Livin' Large (A Quick Pregnancy Update)

So you know I am the Mom of 8 children with #9 due in...9 weeks.  I'm 31 weeks pregnant today.

I am hugeormous.  I really really wish I could compare myself to where I was at with the last couple of pregnancies at 31 weeks, but if I had to guess, I'd say this baby is going to be somewhere between nine and forty-five pounds at birth!  Death by explosion doesn't sound unrealistic to me at this point.

Yesterday I was letting Reina (our labradoodle) play with her brother (who our neighbors bought) in the yard kitty-corner from ours, and the two swooping beasts managed to trip me.  Now, I'm none-too-athletic these days, but I have always had fairly good balance.  Well, pride fell hard yesterday and I did too: I totally wiped out in front of my neighbor.  Can you imagine the scene?  Remember how BIG I am.  It's funny, unless you are the big prego who is flailed on the grass!  Anyway, I'm "fine"...my hip is sore.  Sheesh.

Flash forward to scene #2: my husband and I at a car wash.  We had to detail the inside of our car before trading it in.  Yes: another UP-grade.  This time from a 12- to a 15-passenger van.  And you know that's going to be fun! lol  (Actually, my kids view this event with nearly the anticipation they have for Christmas!)

Well, I was manning the industrial vacuum provided but rather quickly ran out of strength.  I traded with my husband and went for window cleaner and towels instead.  Then I got out the floor mats and had them on the ground so I could spray and scrub those.  Right--have you seen a pregnant woman squatting beside a van scrubbing mats lately?  Ok, so I'm also the laugh of the town...and I got a round ligament pull to boot!

I'm hoping to make it through the rest of this pregnancy without making any more public spectacles of myself.