Hey Everyone!
Well we are back from the beach and one week away from finding the gender of Baby Matte!!! Here are some updates on the beach. Let me put it this way. The beach was GREAT. The trip up and back, not so much.
Ok, so the way up there. We ran out of gas. Now, before you judge hubby, it really wasn't his fault. And for me to say that is tough! NEVER TRUST your little gas reader thing in your car. We know that now. It read "120" miles left. Our exit was 75 miles away. Surely we can wait to our exit to get gas right?! WRONG. 2 miles from our exit, we ran out. Did I react well? NO. Did overreact? YES. Ok, I think it is reasonable to be frightened of running out of gas on the interstate. Now looking back, maybe suddenly being frightened of rapists and bears was a little much. You know... because rapists and bears hang out on interstates in Florida.
Right? :) Needless to say, we will now be stopping for gas anytime we have a quarter of a tank left!!!!
Thank God we were close to the exit, and Eric's dad and brother rescued us! Luckily, no harm done and we got to the condo about 1230 at night. So beach was great. The house was beautiful and spending time with Eric and family was wonderful. I wasn't looked at for being "large" like I thought I would be ( I am sure every pregnant woman thinks they are just constantly being judged) despite my ever growing belly. I was so self-conscious the first day about how I was sitting-- I kept thinking-- do people think I have rolls? or will they know this is just my freaking swollen insides folding on themselves?! After about an hour of trying to adjust my tanning position to a favorable one, I said EFF THAT and lounged like the women who really don't care. I mean it. After 30 min of not one look my way I realized everyone is just as worried about themselves as you are, so really, we are all just looking at ourselves instead of each other. Where was the realization 10 years ago?
One thing to mention though-- walking on the beach pregnant is not glamorous. No I am not huge yet, and I can pretty much function like a normal human being, but add sand to that equation, and I am suddenly carrying triplets. I was embarrassed for everyone associated with me. It was something about the sand, the heat, being barefoot, and carrying a beach bag that just didn't work for me. As my dear brother in law told me on the trip "You just aren't domesticated. But hey, put you in heels and we are good to go." I take it as a compliment.
So close to on the way HOME-- we caught about 8.5 hours worth of traffic. Yes, I was a peach on that ride home.
Overall great trip-- and the most exciting news is yet to come-- next week we finally find out the gender of BABY MATTE!!!!!!!!! I am so excited I can barely stand it. We go for our anatomy scan Thursday, and have our gender reveal party on Sunday. Don't be offended if you weren't invited. We only invited local family and close friends (I would hate for family to feel obligated to travel for a little old gender reveal). Let's be real- most of you don't want to be there anyway. You just want to stalk fb to see what it is later! I don't blame you! And I don't mean that in a sarcastic or rude way. It's kind of like wedding and baby showers. Unless you are SUPER close to the honoree, it's sort of an obligation that you wish you could just mail a present to. So really, I am doing you a favor :) And of course the blog will be updated that night I am sure!!!
I keep going back and forth on what it is!According to all the wives' tales-- we must be having a transgender baby. And I have had SUCH an easy and blessed pregnancy, I feel like I don't even have a little personality to go off of! My belly is continuing to grow (sadly I can report now I can't lay on my stomach anymore... favorite position). Definitely adjusting to that. I can still fit in all my clothes, haven't felt baby move yet, and still feeling great. So I guess you can say I am still coasting? I really thought I would have more funny preggo stories to tell you at 16 weeks, but so far-- still pretty calm over here. I am just waiting for that one week that it's like BOOM you are pregnant. *famous last words*
Well that's all for now- I am exhausted (hosting a minicamp with 86 little girls in a gym all morning this week). If I can do this, I can do ANYTHING.
Fingers crossed that Baby Matte continues to be good and lets mommy and daddy see if you have a wee wee (sorry eric, I know you don't want me calling it that ) ---
ciao!
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