friday night wife

this is my last friday night to be just wife - no mommy. abby and i went to dinner at chilis (my pick)! i would NEVER EVER have chosen chilis as my fave dinner out before pregnancy...tommy bahamas for a killer salad or black walnut even...but definitely not chilis! but what can i say...greasy food has "become me" lately. a habit i am eagerly looking to leave behind...but not tonight ;) dinner was nice and it was good to have a night out together. i am going crazy just sitting in the house every day waiting!!

today i also went out and bought an outfit for "after" pregnancy. jc penny was having a huge sale and i had a coupon too. i don't have to go far from home and this penny's is not in the mall, so it makes it nice and easy to access. best of all...it got me out of the house - but only for a bit. then the nagging pain of my baby on my sciatic nerve had me heading home on a pathetic limp! anywho - i know people at the store see me shopping in the non-maternity clothes section - looking more shamoo than human - and they are thinking "is she kidding me?!" but hey, i won't be pregnant forever and i will need some cute clothes to make me feel good about my new "post" baby body! so i was excited to get a cute new top and skirt!

anyways...it is a strange feeling to know that one way or another, i will have a baby in my arms this time next week. i am sure every new mommy goes through this flurry of emotions but it seems almost intensified by this elongated wait! it's funny matt and i joke that i am not even pregnant anymore (really a big joke when yous see me). it has just been so long since we first thought we would be meeting our angel (back at week 36 when i was already at 3cm!). so now it just seems as though she is never coming...but of course, come she will - and i can hardly wrap my mind around it. i have actually been trying NOT to think about it for the last week or so. it just becomes too emotional with my being so "late" and all. so i focus on other things. it sounds strange to focus on anything other than the baby to be when you are almost 42 weeks pregnant, but it is sort of my way of "coping" at this point.

i mustered up the courage to take some pictures...much to my mother's delight no doubt! so here they are...







well...happy friday night. the abernathy house is pretty uneventful - which is probably the last time i will say that for a long time coming. please keep the prayers coming!

ps) sweet abby - i love you so, so much. being your wife has been the greatest privilege of my life thus far. i have enjoyed our precious newlywed years more than i could have ever imagined. we have learned and grown so much together. i treasure every single moment of our party of two. but i know our little angel is going to fit right in. we will be the 3 musketeers! (plus haley, of course!) i love you with all that i am - forever. xo

pps) little pea...i am not sure if i mentioned it, but we are ready - you can come now :) xo, mommy & daddy