Full on nesting mode..

Animals do it all the time. From cats, to hamsters, to birds, animals have this maternal instinct to get their homes ready when they are expecting. This past month, I have picked up this instinct like many other mothers-to-be. It's been full on preparation for out "nest" and the arrival of our baby. 

According to Urban Dictionary,

nesting

Nesting is a ritual performed by pregnant women in ridding the house, the "nest", from anything potentially harmful to the soon to be born child.

And Dictionary.com

nesting

The tendency to arrange one's immediate surrounding to create a place where one feels secure, comfortable, or in control. 

All this is very true. Hahaha. Did everyone else experience this when they were pregnant?

Over winter break, Sam and I were set out to accomplish as much baby stuff as we could because we weren’t sure how busy Sam would get once school started. We finished our registry, moved out our guest room furniture, bought baby furniture, built it, and set it up. I was on a personal mission to go through all of our stuff, reorganize, and throw away everything we didn’t need. It was quite a task, and I proud of what I was able to organize and throw away. It’s funny how much stuff you accumulate over the years. It’s also funny how I say this every time I move, which has been 4 times now since I’ve moved to DC. My next task: deep clean everything. It should be fun.

Post prenatal yoga belly shot...

Weeks: 28... less than 3 months to go o_O

Baby Size: Eggplant

Maternity Clothes: In addition to pants and shirts, did you know you outgrow undergarments and shoes as well?

Sleep: I gave the maternity pillow a couple extra days and now I love it. I can’t even sleep without out. It helped out a lot with back pain and I can comfortably sleep through the night (minus the whole waking up to go to the bathroom thing)

Best moment this week: going to my prenatal yoga classes. I’ve been doing a lot of yoga, but mostly from youtube videos I found online. Well, I finally signed up for a class last week and loved it. It was surprisingly much harder than I expected, but afterwards I felt so stretched out and relaxed.

Miss anything?: Italian hoagies (lunch meat…)

Movement: Wow! Our baby is so active! I talk to many expectant mothers and I feel as though I feel our baby moves ALL THE TIME compared to other mothers out there. Sometimes, it even hurts… but I don’t mind ;)

Food cravings: some of that hard Philadelphian bread that we can’t get anywhere around here in DC

Mood: lonely… Sam left me to go a 2 weeklong study abroad program in South America… I’m missing my husband

Looking forward to: Finishing the nursery. I really like how it looks so far. I can’t wait till we get finish the little details and see how it turns out.

Anything else:? I think the hardest part of preparing for this baby is picking out a name. Sam and I can’t seem to agree on any names and it just seems so permanent. I can like a name one week and then completely hate it the next. I guess we’ll just have to wait till the baby is born to pick one out.