Christmas Shopping

I've done my fair share of walking while being pregnant. But this past month has been truly challenging and unpredictable. I never know how long I'm going to last when I go shopping. I think I have more ambition when I'm by myself as opposed to having Heath with me. However, it can be a little more difficult carrying Christmas gifts out to the car myself, as well as loading and unloading them.

Today I went Christmas shopping, which required me to run from one end of town to the next, stopping at different stores. Choosing things from the racks/shelves and then dropping whatever was in my hands. I was then forced to either pick up the dropped object, provided it wasn't breakable (thank god nothing was) or leave it and pick a different size from the rack. Well, I opted to pick up the object. It's kind of funny, I'm sure, watching me trying to pick up something from the floor on my own. There's no bending over. It's a full-on catcher's stance/squat. And then finding the strength of trying to stand up with an arm full of items. It's quite comical. I should charge people to watch. It would definitely be another source of income that would come in handy during maternity leave!!

My goal was to get atleast half of my Christmas shopping done, and I think I accomplished that and more! And I'm somewhat proud of myself for being out for about four hours. That's an accomplishment when you're 8 1/2 months pregnant with something that's a little bigger than a crenshaw melon in my stomach, which is roughly 6 lbs. Hmm, kind of looks like a giant pistachio.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to finish my shopping and put it behind me. Then the wrapping begins. Ohh the wrapping.