Excitment doubles (finally)

I'm 5 weeks and 1 day today. I have 34 weeks and 6 days to go (hopefully).

I've been really bummed lately about my pregnancy. My first go around, everyone was so excited. My mom would gush over me, my dad would call to see how I was doing, and David would strut around with a big invisible sign that said, "I'm a Dad!"

This time, no one seemed to be excited, especially my parents. David was stunned (for good reason) and took a couple of days to warm up to the idea of being a newborn parent again. My mom and dad were just worried. All I would hear about is how poor we were going to be, how tired, how everything was going to change and not in a positive way. I felt like the people closest to me didn't want me to be pregnant and thought this pregnancy was a mistake. I started to feel like I should apologize.

The only people who were excited for me was my extended family, my close friends and David's mom and sister. They were over joyed to be bringing in a new member of the family AND teased me about trying to be the next Michelle Dugger (which I am NOT!)

On a side note, Michael's 1st birthday is coming up and the party is at our house. We need to do some major packing up and major moving in order to have room for everyone. David and I were planning on letting my mom take Michael so we could work. Trying to clean with a crawler/walker is dang near impossible. As soon as I put something up, he grabs something out. This is one of the many reasons my house looks like a cyclone has gone through it.

Now, my mom is all worried about me packing boxes. "You shouldn't do that in your condition, you need to take care of yourself and that baby." This actually made my day. My mom is now excited about my pregnancy. For a good while, I was afraid I wasn't going to share this with her because all I would hear would be about how hard my life will be. Now, maybe we can all focus on the huge positive, we are going to be welcoming a new member to our family!