different scenarios of how everything is going to be.

I remember when I was pregnant with Rachel the last trimester was one of the hardest for me and it's proven to be the same this time around. It's not necessarily the pregnancy it's the impatience that I have of wanting my little girl to be here. I am getting to the very uncomfortable phase and it's making me wish that I could have my body back and have the little one in my arms. I know she needs to bake a little longer and the time has actually flown by already but still I am so impatient!

I keep filling my time with one on one personal dates with my little princess, Rachel, because I know that that special time is going to disappear for a while when Jolene gets here. Man, I love that little girl, and it takes my breath away to know that I will still love her just as much when Jolene gets here and that I will have the same kind of love for her too! I knew a mother's heart was big but really? Wow!

So, Josh isn't one to really feel my belly all the time but when he does he gets so excited, I love hearing his expressions because it's usually when we are laying down in bed that he feels her. The other night I made a comment that she was really wiggly so he laid his hand on my belly and freaked out. I guess he could feel her little hands and feet hitting and kicking around really good. He was amazed. It really is a trip feeling her move all over the place knowing that there is a little person growing inside of me. I know that that will be one thing that I miss when she does finally here.

My friend, Carol and I kept trying to get a picture of Rachel kissing my belly but she always to quick to pop up. She did kiss her "baby" quite a few times for us. I'm pretty sure she loves her little sister already :)