The World Needs More Ninjas

One cool thing about being pregnant is that you learn all about the amazing things your body is designed for. Like lately I’ve been learning all about breastfeeding. I won’t go into all the details here, but it really is pretty cool. I’ve been reading a breastfeeding book and last week I took a breastfeeding class at the hospital. Today I was going to make breastfeeding bracelets with my new pregnant friend, Ariel. Unfortunately, we ran into trouble finding the beads we needed, so we’re going to have to try again another time.

Sometimes though your body does un-cool amazing things, such as waking you up screaming at 3:00 in the morning with leg cramps. What’s even more amazing is that your husband can sleep right through this event even though you jump out of bed and hop around the room making all kinds of noises.

In other pregnancy news I am now 30 weeks along. Thirty seems a little scary to me because it seems so much closer to the big 4-0. That means only 10 weeks until my due date!! I had another doctor’s appointment last week that went well. The doctor said during the hot summer months I should be drinking a gallon of water a day…no wonder I have to pee every 20 minutes! I’ve been doing pretty good with my water drinking so far, but I really have to make an effort to make sure I drink that much.

We bought a new bookshelf for the nursery recently. You can see pictures here. We’ve also started taking our classes at the hospital. I remember when I signed up for the classes it seemed like such a long time away. I’m sure the next 10 weeks are just going to fly by. (gasp)

Other things happening lately…Mom and Dad came to visit for the weekend, I taught another Red Cross class, we played Putt-Putt with some other pregnant friends. I also started a Beth Moore Bible study last week with 2 other girls. We’re doing the Daniel study. So far it’s been great!

The next week is shaping up to be exciting. On Friday we celebrate our 5-year wedding anniversary! It’s been an amazing 5 years. It just seems like yesterday when we were planning our wedding. Here’s a flashback picture of us when we first start dating back in January 1999:

I don’t think we’ve changed that much.

We also found out that we are scheduled to (finally) get our new car next week – a Toyota Rav4. We bought it back in March, but we had to order it from the factory (in Japan) because of an option we wanted. I’m going to feel like a free woman to have a car during the day! Being a one-car family wasn’t a big deal when we lived in Champaign, but it’s much more difficult here in NC. Things are much more spread out and there’s not really any public transportation to speak of. It’s getting here just in time for my birthday – hooray!!

Here’s a few more new pics that I put up in the gallery…