The Waiting Game

So, here I sit (mostly because it is so much effort to get up at this point) at 38 1/2 weeks pregnant.  Now it's all about waiting. This pregnancy has been remarkably easy as far as how I've felt physically.  I had a great pregnancy with Tobi as well, until the last few weeks and the pre-eclampsia scare.  The best improvement this time around is that I have been able to wear all my shoes!  I was so sure I would at least have some swelling like last time...I had one pair of flip-flops I could wear for the last 2 months of that pregnancy.  Sometimes it's the small things that remind me to be thankful :)  I am very grateful that I have had very few complications this time and that I've felt good almost the whole time.  I do feel like I've hit a bit of a wall here...I seem to have no energy to do all those last minute things I would like to get done.  Standing up for any period of time really takes its toll on my back.  So today I have spent A LOT of time sitting on the couch after a day of shopping and cooking yesterday.  Actually we have been doing a lot of that around these parts lately...with all the snow that has fallen we have found ourselves home-bound quite a bit.  So while the weather has been doing this:

 
 and this...


and this...



 
 And while Ben has been doing this....



We've been inside, doing a lot of this...

 

Tobi loves to help me bake...so we have been baking up some delicious breads, cookies, and a house favorite, Swedish coffee rolls...

It may not be the neatest or most time efficient way to bake but it is not dull!  I have been learning through trial and error just how long you can stop watching a 2 1/2 year old in front of a table of ingredients...2.5 seconds at best!