0 and we made it!!!

lease day is here! we sign at 3--yay! my parents (the grandparents of the north) are coming down from NY tonight to help us move and i can't wait to see them! amelie, our granny of the east and i are heading out to do some apartment stuff shopping, then nap time, then apartment time!!

in other news, for my own personal edification and yours, a list of end term pregnancy symptoms that i am now experiencing (in case i ever decide to do this again...ha)
1. low back pain
2. it hurts to walk--guess how it feels to have to RUN after an active toddler--it's not pretty
3. marked fatigue--i'm exhausted when i first get up, when i take a nap, when i wake up from nap, when i go to bed...which brings me to last night's intriguing NEW symptom
4. sleeplessness....bleh
and also new last night,
5. trouble breathing
6. super over charged crazy uncontrollable hormone surges of anger, grumpiness and mayhem
7. hard jabs and painful kicks all night when i am trying to sleep

also, there are a few others that would be worth mentioning if i wanted to scare or sicken you, but i'll keep these to myself as i'm sure i'll not forget these symptoms....

other then that, things seem to be going well. i spent a good deal of my 4 hour period of insomnia praying that i wouldn't go into labor at least until monday (and hopefully not for a few more weeks!).


to add some joy---a list of amelie's new tricks:
**she watches shows like hi-5 or barney for the dance routines and tries to learn all the motions. she wants me to replay a routine 2 time in a row then she will try it on the 3rd time. last night daddy was trying to learn with her but he was messing her up so she made him sit down. also, if she messes up at any point or gets confused we have to restart the routine--this is the cutest thing ever. seriously, i need to video it!

***when she gets up from a nap she tells me "i'm tired mommy!" so i tell her to go back to sleep and she says...."no, mommy....let's (fill in the blank)"

****she likes to have other children's mothers push her on the swing at the park--it doesn't matter who it is, as long as it isn't mommy. however, when daddy takes her to the park she wants me to do it. who can figure it out.

that's it for now, my mind is full of morning fog. happy friday!