Have some cheese with my whine

The summer is here and I can anticipate it won’t be an easy one. It’s so hot I can hardly sleep at night and the elastic panels on the maternity pants do not help at all. My feet and ankles haven’t started to swell up yet, but if this pregnancy is anything like the first one they will a couple of months from now. I have gained about 7 lbs so far but I will start gaining faster from now on. So if I’m feeling like this now, I can imagine how it will be in August.

God, I sound horrible. I hate to be complaining like this after what I went through to get to where I am right now. Please don’t get me wrong, I am forever thankful for this pregnancy and I would go through 10 times what I’m going through to have this baby. Sometimes I think I have no right to be complaining about my pregnancy, particularly when some of the people who read me are having/have had trouble getting pregnant. So I promise I’ll try to keep the whining to a minimum.

On the bright side, I'm feeling the baby move all the time now! I no longer need to be lying down really still to feel him. I can feel him when I'm sitting at my desk, or when I'm in the car, but particularly after I've had something sweet. He takes after his mom!

Today there’s a party at R’s school, to celebrate the end of this school year (although her school is open 12 months a year). She was so excited about it this morning she ran all the way to school. And I was having a hard time keeping up with her (oops, I almost complained again). She laughs at me and says mommy has a sore back. Funny kid!
Then tomorrow night we leave for the beach again. Friday and Monday are holidays here so we’ll have a long weekend again and we’ll spend it at the beach house.