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It all started in New Mexico.
The great love of my life.
Being pregnant makes me about 1000x more emotional, introspective, caring and domestic than normal. That being so, I thought I would post about a trip we took at the end of October that I meant to write about then, but was too busy. I know I said I was going to post Christmas-y stuff, but I have to get some of these printed for a Christmas present, so they are going here too. Please indulge my sappiness.
The first time I kissed the man that is now my husband was almost 14 years ago, during a meteor shower, at about 3am, on the roof of a condo in Angel Fire, NM.
This one.
We drove there on the way, out of the way, home from the Colorado trip; it was the first time in many many years to go to Angel Fire. The detour to Angel Fire was mainly to humor me in my pregnant hormonal nostalgia and to see the lovely trees turning since we don’t have that in Arizona.
A trip through New Mexico, filled with yummy New Mexican cuisine, and meandering drives during late October satisfied all that romantic longing and then some. I love my husband!
Here are some photos:
We spent most of a day driving through the back roads of New Mexico, hiking by creeks, walking by mountain lakes, and stopping in to little pottery shops…(I got my mom an awesome Christmas Present in this one)
The turning trees were so beautiful especially at sunset as we headed into Santa Fe for dinner.
Ah, that felt so good. Taking a little break from my holiday rush, to relive our special trip.
Today was about maintaining.
I feel like it was all I could do.
Nothing particular was done, but nothing was lost. I rested, made some soup, rested some more, worked on some craft projects, rested, went out with the family on some errands, rested again. This seems to be the way of my future for the next few weeks. I will have to be somewhat self-disciplined about what I do with the little energy I seem to have. There are still items that must be done before Christmas/baby/company/etc.
I will post some new photos tomorrow of what we’ve been doing around here that is keeping me so busy.
My blessingway is scheduled for Wednesday and I want to be ready for that energetically speaking. I hope it will be a lovely evening, though with temperatures dipping into the upper 30’s it may have to be brought indoors. That is too cold for this desert girl.
Well, my body is my messenger. I need to slow down is it’s message.
I probably need to be a little more in touch with things so they don’t get to this dramatic climax moment like they seem to for me.
Today, actually this morning, I started off not feeling great. I still persisted in going along as usual. I made delicious chocolate orange scones with the first oranges of the season. They went a long way actually: zest and some juice in the scones, the kids ate a lot of orange quarters, and then I boiled the skins with cinnamon sticks that make the kitchen smell so fragrant. Ah, winter rituals here in the desert.
Soon, there will be the never empy pitcher of orange juice and fresh grapefruit for breakfast almost daily.
But, back to my slow down. I had some weird baby movement and braxton hicks contractions that made me need to immediately stop, sit, and eventually get down on all fours because that was the only comfortable position.
So after that happened a few times, it did dawn on me that maybe it was not normal. I called the midwife and got the advice to eat a good meal, drink some wine, and STOP. Stop. Stop.
So, here I am typing in my bed. A big glass of merlot later and I’m doing what I’ve been told.
My husband’s take on this whole thing was to come up with the analogy of: I knew I was going to run out of energy soon, so instead of going 20 mph for a long time, I just put the gas on and went a hundred miles an hour until I crashed.
So, I’m going to be good to myself. Of course, I do have most items checked off my to do list so it will be a lot easier. I hope to feel better tomorrow, which is luckily a weekend and Pruitt will be home for the kids, then my folks get here on Tuesday for a week. I really will be able to rest and take it easy.
So far so good.
This time I have to be pregnant is going so fast. And as uncomfortable as I might be (especially towards evening), I know that once I birth the baby, I will miss feeling the kicks and wiggles inside of me.
In as little as one month I could have the baby. Which means there are a few things we need to get moving on. For example, we are still totally undecided on a boy name. Although, Eva is convinced it will be a girl, so we should have nothing to worry about, right? At least, we have a short list of boy names we like: Gavin, Colin, Aaron, Cole…I kinda like ‘em all and well, it’s hard to give a name.
I’ve been trying to get more computer literate lately with this blogging thing. It’s tough for someone who really doesn’t sit still well. I have to tell you…there are many things I’d rather be doing right now. Alas, this is one quiet activity of which I need many right now so I don’t push my poor pregnant and often tired body too hard. Most of the other things require movement…so, I’m here at the desk, trying not to notice all the other things.
Pruitt took some cool photos of my growing belly. Thought I would share a couple here.
Enjoy
We both had a lot of fun editing them in photoshop
I am truly a boring person, but I meant to be more productive here.
I’m already due in 6 weeks. SIX WEEKS!
I have been busy with my quiet activities. I want to post some photos of my recent projects and hope to soon.
For now, my nesting instinct has perfectly coincided with holiday celebrating. It looks like Christmas exploded in my living room, truly. I love it. Candles, pinecones, little ornaments, nutcracker, decorated Christmas tree, ornaments in a bowl, newly framed christmas art made by my 4 yo and on and on.
We’ve made wrapping paper, and I’ve actually made 4 new pieces in the past few weeks. It feels so good to have Art back. Not necessarily GOOD art, but the practice. I got messy…so did the rest of my house as I slacked off on my so called duties. Oh well…I need some alone time and being in the studio with my coffee in the morning today felt so good I stayed out there all day. I have been very grown up; getting the chores done before heading out to the studio for my hour every other day or so…but not today. Today, I made breakfast and headed out as soon as the dishwasher was loaded, leaving the four loads of laundry piled high, the kids in their pajamas, and all that other stuff un done. I feel so good. I know I will stay up late to fold clothes, but it’s worth it.
Tomorrow, I hope to have the cards finished and maybe even addressed…just one more project…handmade Christmas cards…what was I thinking?
