Usually I Like the Previews

Of movies that is. But this is one I'm not sure I'm liking too well. I think I'm getting a preview of what it's like to be a sleep deprived mother of a newborn baby. I am exhausted. I just can't sleep at night because I'm so uncomfortable. It's gotten worse the past couple days. Apparently my body is preparing me for being awake in the night with the baby or something. If it's not the horrible pain in my pelvis, it's having to go to the bathroom (or at least feeling like it!). And all that has gotten worse since the baby has dropped even more. I hate to complain, because I'm so excited about this baby, but I am DONE with pregnancy. I was telling my Dr. about these shooting pains I'm feeling down by my cervix and she says that's the baby's head or fingers rubbing against it. OUCH! That hurts. Unless you're trying to speed things up to get out, "don't do that!" There is supposed to be 15 days left until my due date. I hope I don't make it that far! Rian is betting on a Valentine's baby. I'll take whatever date, as long as it comes before the 25th. My Dr. is out of town on the 20th-21st, so I'd like to exclude those days if possible. I'm betting this baby is not willing work around my schedule. Please little baby.. please come out and see us, we're ready for you!!

Nesting maybe?

Let's face it, I'm not the cleanest, neatest person in the world, and neither is Rian. Which is either a match made in heaven, or a recipe for disaster. Sometimes it's a disaster, but most of the time our house isn't too bad. I'm not bad at keeping things clean (in case you're thinking we live like pigs or something), I'm just not very good at being organized. Strange considering my zodiac sign is Virgo and we're supposed to be perfectionists! Anyway, I've been waiting for that nesting urge to set in. I need it, big time! I think I had a little bit of it today. I vacuumed the house, and not just the carpets. I even vacuumed the furniture! And it didn't stop there. I cleaned the carpets too with the steam cleaner. I wanted to do more cleaning and dusting, but since I just dusted a few days ago, it wasn't too bad. Besides, I was tired. I'm hoping this is the beginning of a week or more of nesting urges. Trust me, I need them. How come husband's don't get nesting urges? Supposedly they have other "sympathy pains". Hmmm...

We're making progress...

I had my 37 Week Dr.'s appointment today and it was good. Our Dr. was telling us about how it is common for first time mom's to go past their due date, so she said not to be concerned if I wasn't dialated yet or effacing. We were happily surprised to find out that I am already 1cm dialted and 80% effaced. Yeah! Like my Dr. said, 10% of the work is done. :) She said the baby weighs probably just under 6 lbs, so that is good. Not too big, not too small. I can't believe there's only about 3 weeks left. It's so exciting. I'm trying to enjoy these last few weeks, but it is kind of hard. I'm ready to meet her.

There's more progress on our house too. They've dug out more rock and they're getting ready to put the gravel down in the places that need it. I hope the nice weather holds out so that they can keep moving on it.