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Blessing Upon Blessing

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

What a whirl wind!!!!!!!!!!!!

We hit 34 weeks on Tuesday.

Which mean we are T minus 6 weeks away and counting. Though I am honestly rooting for somewhere in the 6-1/2 to 7 week mark because then my parents will be here. This is so crazy to me. I can’t even believe it. I feel like it was just yesterday we were realizing our lives were going to change. Then during 2nd trimester I felt so drawn out physically that I felt like I was going to be pregnant FOREVER!

But now things are winding down. I can tell my body is getting ready. I wish it would get my mind ready!

Our apartment is not ready.

We have a small one bedroom apartment with an office that we will be making into her room and having her sleep with us in our room for the first couple months. Our lease is pretty much up and we are planning on moving this summer anyway so we weren’t too worried about setting up a baby room completely, but now my nesting instincts are hitting and I’m getting antsy.

Still we are much more prepared than we were. God has been SO good. Can I tell you?! If you look at our baby website (which you should because it’s great) you’ll see that we have our registries up but we also have a wish list. And we already have most of the things on our list! And we either didn’t pay for them or got them super cheap or in great condition on Craigslist. THANK YOU CHICAGO!

My favorite so far is the glider we got. It’s a super expensive one that we got for a fraction of the cost from a great home. The mom wanted it for their fourth and final baby but then she never used it because of running around three other kiddo’s so it literally is in perfect condition. And it’s comfy and gorgeous and I can’t wait to cuddle with our little girl in this chair while we have our unrequited moments in the wee morning hours. Once we get it up to the apartment I’ll have some pictures for you.

I’m feeling so thankful for what we have and getting nervous about what we have yet to get. But the lovely ladies in my Bible Study are putting on quite the Baby Shower as my sources tell me and I”m so excited! It’s only a couple weeks away! Then the final purchases can happen and maybe we can get all things ready for this little girl’s arrival.

Time for bed. I’m so tired!!!!!!!!

Lovies

Tags: 34 weeks, baby, chicago, craigslist
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Public Transportation and Pregnancy

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

These are two things that just don’t seem to go well together.

Over the past 7 months either people have gotten more rude, or I’ve gotten more pregnant. Or both. Which is totally possible.

But let me tell you, it is the most annoying thing to ride the CTA these days. I hate getting on when it’s crowded and not being able to breathe. Plus wearing a plush winter Parka makes every person look just as pregnant as the next. The disadvantage to this is that no one realizes that there are actually pregnant people among you and they would like a seat. Please.

I had a dude customer recently tell me that his wife told him never to offer his seat to someone he thought was pregnant because they might not be and then you will offend them terribly. This just actually happened to a friend of mine…like two weeks ago. She is still talking about it.

So people can be super major hurt. But I have to say, if you are the idiot who thought someone was pregnant but then they weren’t…well do you not know how to tell if someone is pregnant? And honestly, if you can’t tell…well that makes sense, but if the girl has a watermelon sized tummy and rails for legs, chances are she’s carrying a child and is extremely sore.

The worst is when it’s rush hour. OH MY WORD. If I knew my mother didn’t read this site there would be a whole sentence of expletives explaining the ignorance, selfishness and void of human charity that this world has come to. At rush hour everyone wants to get home, everyone listens to their music, everyone keeps their eyes down, everyone pushes and shoves and gets mad at you for taking up too much room. I have people literally get mad at me because I can suck in and let someone pass me, or put my bag on my lap.

Um, yeah you dimwit. Look at the enormous elephant like belly protruding from my middle. That isn’t cotton! It doesn’t bend and mold at my beck and call like your 50 pounds of dough boys stashed around your middle. It’s a human, in my belly, in my belly is a human. SO back the (loving word a pastor’s daughter should say) off!

To remedy this total lack of sympathy from fellow Chicagoan’s I’ve decided to just make myself known.

IF there is a seat next to you, I will wiggle my fat butt and my bags into it so move your thigh two inches in.

IF you have your feet up on a chair so no one can sit next to you and you want to talk to your friend behind you, expect me to ask you if you paid for two seats and if you didn’t then to move you boot.

IF you are standing right behind me, hovering over me like I’m taking up too much space and it’s inconvenient, expect me to turn around, holding my belly and ask if you wouldn’t mind stepping off a bit.

I could go on and on. The adventures of public transportation never cease obviously. But I will take this as a testament of patience, resilience and getting over any potential germophobia that I might have had. Plus it reminds me that, although we are moments away from getting a car, other women don’t have this luxury and have to deal with this all the time. So I better buck up.

In the mean time, if you life in Chicago, or in any place with lots of public transportation, give up your darn seat if someone looks tired and like they could potentially be with child. You don’t have to pat a person’s stomach, or insinuate anything, you can be a gentleman or kind lady and just be a little selfless for someone who looks like their knees would use a break. Chances are she is pregnant and that large weight in her belly is pushing on her bladder and she is about to cry because she isnt’ sure she can hold it all in until her next stop and standing only makes it worse.

You will make her day.

Lecture done.

Lovies.

Tags: chicago, cta, pregnancy
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My Un-Christmas Spirit

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Don’t get me wrong. Tis the season to be jolly and all that good stuff.

But I am just too stinkin’ tired these days to care anything about the festivities of this season. For instance, I just got back from a Christmas concert a bunch of local churches put together and all I could think about was getting home and not having to wear long john’s for another 12 hours.

I haven’t baked anything, I haven’t barely decorated anything, I wanted a tree badly-then we got one-then I had no energy to decorate it so Naph did. I barely have listened to Christmas music other than at work and my house doesn’t smell very festive.

In fact, we aren’t even doing gifts this year. This is a family wide decision and, frankly, I’m so excited. I don’t have to figure out what people will like, what they will want, what would fit their personality, and how the heck I’m going to get it in my suitcase. We’ve all decided to go out for a nice dinner and spend the day just enjoying each other’s company.

For just us Naph Marshall’s we didn’t even talk about presents until just now. And you know what we decided? We already have the things we want, and the things we don’t have happen to have to do with the little girl growing in my belly and we’ve agreed to not purchase anything until the end of the baby showers. Our church is pretty much all new parents, or parents who just finished with the new born stages and living in a big city facilitates great Craigslist finds so we aren’t too worried about that.

SO, no wrapping gifts for me this year, no outrageous purchases, barely any cooking, and only a few Christmas movies.

Am I a looser?

Do I sound like the grinch?

I hope not.

Look we do have something nice up!