Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Hot, Heavy, and Tired

I am 32 weeks pregnant and I already gained 3o lbs. With Terran, I gained 32 lbs total so I am gaining more this time than last.... I probably do eat a lot, and I do have 3 pints of ice cream (strawberry, green tea, and coffee almond fudge) in my freezer, but I do move a lot. On a not so hot and humid day, I park 10 min from the office so that I can get the extra walk in am and pm. I chase Terran around and carry him when he wants up. I still cook dinner, although that is getting very hard. In the summer here, it doesn't seem to make sense to turn on the gas when it's so hot. Even with the AC on, the act of cooking raises the room temperature by 2 degree F. Cooking and being near the stove, it probably raises my body temp by 5 degrees. Pregnancy is hard but to think that this could be my last is kind of sad. I still want another baby but so many people want more but stop at 2. There must be a good reason for that. I think about my age and think that I am too young to be having my last kid when so many others haven't even started yet. I probably have another 10 years to get pregnant if I wanted. Oh, who know. Maybe we will think that 2 is more than we can handle. I don't know. She moves and kicks a lot now, and whenever I feel the movement, I try to stop what I am doing and enjoy the motion, because I may not experience this again....

Terran, who use to be nicely contained in my body, is now all over the place. He runs this way and that way, he wants up, down, he climbs and he falls, his knees are scratched most of the time. He now puts words together to make a short sentence. He calls me mama, but also calls me by my name. Sometimes, I can't believe how cute he is, and I can't believe how much I can love him. Sometimes, I fear that I may not be able to love our daughter as much as I love Terran. How can I possibly love another child so much??? Pat says not to worry but I worry.

Terran turned 2. We had a little party for him; we also went to Montreal. Pictures to be posted....