I have a wonderful hubby!

I have a wonderful husband. He has been very supportive of me all through this pregnancy. He insists I rest, is helping out a lot more around the house and has been emotionally supportive as well. I have needed this emotional support a lot more lately because I feel like I am going crazy. I have had a few breakdowns that I would like to say I can contribute to hormones but I've been pretty level headed until about 2 weeks ago. I think this is due to a few things.

1. I am getting a lot bigger. I personally don't feel huge...I felt huge with Elijah and I feel like, hey, I've got 2 babies in there, what do you expect. I don't, however, appreciate how people feel the urge to TELL me how big I am. Comments like "Wow, you get bigger and bigger every time I see you" or "How many weeks are you?", "Are you sure?" or "WOW!" don't make me feel better about myself. Just because I have twins and know that I have twins does not mean it's okay to say that I am getting big. Just tell me I'm beautiful, okay?

2. I am uncomfortable. I frequently get heartburn, swollen and or restless legs, sciatic nerve pain, and contractions. I am tired often and have to rest meaning I don't get a lot of things done and feel like a lazy bum that has a lot to do.

3. My toddler is driving me crazy. I love him but sometimes he is just so naughty. Take Saturday for example. This is the way my day went. I had previously bought some new shampoo from CVS b/c they had it for 2.99 plus 2 back in reward bucks (so 99cents) PLUS I had a $1 coupon = free nice smelling shampoo (that might make me feel better, right). Well, when I was purchasing it I had someone opening up all of the shampoo bottles trying to smell them while I was picking out what I wanted. SO, I got the wrong size and didn't notice it until I got home and looked at the receipt to see it cost 7.99. WHAT? Of course at the time of checkout he was trying to open all of the candy bars that they conveniently have at the register. So Saturday I went to exchange the bottle while they still had it on sale, go to Savers to see if I could get some more maternity dresses and Walmart to pick up a few misc. items. WELL. CVS did not go over well. Elijah didn't like being told that no he could not play with the display of Arizona souveniers (including glass shot glasses) so he promptly threw himself on the floor kicking and crying. We had to discuss this in the car. I told him he better be good at the next store. He was to my surprise very good so I told him I would get him a piece of candy when we went to the next store. We got some M&M's from Walmart before I started to shop and by the second aisle I went down he had SPIT the M&M's at me. Yes, spit. So now I have chocolate candy all down my arm and in my hand. I had to go all the way in the back of the store to the restroom, try to maneuver him out of the cart with just one hand and take him in the bathroom which was of course filled with people. I washed him and I off and told him that was very naughty and I would be calling Daddy. I then had a lovely (ha!) woman come up to me, go to Elijah's level and say "he's not naughty, he's too sweet" and pat him on the head. I glared at her and said "he just spit candy at me. She shrugged and said that was okay. WHAT? Since when does someone have the right to intervene and say I shouldn't call what MY son just did naughty. I was only scolding him! What would she have said if I spanked him? Seriously. That tipped me over the edge. By the time I finished going back and forth in the store (b/c I NEVER shop there AND they just remodeled everything and NOTHING makes sense where it is) I was in tears. I went home and was very upset. I had a breakdown over everything. Jake was very sweet and ended up soaking my feet, scrubbing them till they were smooth and massaging lotion on them. It made me feel better.

In any event while it sounds like I am just complaining I really do enjoy being pregnant. Some things just aren't as easy to tolerate when you don't feel so good. I love feeling the babies move and know I will miss that feeling when they are born.