Being Pregnant

I have been pregnant for 9 months. Baby girl, please come out and play!
I feel great right now. My feet are looking and feeling normal, and my back does not feel like it'd be better if I broke it in half.
In all honesty, it hadn't been that bad for months! I was just, well, bigger, and trying to keep up with all the supplements, the ounces of water I am supposed to drink (but can never quite finish), and the big no-no rules. But lately it's been uncomfortable and painful-- so I take my good moments and relish them.
Thankfully I've had many good moments. Q and I have been spending a lot of time together. It's really been great, doing so much cooking, shopping, and working on baby projects together. We've also been going out a lot. Even if we just go out to Mass Street to walk around (trying to keep fit) and have some coffee and dessert (okay, maybe not that fit). Being out and about together is just... wonderful. We walk, we talk, we hold hands. We say stupid stuff and laugh like no one's ever thought of this or that pun. We discuss "serious" things, wondering what it'll be like to be parents, trying to figure out problems we don't yet have... lol. We enjoy the weather, the view, the fun and different people walking by us (it was zombies last time we were on Mass St, complete with makeup, calls for "brains," and that weird walk). We clean and disinfect (and yet I wonder if our place is clean enough every day!). We read and read to baby.
Being pregnant has been pretty awesome. I know in twenty years I will think back to these times in my life and wish I could go back. Yes, everything is up in the air. And yes, our finances could be better. But things are so simple and wonderful right now. We are in love, we are happy, we are learning, and experiencing, and growing.
Baby girl, I pray that you will be as lucky as your mom has been. At church during communion the other day, I was asking God to please take care of you, especially when I am no longer there to do it -when you are older and on your own and I have to let you live your life the way you choose. Today I ask Him to give you happiness like mine. I hope you will find someone like your Dad is to me, someone who loves you and takes care of you, and makes life seem like every single little thing in the world is full of beauty and wonder.