The Monster At the End of this Book

Ok so I am now 33 weeks pregnant and I have been away on vacation and then just trying to get in the groove again hence no updates. My baby is the size of a pineapple. I have what I affectionately refer to as tiny sausages attached to my legs at the end of the day (well my shoe size is a 10 so maybe not so tiny).

I have finally embraced that I have to wear maternity tops although I still wear some of my regular pants with my belly band. (btw best invention ever!) I have not gained any weight in a month which the OB is very happy about because we are trying to keep the weight gain to a minimum as I was not a small girl to start. She assures me that the baby is gaining weight and I am losing weight so it equals out.... hmmm why is it this is the only time in my life I have not worried about my eating habits and I am losing weight but no one knows because I am growing a human at the same time :)! I do wish the lower half of my belly would catch up to the upper half though- my belly button is still an innie and I really want to take those cute belly photos (not sure I will think they are cute when they are mine) but I would still like to try.

So we just returned from the cape where I camped (yea I did) at 8 months pregnant. Granted my parents let Dan and I stay in the camper which helped tremendously with the 87 bathroom trips a night and not having to sleep 6 inches from the ground on an air mattress. I also did a 5 mile bike ride which was great. The puppy did really well at the cape, loves the water and digging in the sand so he had a grand old time. Hard to beleive that next year we will be doing this with a 9 month old and 2 dogs! The most exciting thing happened the Monday we were away- Dan felt the baby move!!!! He though it felt almost like a little heartbeat and I assured him that no that was the rhythmic kicking or punching of his child on my insides. All in all it was a great vacation, I relaxed and even started the baby's blanket.

So I have come to the conclusion over the past week that this pregnancy is very much like the story The Monster at the End of this Book. Have you all read that? It is was one of my favorites (after all I am an adult now and read much more intellectual novels- cue hysterical laughing). You cant stop turning the pages because you want to know what happens next but part of you is a little scared to get to the end of the book... thats what each week feels like. Time will pass no matter what I do and on one hand I am so excited and anxious to meet this baby but on the other had part of my just wants to stop for a bit and get my bearings. The good thing is the monster in the book is grover (spoiler alert) who is really a cute and cuddly monster and not scary at all and at the end of all this is our baby - also cute and cuddly and not so scary (I hope).