really long comment for Abby's post

I started to leave a note on Abby's post, but it got too long, so I just figured I'd make a new post.

Congratulations on the pregnancy Abs! I'm excited for my little bambino to have a rockette friend. I'm glad you were able to be around family when you really needed them. I've never dealt with depression during my other pregnancies, but with this one I got sick many times and there were days I would lie on the couch and cry because I didn't know what else to do. I tend to get depressed after I have the baby. I just don't handle hormones very well. They really mess with my head.

It's funny, when Andrew and I first moved here to VA, we told ourselves that real life wouldn't begin until he became manager. Before that happened, we would just be living paycheck to paycheck and once the big promotion comes, he'll be handsomely rewarded (as they liked to preach during recruiting) and we could get a real house and finally start "real life." Well he got the promotion and his "big reward" will start next month, and now we are staring our 5 year plan in the face. Do we want to stay here? Should he look for a job somewhere else where it's cheaper to live so we could buy a better house? It's funny how when we were first married, we would have lived just about anywhere. Now that we have kids and living so close to my sister and parents, the thought of moving away from them gives me panic attacks. Andrew, being the great guy he is, has basically left it up to me to decide what we should do. He will move anywhere I want to move or stay here if that's what I want to do. Our tentative plan is to see if we can make a "plan" by the first of the year. I'm hoping by then I can actually sit down and think about it without going into hysterics. The last time I've dealt with panic attacks, I was in high school. I don't recommend them. Anyone want to make the decision for me?

I've got 5 weeks left until this baby comes. This has been the hardest pregnancy out of my three. I say this in the nicest loving way, but this little girl is mean! She kicks so hard. I've been getting contractions since 20 weeks. I had to call my ob a few times because I was nervous they weren't going to stop. Luckily I never had to go into the hospital and they would finally stop on their own. Poor Andrew has been dealing with a pregnant wife who will randomly stop whatever I'm doing, go to our room and start screaming because I'm having hard contractions. I might have to be induced with this one just so I can skip the whole real labor thing. I've been doing that for 15 weeks now. But by far, the most obnoxious thing about being preganat has been my hot feet. I never knew that your feet could get so hot when you are pregnant. There is absolutely nothing you can do to make it stop It's impossible to sleep and nothing seems to make it go away. Abby, I pray you don't get hot feet during your pregnancy. It's horrible!

So yeah that's my long rant. Congrats again on the baby Abs. We found out that my sister Aubrey is having a baby girl too. Yay for baby girls!