bedrest bliss

First of all, to all of you that have been on bedrest I will forever admire you
I feel super fortunate that my bedrest only lasted 3 weeks
I've heard stories of people being on bedrest for 7 months!!
7MONTHS!
oh my gosh.

Everyone asks me 'what do you do all day?',
or says, 'I bet you are so miserable'

I would be lying if I pretended that it wasn't hard
or that I didn't have many melt downs and tears but
I would feel terrible if I didn't step back and notice how much everyone did for me

What did I do all day?
The days flew by with so many visitors, seriously I've never felt so loved
Random people from my new ward showed up at my house for hours
they brought me, fresh lavendar which smelled wonderful! earrings, nail polish, desserts
and most importantly good conversation
Old friends stopped by for visits
one friend glittered my toe nails in my front room!
my sisters called and stopped by regularly.
my nieces put on a circus in our back room
and people in between emailed me suggestions of movies or books
dropped by magazines, and would ask Sam what more they could do etc.

When I wasn't busy entertaining all my friends... :)
I spend hours in a lounge chair out in the sun playing friends on the ipad.
I never knew I would love scramble and draw something so much
Strangers, brother in laws, new/old friends kept me entertained for hours
Ticket to ride app was fantastic
I watched old classic movies, downton abby, caught up on a lot of shows
read a lot from my pregnancy and baby books

Of course it drove me crazy to sit and not be able to do anything
I desperately wanted to get up and do something!
But I knew that if I did and went into labor because of it I'd forever be mad at myself
so it was worth it!
We are officially into the no worries zone
the baby is fully developed and ready to go, no NICU!(hope I don't jinx myself)
but of course we want our little one nice and plump so the longer in the better

Now I'm on "limited activity bedrest" until 38 weeks... maybe 37.5 ;)
which means I can get up and move around but supposed to do the bare minimum
It's still challenging but
It feels fantastic to do a little more each day!

This post isn't intended to be like, "i'm so cool and have so many friends",
or to make someone feel bad for not coming by...
I was well taken care of so if you didn't come over don't worry!
Your prayers and thoughts our way was plenty!
I feel so incredibly humbled by this experience
I feel forever indebted to everyone who helped us through a few really hard weeks
I also know that Heavenly Father knows our limits and he will always prepare a way.
Each person, phone call, text message, email, prayer, kind thought, conversation with Sam etc
was exactly what I needed and you were acting as a little angel in my life.
THANK YOU THANK YOU!