How I know I am 9 months pregnant . . .

When walking, there is more movement side to side than forward

I know where every bathroom in Utah county is located

Haven't even thought about cutting my toenails in months

Walking a flight of stairs is harder than the Boston Marathon . . . if it was run on the Alps.

Remember the fat lady fanning herself in church with the program while everyone else is bundled in their coats, scarves and mittens?  That is me.

Becoming acquainted with the "wee hours of the morning" as I wake to roll over

My nightly desert . . . TUMS! yum!

Yesterday, one of my students told me that I 'sure was getting TALL' - pretty sure I haven't grown an inch in 10 years.

Nesting . . . spending more $ on a baby that isn't actually here than I am on Christmas for my living loved ones

When was the last time I got to hug my husband?

STRESS and WORRY:  I knew long before we conceived that this child's due date may just fall in a time when I really didn't WANT to have a baby.  Not that I didn't want a baby, but that I wanted it in October, or November, or February, but NOT in December.  When I realized the due date was January I breathed a sigh of relief, but as every fat and heavy pregnant lady knows, by 37 weeks, you just want the pregnancy to be over.  BUT despite the physiological cravings to have this baby out, my mental and emotional Being wants this baby IN as long as possible.  Not that I have ANY control over it, but that is what is just so stressful . . . no control.  I have no say in when, where and how she appears into this life.  I worry that if she DOES come before Christmas, she will be emotionally scarred that we didn't want her here then.  I worry that the rest of her life she will hate the fact that she has to share her special day with the Christmas hullabaloo.  Then again,  if she waits until Jan 11 (induction date) I will be so antsy and  tired of being pregnant.  Plus, I don't even think we can figure out a name by then!  AUGH!!  so much to stress over and so little time with the Christmas season fully engulfing us!   And by stressing over it, I can somehow control the situation more right?

heehee, those were the inner workings of my mind at this current time, I understand if you faded out on line 2 . . .
But really I am excited for this little girl to come.  Lots of things I am nervous about, but after Dec. 25th (and even more after Jan 1) I will be ready and waiting for her arrival (with the exception of knowing her name).