A Treat for my Feet!

This past week has been crazy busy! My days and nights have been jammed packed; hence the lateness in this blog entry-sorry!

Monday night Dennard and I picked up the new area rug for the nursery :-) I think Dennard was more excited than I was to lay the carpet out once we got home; he was so cute!! He had to be the one to lay it down and set it up; I wasnt allowed to do a thing but watch-lol. Once he laid it out exactly where he wanted it, we stepped back to admire the room. Dennard said with a smile "Wow!! It looks so good in here! This room is really coming together; it's feeling more real that we are having a baby!". My heart just melted. It was the sweetest thing to see him just as proud and excited about the room as I was.

It goes beyond the newly painted walls, freshly laid carpet, new furniture, etc. It is the mere fact that 'our' child will be coming home and occupying that room soon :-)

Yesterday after work Dennard and myself travelled to Yorkdale Mall to run some errands.
I usually do very well walking and standing for long periods of time, even now being pregnant, but last night was a killer!! Leaving the mall, my feet were throbbing and my back was aching-BADLY. I couldn't get to the car fast enough to sit down and take the pressure off. I was in so much pain I wobbled the whole walk to the car-lol-I must have been a sight to see!!!

Unfortunately, the damage was already done. I could not alleviate the pain when I got home.  I ended up going to sleep very uncomfortable to say the least. Little Sweets on the other hand was as cosy as could be. The baby remained pretty quiet most of the night with very few kicks and flips.

Today was a new day however! One that was even busier than the day before and a day with more backache-lol. I am finding it very hard to sit at my desk at work now; each day is getting a little harder. I find that I get uncomfortable much quicker these days.

Little Sweets was moving a lot today and pushing very hard against my tummy. It felt as if my skin was being stretched like an elastic band-lol. Many times throughout the day, especially on the ride home, I felt many of the baby's little body parts poking through around my belly button area. That seems to be where I feel the baby's parts the most. I love to rub the spot and apply a little pressure to the area to see how the baby reacts. A few times today the baby pulled away and then came back even stronger as if to say "Mommy...don't do that!"-lol. I have yet to figure out what I am feeling though; whether its a bum, arm, shoulder, foot, etc.

Overall, today was a very long, busy day at work! I decided on my way home to treat and pamper my feet with a pedicure. What a treat it was indeed!! I am not one to ever go without polish on my toes. Fingers yes...but never my toes. I haven't been able to bend over as easily recently to paint them myself, so I was excited to have someone do it for me :-)

Relaxing in the big massage chair, I got a few puzzled looks from some of the ladies in the salon. Not b/c of my growing belly or b/c of my chipped polish, lol, but b/c I was wearing a mask! lol Call me crazy, I really don't mind. I by no means wanted Little Sweets to be breathing in any of the salon chemicals floating in the air. Nail salons are never well ventilated and I was not going to expose my unborn child to such harsh chemicals.

In anycase, the woman in the salon caught on very quickly as to why I was wearing the mask when I stood up and unveiled the big belly. lol The puzzled looks soon turned to smiles :-)