insomnia, etc...

i've been waking up at 4 or 4:30 am for the past week or so, and i can't fall back to sleep. sometimes i finally fall asleep a couple of hours later...sometimes (like today!), i don't. i am tired. i think it's some kind of pregnancy insomnia. usually when i can't sleep, i count backwards from 1,000. i usually fall asleep somewhere in the 400s or 500s, but lately i've been making it all the way down to 0. sometimes twice. i think i need a new strategy for falling back to sleep...although, i really don't think anything will help.

in other news, it's jeremy's spring break this week. on monday we ran a bunch of errands and got groceries. it was nice to get all of that done in one day so the rest of the week can be free for other things. jeremy has a lot of schoolwork due within the next few weeks, so he has been busy with that. we also have house things to work on...yardwork, washing windows, and spring cleaning. yesterday i found myself crawling around on the floor scrubbing the kitchen baseboards with an old toothbrush. i think the last time they were cleaned was probably when i was pregnant with our girl. what is it with pregnant women cleaning baseboards?

we washed all the baby clothes and today they will go in the dresser. we are a little over five weeks away from the due date, so i figure it's about time to start getting things together.

yesterday i baked bread and the little one and i made cookies. i also made a delicious curry for supper, and got some sewing done. i felt very accomplished by the time i crashed on the couch last night.

i am feeling a bit sentimental these days, knowing that soon my attention will be shared between two children. i do not worry about how i will be able to love two, since i already love them both. i just know that it will be different to have more than just my girl, and sometimes i (and she!) will miss our times together - just the two of us. the good news is that those times can still happen, they will just take a bit more planning and intentionality.