29 Weeks

Well, here I am.. officially in my third trimester!

I was hoping that once I started typing, some deep, interesting thoughts would come into my mind. To be honest, that's why I haven't written in quite some time. Life is moving so quickly, yet I feel like nothing is new!

I'll just write about the things that ARE going on in our lives, and we'll see what happens.

I'm 29 weeks pregnant, and feeling great. Boy, have I been blessed with an amazing pregnancy. There is of course some discomfort with being pregnant ... sore hips at night, lots of Sciatic nerve pain, some heartburn/indigestion, and fatigue is starting to kick in again... but even the pain of those discomforts is reassuring to me - it's good pain - it just means my body is getting ready to deliver this baby! I'm doing my very best not to complain.. you'd have to ask Derek how well I'm doing at that. ;)
I've only really had one occurence of a cramp that made me wonder.. it was just while I was sitting in the car on our way home one night - but as soon as I stood up, it went away.. thank You Lord! It's funny, when I feel a weird cramp, or something unusual, I of course automatically think, "oh oh, what's that... would I recognize the feeling of labour this time?" I don't tend to panic right away, I just wait to see if it's consistent, and if it goes away. It's never consistent, and it always goes away and for that I am very grateful!

I've been reading a book called Ina May's Guide to Childbirth - I highly recommend it to anyone expecting a baby. It talks about what we as women are capable of, and about Childbirth being a natural, beautiful event. Having gone through a labour already, and reading this book, makes me actually kind of excited for my labour & delivery. I feel prepared, and I feel capable!

Derek & I are pretty much settled into our house. I think we will always have a list of projects we'd like to eventually do around the house, but that's homeownership right! We're all decorated for Christmas (though the few decorations we already have from our last place hardly fill this place!), and it's feeling like our home more and more everyday. Some days we feel overwhelmed by this huge financial responsibility, and we can't help but worry what our first Utilities bill is going to look like, but we feel like we're just being forced to pray, and rely on God. Coming into this house, we asked God for some clear-cut signs that this was the one - and He gave us a clear-cut answer! Some days we have to tell ourselves that more often than others, but I know we're going to look back on these first years as Homeowners, and think - boy, that was tough, but it sure made us trust in God.

I can't believe that Christmas is only a week away! It feels so strange this year, and feels like it's come up so quickly. I've bought one single gift so far - and I'm planning to do a bit of shopping this weekend. Mind you, we are going to have a sparse Christmas at our place this year.. we haven't exactly had extra money laying around since buying this house!
I'm of course looking forward to Christmas traditions with Derek's family, but it just doesn't feel like Christmas! I guess that happens as you get older right?

Well, I managed to fill a blog. Not too incredibly deep, but at least it's an update on the Janzen family happenings! Merry Christmas!

D.