Too Much Baby Talk...So Something Different...

I feel like I have been so grumpy & blah lately. It is all this stinking baby talk, and baby waiting! That is all I think about, all I talk about. I just want baby to come! Even though I have 5 more days! I need to somehow step back, out of baby la la land, and just remember what it is life is about. I need to remember how much I have to be happy about and grateful for…which is A LOT!

I have seen this list of 8 before…and have never participated…but why not today. So, I am going to list everything it calls for. 8 things I’m grateful for, 8 things I’m looking forward to, 8 things I did yesterday, and 8 things I wish I could do. (I have no clue where the number 8 came from…I just do what I’m told).

So, in the spirit of kicking the grumpy pregnant lady, baby obsessing, craziness out of my head for a little while…here are my lists of 8!

8 Things I’m Grateful For:

1. My husband…he is the BEST, most supportive, handy, perfect man ever!
2. The opportunity to live in the best place ever, and take advantage of all the opportunities here in Alaska.
3. To be able to have such a wonderful, problem-free pregnancy.
4. Having sisters…although we don’t talk all the time, I don’t know what I would do without them.
5. My newly remodeled house...I LOVE it!
6. My iPhone…I’m a nerd I know~! What would I do without that thing? It has my life on it!!! The best invention EVER!
7. Having such supportive friends in my life. The people we love and know are just amazing!!!
8. Family! There is nothing more important.

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:

1. Labor…I know that sounds dumb…but at least I know this roller coaster ride is coming to an end!
2. Holding my new little girl in my arms.
3. Watching my husband become a daddy…a great one at that I’m sure!
4. Sharing parenthood with the most awesome man ever!
5. Maternity leave…yeah baby!
6. Drinking a glass of wine, or a gin & tonic, or a margarita, or a...well the list goes on. Just having an adult beverage again!
7. Doing actual physical labor…carrying heavy things, running, sweating, getting a nice hard workout!
8. Having all the cousins (the kids in the family) together someday…hopefully soon. We have so many new additions to our huge family!

8 Things I Did Yesterday:

1. Went to work.
2. Picked up dog poop…ewww.
3. Watered the lawn.
4. Went grocery shopping.
5. Swept & mopped the house…again…(can you say nesting??).
6. Watched a re-run of Gilmore Girls…I am a nerd.
7. Took a bubble bath.
8. Scheduled a pedicure for today!

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:

1. Stay home with my soon to be little girl.
2. Live closer to family, yet stay in Alaska.
3. Grow a garden…or flowers…or ANYTHING! I do not have a green thumb!
4. Be a better friend to my already wonderful friends.
5. Be a better wife to the best man in my life!
6. Not be such a gossip sometimes…I know, I know!
7. Own my own business with my husband.
8. Be more independent!

What are your lists of 8???