Rainy days, preggy aches and cherished moments

We've had four days of non-stop rain - ranging from light drizzling to rainstorms!  All the roads around us have been flooded, because the Hennops River comes through Centurion - and less than a kilometre from our house it comes through the golf course too, blocking our road too, meaning that to get to Mia's school, I need to go on a long detour around the block.

This morning on our way to school, as I got out of our estate to the main road, I saw how traffic was backed up and at a standstill - I promptly turned around and headed back home, and sent Mia's teacher a message to say she won't be at school today.  We enjoyed a cuddly, snuggly day together, we watched two of Mia's current favourite movies, the new Barbie movie (Pearl Princess) and Frozen.  We made 'boontjiesop' for supper, as a treat for Pappa.  We played school and Mia matched some shapes and coloured them in, and coloured a picture of a rainy day. ;-)

The forecast is rainy for the rest of this week!

I'm 32 weeks pregnant today!  I've really enjoyed pregnancy up til now - but during the last week or so the aches and pains have really been getting to me.  It's been fun, but now I feel impatient to have lil Ella in my arms.  I've had terrible lower back pain - feels like knives stabbing me. Especially if I bend over and stand up straight again, or if I've been sitting or lying in one position and get up - ouch ouch ouch.  It gets worse during early evening - luckily Wyn is a champ helping me with supper preparation and Mia's bathtime.

Baby girl karate kicks me that it's quite painful sometimes!  My bladder has been getting abused, I think I go to the loo every half hour.  I got heart palpitations on Sunday and Monday which wasn't a very pleasant experience, not sure if my blood pressure was either acting up, or maybe my blood sugar dropped.  But didn't happen today, luckily.

Thankfully the heartburn is a lot better since the doc prescribed Nexiam, yay!

As much as I'm feeling physically impatient to meet our new lil baby - I don't feel mentally and emotionally ready yet.  The other night Mia woke up three times during the night, and I felt shattered in the morning.  Am I ready for night feeds and nappy changes and baby spit-up at all hours of the night?!  Also, I'm trying to cherish each moment with Mia, in the last few weeks that she's still an only-child.  I really hope the transition and adjustment to being a big sister is going to be easy and happy for her.
 

My to-do list items are slowly but surely being ticked off.  I want to finalise all the last preparation and shopping during the next two weeks, so that the last month can just be relaxed quality time with Wyn and Mia.  I love how we're snugglebugs on weekends - when Mia wakes up we fetch her and bring her to our bed, and spend up to an hour just cuddling, reading books, playing on tablets and just enjoying special family time.  I do look forward to the new lil body that will be joining in these snuggles and cuddles in less than 8 weeks! ♥
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