30 weeks and counting down

I am now 30 weeks pregnant, and I am huge. Even strangers are coming up to me now and assuming my due date is any time now. I am looking forward to having the baby, losing the weight I had originally intended, and fitting into my regular clothes again. Some symptoms I am currently having are: heartburn, some mild swelling, some lower back pain. The last three weeks I have been sicker than a dog. For awhile, I was super dizzy-so dizzy I couldn't go to work. I have had a cold and my head has been totally stuffy. I have vomited 2 days-before Christmas, and then last Monday. The first time was due to the dizziness, and the second time I think I just ate something that didn't agree with me.

We have been buying baby clothes. So far, I think we have about 15 outfits. I have to quit buying them, but I can't. They are so flipping cute! Chris finally painted the bathroom. It is now a nice calm beige rather than the ugly pink we had before. This week he is supposed to paint Macy's (yes, that is her name finally) room a light green before he flies off to Vegas for his last irresponsible weekend. We will see if it gets done. At least I have some sheets picked out, and bought some cute bathroom accessories. We have the bed sets all picked out, but we are waiting for our tax return, which we should get mid-February.

My parents visited us over the Christmas holiday. We had a great time. Sarah was supposed to fly up this weekend, but couldnt make it. Hopefully, she can come out this summer to meet Macy when the craziness of having a newborn dies down.

Some other good news is that I don't have a heart murmur! What a relief. Although I failed my first glucose test, so today I had to go back in and do the three hour ordeal. Fortunately, Chris was there to entertain me. Hopefully, I pass. I don't want any complications.

I can feel Macy moving as I type this. It is so weird to know that there is a little human being inside of me and she is all mine! Chris and I are responsible for her and that is kinda scary. I am getting pretty excited though-but I am scared of the labor/birth experience. Here are my worries:
1.) I don't want to die (I know I won't, but I could)
2.) I don't want to feel pain/I don't want Macy to die, be hurt/sick/have complications

My ideal pregnancy would be to go in the hospital, they give me some gas that knocks me out a few hours, take out the baby, stitch me up, and I wake up a few hours later none the wiser, with a little baby girl. We are attending child classes in February, so that should be fun and informative. Hopefully, that will lay any fears I have to rest (or at least, reduce them significantly).

Other than the baby, life is cruising along. I still enjoy Diamond Canyon, and I really like my coworkers (at my grade level). I seem to be pretty lucky, considering some of the drama that I hear from the other grade levels. No thanks.

Going to head to Makai's house tonight for some hand-me-downs!