Floating Thoughts

Lots of stuff just floating around… so of course… the best way to remedy that is to write a “Floating Thoughts” blogpost. So… here goes:

I can’t believe Chance is 3 years old. Where did the time go?
Today, my calendar says I’m 29 weeks and 5 days pregnant (if you count November 15th being my due date)… but I’m REALLY 30 weeks and 6 days pregnant (since I have a scheduled C-Section on the 7th).
My hair won’t hold color as well as it usually does. My hair stylist says it may be because I’m pregnant.
Speaking of pregnant – today was my glucose test appointment. I get the results in a couple of days, but I weigh 146 lbs (that’s 26 lbs more than “normal” but 8 lbs less than the same time last time being preggo with Chance) and my belly measures bigger than last time too. So, I weigh less, but the baby is bigger. GREAT!
We took Chance along to thank our Doctor, Tim Stewart, for taking him out of mommy’s tummy 3 years ago. Cute.
Matt and I ordered my new MacBook Pro today in our service planning meeting. I am SOOO excited for my new laptop!!! No longer will I be confined to our home office.
My back pretty much hurts all the time, non-stop, but I only have 10 more weeks so I try not to complain.
My awesome husband got pedicures together AND he took me shopping for new preggo clothes (though I made sure I could still wear them after I had the baby too) this past weekend. He actually WENT shopping with me, which hasn’t happened in FOREVER. I feel like a new woman… sort of.
I just scheduled our newborn photo shoot with Kimberly for November. She is SOOO good. I am so excited, I’m pretty unsure of what to do with myself.
I really miss my friends and team members at Sunset Pres.
Pre-school starts in 8 days for Chance… but tomorrow is our first meeting with his teacher.
Brian and I are finally narrowing down our list of baby names, though we can’t seem to agree strongly on any of them.
I really can’t believe how long the waiting line is to adopt overseas right now. I’m a bit upset because children need to be home and times a wastin’.
We still haven’t started a baby journal for baby #2. We started one for Chance the first month we found out we were pregnant.
I know most people don’t like their in-laws, but I think mine are ridiculously AWESOME! I love that I can sit down with either of them and talk, from the heart, for hours, totally being my authentic self and know they love me unconditionally as their own. I want to be THAT kind of in-law to my daughter-in-laws one day. Is that weird?
Here’s a list of things I can’t wait to do once I have this baby:

Go hiking
Play the guitar without the “slope”
Go snowboarding
Work out & run
Go camping
Wakeboard
Breathe a deep breath again

Here’s a picture of me at 29 weeks and 5 days (and yes, that’s one of the cute new shirts I got this weekend – it’s organic cotton, if you care):

And there you go.

Comment away!

Serena

You look amazing! What are you doing differently this time, than last? I am determined to keep my weight at a reasonable level this pregnancy and could use all of the tips you have.
Great choice on a photographer. I remember her from a photography board that I used to be on. I am sure she will take awesome pics of you and your new little one.
Love the pictures in the background. ; ) Fun to see them on your wall.

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Sep 03, 2008 @ 5:19 pm

Jenni Clayville

Thanks, Serena! I’m glad you got to see all the photos you took on our wall. I didn’t even think about that.

So, honestly… other than throwing up everything I ate and didn’t eat for the first 4.5 months, I haven’t done anything different from the first pregnancy. I actually eat more often than I did last time, and I think I drink a lot more water this time. Last time, water made me nauseated so I had juice. This time, a good friend said to try ice water. She was right… I prefer it over any other drink mostly because everything else has an aftertaste of some sort.

Sorry… I wish I had more tips.

I’m excited to use Kimberly too. Of course, if you were still in business, I wouldn’t have had to find a new photographer in the first place