38 weeks 5 days and nursery pics

Here I am in all of my glory... the same exact gestation as I was when Jack was born. Is it sad that I look back to my 18 week belly shot and think "gosh, I used to be so thin!!". Maybe one day eh?

Here is the nursery as it stands today. All of the hardware is hung and just waiting for either pink or blue accessories. The pink stuff you see is mainly just to help Dave hang the quilt clips and get things in place. We found all of this cute surfer stuff for a boy at a local furniture store. I have a feeling there will be a lot of retail shopping come this time tomorrow :)

All set

I went to the OB today to sign my consents and get the paperwork to take to the hospital. I'm going in tomorrow to do the routine bloodwork and all that and then we'll head over to L&D at about 7:30 am on Friday!! Everyone is coming over on Thursday night and will bring Jack over Friday to see his new brother or sister arrive. He alternates between saying the baby is a boy or a girl..... but he does add "we don't know.... boy or a girl, we don't know". It's the cutest thing. He and Daddy went to Target today and bought the baby a gift from big brother. The baby and I went shopping to get Jack something b/c as my OB wisely told me "babies come home bearing gifts". We'll see how both of them like their presents Monday!!!

Surprise shower

Jack and I went to playgroup today and were surprised with a joint baby shower for Theresa and me (she's due in November). They had yummy petit fors and lots of presents. Too bad I had just literally finished cleaning the house and looked like a day laborer!! The baby got lots of diapers and toys and we couldn't be more touched by the sentiment. What sweet friends I have. Here are the girls in the playgroup.... Jennifer, Christine, me, Theresa, and Sonya.

Chubby cheeks

We had our last u/s today and baby's head is measuring 40 weeks and the chest is measuring 41 weeks (big surprise huh?). Everything looks great and they estimated that the baby is around 8 lbs 12 oz....... but don't buy it b/c I was told Jack was "8 lb 8 oz" at 37 weeks and he was born 2 weeks later at 8 lb 4 oz. The baby had the chubbiest little cheecks and rosebud lips. I can't wait to kiss them! The u/s tech also saw a head full of hair breezing around in the amniotic fluid. We have 10 days to go and we can't wait!

Where's my missing beachball?

No I'm not hiding it under my shirt, this is actually my belly these days! It's official.... I'm miserable. I'm waddling, have heartburn like crazy, my pelvis feels like it's going to rip in half at any moment, I'm hot..... I really don't need to go on because the list is endless. Here is my belly at one day shy of 37 weeks. Full term. Maybe Jackie Chan will take a hint and hit the road before the 31st now that it's safe. Probably not though. Here are the buttons I made tonight for those attending the birth. We'll see just who was right and who wasn't in 2 weeks!!! Tell me what your prediction is.

36 weeks

No changes to report this week. Still 1 cm dilated and I'm thinking we just might make it to the 31st afterall. I really hate that it's 112 degrees outside but I'm making do. I got a mani/pedi today and my hospital bag is packed. We are ready for little Jackie Chan's arrival and can't wait to see if we'll be on the blue or pink team :)

35 weeks

Here is the latest pic. I'm already dilating and have lost my mucous plug...... don't know if that means anything or not but I've had to go to L&D twice now to stop pre-term labor. Nothing even remotely close to this happened during my pg with Jack so we'll see if Jackie Chan comes before Aug. 31st!!!

Another trip to L&D

Jackie Chan is trying to show us all who is boss! I went for a regular OB appt. today and found out that I was nearly 1cm dilated (much to my surprise since I never did dilate a bit with Jack). After that I started having contractions every 3 minutes and they didn't really slow down after I took my medicine to stop them. Off to L&D I went just to make sure all was well. Sure enough, I was still having contractions every 5 minutes when I got there so I got another shot of Brethine to knock them out. I'm home now and not on bedrest or anything.... just will continue taking my medicine like a good girl for a couple of more weeks. I can't wait to meet the little person causing me so much grief already!!!!