I actually feel pregnant.

For the longest time I have felt pretty good with some complaints about being pregnant but today officially marks truly feeling pregnant. Feeling pregnant isn’t a bad thing, it’s just different.

Eden has finally dropped – which means that now my belly rests nicely on my thighs unless I am wearing a pair of maternity pants. I also feel the need to hold my belly up because it weighs so much. And I now prop my belly up at night when I am sleeping. Garrett keeps joking that he feels like something has come between us since I have so many pillows in bed. One of the best things about this is that I can finally breathe better! I am sure this will change as she grows but for now I am enjoying it. The other added thing to having her drop is that I now do the pregnancy waddle. I am sure it is a sight from behind and that it marks me as a pregnant woman.

I just found out this morning is that I can’t get out of bed without some sort of help. I tried to roll over to get up but I couldn’t get myself rolled with enough momentum to actually sit up. Then I tried using our head board as leverage to pull myself but I needed something pulling my arm forward to help. I am not sure how I actually got out of bed or how Garrett was able to sleep through my tossing and turning but after 2 minutes of struggling I somehow got out of bed.

This was a morning of firsts for me. Today just felt like a sock day. So I sat on the floor and put my nice fluffy socks on and grabbed a pair of shoes. I made my way to the couch and got myself all situated for getting them on and tied. Well, I realized that number one – I haven’t worn shoes that tie in almost a month and number two – that I couldn’t actually reach my feet. Finally after a 5 minute struggle I got my shoes on and tied (I double knotted them to ensure that they will not come untied until I am ready to take these shoes off completely). Geesh! What a morning!

As far as Eden goes, she is doing wonderful! She moves like crazy and we can actually feel her arms and feet by just pressing on my belly. She also loves it when Garrett gives my stomach raspberries because she squirms like crazy! We believe that she is ticklish on the bottoms of her feet because when we can actually feel them I tickle them and it makes her go nuts! We have our 35 week appointment next Friday and two baby showers, which will be very nice!