dear little son,

today, you are seven months and 12 days old. your mommy has been really bad at updating the internet with pictures and news to your development and all of the wonderful ways that you’re growing.
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just thought i’d randomly post on this past weekend and what a nice one it was with little family.
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HAPPY TWO MONTH BIRTHDAY TO AUGUST!

and HAPPY 1000th DAY ANNIVERSARY TO UUUUSSS!!!

01) i’ve become really crappy at maintaining any online presence that doesn’t have anything to do with twitter. being the huge nerd that i am– this actually makes me feel really guilty. the redeeming thing about this is that i’ve gotten to spend every minute of my time away with my little baby son and that has been wonderful…and something i wouldn’t give up for anything.

02) august is growing more and more every day. it is scary, amazing, beautiful, exciting, and sad…all rolled together. talk about a huge emotional ball of “wow.” for us anyway.

03) a couple of weekends ago, i noticed that august’s started cooing and imitating. whenever we talk to him he grins, opens his mouth slightly, and stretches his neck as if he wants so badly to speak back to me. to be silly, one day, i started making an “ooohh” face and then suddenly switching it to a big open mouth smile…over and over (and yes, i did look as foolish as it may seem that i would). as august watched my mouth intently, he started moving his mouth in similar ways. he doesn’t have it down quite yet but it’s still pretty neat.

04) i had my post-partum check up and everything is healing as it should. i feel pretty great (minus the migraines) but am soooo ready to lose this baby weight already.

05) i am reeeeally excited that autumn is on its way. even though august has no clue, i am all sorts of excited to celebrate his first halloween/thanksgiving/christmas/new year. i’m a sucker for the holidays.
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i have been really crappy at updating this with pictures of august. if you have a facebook and we’re facebook friends, you can see pretty up to the date images there. however, i understand not everyone has a facebook. part of me wants to say, “everybody should have a facebook,” and the other part of me wants to say, “you’re probably better off.”

anyway, so i’m kind of totally jocking sarah and adrian’s picture idea but, really…it’s a good idea for the months like august when i just sucked at keeping this updated with pictures.

also, i am well aware that this post would have come much sooner if i weren’t so anal about the images being the appropriate sizes. this took longer than you’d think it would…especially having a brand new baby and a really seksi husband fighting for my time. i can’t complain.

ENJOY!
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there really is nothing like caring for someone else in this way.

i know i have so much to learn as a mother…as a wife and a person even but i feel so perfectly placed in this role as a mother to august and a wife to mark. so much so that just typing those words and feeling those feelings makes my heart swell and my eyes wet with tears.
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a friend of mine, who was due around the same time as me (we were due within a day of one another), went into active labor yesterday. her husband is keeping a labor log going at their site (great idea we might have to steal) and i have been keeping tabs on them.

even though slightly envious that they’ll be meeting their bug soon, if they haven’t already!!!!, i am overwhelmed with excitement and happiness for them.

it’s so crazy and beautiful to be experiencing and witnessing life created and now being born into the world. and not just experiencing it within me, but all around me.

i know quite a few women who have recently become pregnant or just had babies…and have gotten to know women, through the journal community i am a part, who are all experiencing similar things or are having their babies. i can’t even describe how beautiful and exciting it all is.
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How far along are you?
39W5D.

What symptoms are you experiencing?
- itchy belly/chest.
- contractions.
- occasional sharp pains from down below.
- losing my plug. (sorry guys– shouldn’t read if you don’t want tmi!)
- fun bathroom issues!
- moodiness.

How are you feeling?
the past two weeks i am finding that i’m reeeally uncomfortable even though i’m not noticing much of a difference in size. this past week i have been really moody and quick to freak out (ask mark!). as i’m nearing august’s due date and fearing that he’s going to come late, i can’t help but worry that he’s not going to make his due date. it’s not so much that i am worried because i am being impatient and needing to have him right now. i actually don’t want to be annoying and seem selfish of my little bug’s time to develop within me. i want him to come when he’s ready. but i also really want him to come in time so that mark and i can meet and spend a day or two with him before all of our guests come in town. even more important than that is i want all of the guests that have spent a good amount of money on plane/hotel tickets to come visit us to actually get to meet little one before they head back across the country/world. if august comes two weeks later than his due date, there are going to be people missing him and that concerns me a little even though i am well aware that that pressure is not mine to take on considering i have chosen to not do a planned c-section and do not plan to get induced unless there are complications that warrant an induction or he is two or more weeks late.

Any doctor’s appointments this week and how did they go?
had one last week. wrote all about it here. we’ll have another appointment with a midwife this wednesday around 4 PM PST. hopefully, my body and baby have shown some progress!

Anything big going on in your personal life (family, work related, moving, etc)?
not so much. mark and i have been pretty on top of preparations for baby. baby clothes/blankets/etc. have been washed and put away, baby’s section of the room is all ready, bags are packed and in car, car seat is installed, house is ready for guests, we’re just waiting for baby! the fact that, within a couple of weeks, we’ll be holding our little one is a pretty big thing in itself!

Any questions?
no.

Any belly pictures?
yes.
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a couple of weeks ago, while walking around safeway, we were offered a free sample of cinnamon vanilla walnuts. mark, of course, hated them (we don’t really have the same tastes as far as sweets go) but i loooved them and had to get a little cone of them.

they were even freshly roasted. YEHM.

now, i’m craving some.

cinnamon vanilla walnuts. and i wouldn’t mind something with some cool crab in it, too.

strange.

it’s not even 11 in the morning yet.
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i wrote this journal entry yesterday in my personal journal so hopefully that explains my entry not matching up with the date! i did put an update for today’s date here and there. sorry i dragged my feet on getting it posted over here!
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