37 Weeks and counting...

      So today marks 37 weeks of an awesome pregnancy for me! My mom asked me today why I hadn't posted in a while and I decided that I would just be completely honest. I said that I think it is because I don't want to be complaining about things all of the time, especially so other people have to read my complaints on here. Anyway, I got thinking about my answer and thought how sad it was that I would ever feel like it is even an option to complain about this. Being a little bit uncomfortable should not be an excuse for me to complain. I decided to make a list of everything I was thankful for about being 37 weeks along, with one of the biggest blessings of my life!

37 weeks and thankful for....

1. I got to hear my sons strong heartbeat today. (How many women would give anything to hear their babies healthy heartbeat?)
2. I have a husband that is just as excited for this baby as I am.
3. Every day is date day. (one more day to enjoy just being together before we are blessed with someone else to enjoy)
4. We are in a birthing class that is making me feel so much more prepared for labor.
5. We have family on both sides that couldn't be more excited about the baby.
6. I have not been working on my feet all day for the past few months. (If I need a break during the day I can take one.)
7. I live in a year that they make maternity clothes.  (really... those poor women)
8. We can actually afford to buy a few of those outfits
9. All of the gifts that people have given us for the baby (He is already so loved, and will be very well dressed for a long time.)
10. I have made it to 37 weeks, because every day he is in my belly is a day he is getting stronger and closer to meeting us.
11. Dan has still had plenty of work and that he is such a hard worker.
12. I am able to see a midwife and have liked most of them a lot. 
13. When I am uncomfortable it just means my little boy is growing.
14. I have a warm place to live and a place for the baby to live when he gets here.
15. We have plenty of food to help make the baby strong.
16. The same God that loves me, loves and has a plan for my son's life.
17. The baby is in a great position for birth.
18. I live in a country where I can choose to bring my child to church and teach him what we want to.
19. That I am this far along in the middle of the winter and not the summer.
20. That my husband has done such a great job of leading me. I know he will be an awesome daddy too!

I think I could go on and on now that I have started. Some of these seem so simple but when I really started to think about the people that are pregnant and do not have any of these things, I can't believe how selfish it would be to complain. I am so thankful for everything that God has blessed us with and so sad for the mothers that don't have the things that I take for granted every day. So I am ready for this baby... as soon as God decides he should come! :)