Almost there...

So I'm at that point in my pregnancy where I'd really like to have the baby out now. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of being able to feel this tiny miracle grow and kick and play, I spend a good part of my day fantasizing about his tiny hands and feet, in fact. Still...needing a wall to lean against in order to put my pants on isn't exactly my idea of fun. I've adjusted to the waddle, still dealing with the breathlessness and dizziness, but overall, I have an incredible partner in this and he takes great care of me, and the older kids have been amazing at helping me out with everything from watching Colt to picking up that paper that I dropped on the floor and don't stand a chance of being able to pick up. So...I'm not complaining.

I thought this might be a good way to document how I'm feeling so a couple of months from now when I'm looking at that angelic face, wondering how he was ever in my belly, I can remember how I was feeling. Right now it's mostly anxious. Anxious to see him, and hold him, to know for sure that he's happy and healthy, to see what/who he looks like, how he will fit in to our uber-chaotic household, etc. I'm also a little anxious about having room for him, and everything he needs. We're planning on building an addition, but it's on the back-burner for now, but I know that we'll make due. I thnk that's mostly nesting anyway. We just did this with Colt, so how hard can it be, right? Or are those famous last words?;)

We've settled on a name, so if you truly read my blog then you are now privy to that information. Jax Edward Livingston. Jax because I love it and Geo got to name Colt;) Also because Livingston is such a substantial last name that I think the first name should be something short and sweet, and Edward for my stepfather who has done and continues to do so much for and be so much to our family (Colt's middle name, Emery honors my Dad). So that's who we're waiting on, baby Jax.

At least a couple of times a day, Geo and I marvel at the fact that God has given us another precious gift, and no matter how impossible things sometimes seem and how uncomfortable I am (and then in turn Geo is, lol)...we are truly blessed and thrilled and amazed that we are awaiting yet another little boy. I can't wait to tell him how much we've talked about him and tried to picture him, imagined holding him, and so on. We can't wait to see Jax grow up with Colt, and the dynamic of those two together is truly entertaining to us even now, pre-arrival.

I'm going to try very hard over these next 6 or 7 weeks to take it easy and to enjoy and appreciate this time period when Jax really honestly needs me and then to spend the rest of my life letting him and the rest of my family know how much I really honestly need them.

Lastly...to my friends and family online...I apologize in advance for the overabundance of baby pictures you will be required to look at, come November.