Woah Baby - 36 weeks

It's no wonder my back has been hurting lately... look at this huge belly! Well, this boy is definitely getting big! He apparently gains an ounce a day at this point. Fortunately, Mommy's weight gain seems to be leveling off! Now we're just in waiting mode... 27 days & counting. At least last night I did finally pack my bag for the hospital! Yay!

36 Week Update

I had my first weekly doctor's appointment today, and much to my doctor's surprise and mine, I am dilated about 1 cm. No effacement, but she said his head is down nice and low and that things are definitely moving in the right direction. So what does this mean? Well, it means I could go into labor in the next few days... OR maybe sometime in the next month. LOL. Basically, it doesn't mean a whole lot at all. Not at this point. But it is encouraging, and definitely closer than being completely closed. I'll probably get a better idea of how things are progressing at next week's appointment. So, stay tuned.

This really should motivate me to get off the computer and go pack my bag for the hospital!! Hmmm... maybe I will... you know, just in case. :)

1 Month to Go!

It's so hard to believe that today is June 15th... exactly 1 month before BabyW. is due to arrive! This weekend, I had my 4th and final baby shower with some ladies from church, and I am finally feeling like we have almost everything we need to welcome our little boy home! We have been extremely blessed and it is such a relief to not feel like there are a hundred things we need to go out and buy!

The carseat is now installed in the back seat of my car (thanks Mike!) and that's definitely kinda surreal to drive around with. My friend Senneca is going to come over this week and help me finish putting everything away in the nursery and maybe we'll even tackle the glider! I still need to pack my bag for the hospital but we're almost as prepared as we can be!

I'm still hoping he'll wait a couple more weeks, but we're definitely getting close! He's an active little boy, and watching him move around in my belly has been really fun the last couple of days... I might actually miss that part of being pregnant. He's definitely crammed in there, but when he moves, you can see it from across the room. Yes, it looks a bit alien. :)

Some of you have asked if I plan to keep this updated once he arrives, and the answer is definitely YES. I may not be as frequent, but I do hope to keep it up! I just need someone to come clean up my laptop at home... it runs soooo slowly!