Waiting game time

So we are nearing the end of this pregnancy... Crazy. Feels like I have been pregnant for a long time. Finding out in February feels like forever ago. My maternity leave started last week. My midwife said its normal to have 3-4 weeks off before the due date and then 6 weeks recovery time after the due date. Not quite as long as I was hoping for, because that means if we want any extra money I need to go back to work the beginning of December. Of course my boss told me I can come back whenever I need to and they won't require me to come back on on the exact date my disability insurance ends. I'll have to wait and see...
To briefly summarize my pregnancy, I didn't have any cravings, never had any sickness/nausea, no Braxton hicks or whatever, my stomach hasn't itched yet, I don't have to run to the bathroom all the time like people expect women too (I can control myself), no extreme hormones and not a crazy nesting period.  I like things clean and organized anyway and so it didn't feel any more different than how I was before. I would say I have been pretty close to how I was pre-pregnancy.
There are a couple things though like in my first trimester and my third trimester I am in now I was pretty tired, I have had some heartburn this month which is very uncomfortable and something I never had before, and I think this month I will start to get more emotional... I feel it coming like a wave sneaking up on you.... Watch out Dustin lol.
The heartburn thing has been the most annoying thing so far. But I looked up some things that help it like eating bananas, drinking peppermint tea, and avoiding highly acidic foods and sugar.When I first started having it I was like, "What is this burning in my throat!?!!!!" It almost made me mad haha.
I have my labor bag all ready to go and chillin' in the baby room (FULL of stuff), we have a carseat all ready and set up, and the baby room is all ready and has been for quite some time. I knew how it was going to look basically before we were pregnant haha.
Now its just a waiting game. My only concern is I won't know who my midwife will be when the day comes. All of them at the Women's Health and Birth Center are on call. I have met all of them, but there are 2 I am reeeeally hoping I don't have. One is really floopy, doesn't really listen to what you have to say and is one of those people you find yourself squinting your face wondering what the heck she is talking about. She just doesn't seem all there which is a concern... :/ The other one is just plain mean and strict. She is like one of those teachers in school that if you get distracted or whisper something to the person sitting next to you, she stares at you and sarcastically says, "Please share with the rest of the class what is so important that you felt the need to disrupt my lesson."She actually did that in one the classes we had to take at the birth center! It was scary and intense. She makes you feel kind of uncomfortable, like you don't know anything and are going to irritate her with anything you ask.
I can't decide which of the 2 crazies I would rather be stuck with.
Now I have a lot of down time at our little country house, since Dustin takes the car a lot. I plan to make a bunch of freezer cooked meals to get ready for not having energy to make anything for meals after baby comes. I only wish we had a bigger freezer. :/
Other than that... I got nothin' but waitin'.

Fatty comin' through!!!

Oh man. So weird. So irregular for me to have to grab onto chairs or the car door to get up or ask for simple tasks I sometimes attempt to do myself I admit... But I am safe about it. I am not an idiot people.
We have taken a couple weekly photos that I just really don't want to post because I am so huge! I don't like being fat and waddling around everywhere with people staring at me. I don't enjoy it. Sitting on our couch in the evening with Dustin is uncomfortable.
Amazing.
SITTING down is uncomfortable.
Lame.
I find myself taking a lot of naps with my kitty Nala. She follows me around. Whatever room I am in she is in. So wherever I plop down to lay down because SITTING is too much, she usually snuggles up next to me. Rahjah will too if I am laying on the daybed in the baby room, which he believes is HIS bed. They both have tried laying on my stomach too... like its a perch or something.
It will be interesting to see how they react with the little noise maker on her way...

Some maternity photos... :)

Maternity Leave

So my maternity leave starts in 2 weeks... a month before I am due basically. I only have 9 weeks off.. as far as disability insurance goes. I could take more time off in December if I wanted to but I won't be getting paid so I will have to make some decisions after baby is born. :/
Time is flying and every week I get fatter. I look in the mirror in the morning getting ready and I almost do a double-take. I say to myself, "Dang I'm getting fat. Why is that basketball there? Oh ya that's right..." Haha. It looks very strange in the mirror. So weird that my stomach is huge. My belly button is stickin out. You can see it over my clothes. Get back in there! I like my inny haha.
I won't miss hearing from every single guest that comes into the restaurant 4 same questions.
Every time...
1. When are you due?
2. Do you know what it is?
3. Is this your first?
4. Are you excited?............(I hate that question)
I also won't miss all the gift certificate buying that goes on over the holidays. It gets crazy at the restaurant. You have to have someone extra at work just to take care of those things. It isn't that annoying... but it kinda is :)
I will miss seeing a couple people at my work. Like Angela, my boss. She is so excited for me. I look forward to bringing the new baby into the restaurant just so she could hold her...