ohhh, these final days have arrived!
the days when i can smile and agree when a well-intentioned gentleman says, "it'll be any day now!" (vs. having to break the news that no, i still have 3 more months to go...)
the days when a phone call to friends or family triggers their "she's-in-labor" reflexes.
and of course, the days when i see my due date on the milk carton.
that always gets me just a tad bit giddy.
and in these final days, i am so thankful to report that i am getting more rest than i've had in months. i am no longer waking up multiple times a night with back pain, which is a huge huge praise! i shouldn't get too used to celebrating 4 and 5 hr. intervals of uninterrupted sleep, i know... but right now, i will take whatever i can get.
i am definitely nesting, and it has taken the form of butchering our azalea bushes in the back yard (and i mean butchering), making sure i have all of our homeschool curriculum ready to go for um, august, and then the usual.... where doing the dishes turns into scrubbing every bit of grime from around my sink with a toothbrush. totally necessary to bring a baby home, you know. i am also doing laundry way more often than usual.... but that is not really a nesting thing. that's just because i seriously only have 5 shirts that really fit me.
the kids' excitement about their new baby sister is growing. i'm trying to convince ethan and caroline that changing diapers is so much fun... they are not convinced yet, but i am not giving up. and i just had a thought: m&ms worked for potty training... maybe it would work for diaper changing training!
caroline is full of questions about everything these days, from "why are there hills on the road?" and "why don't restaurants have mailboxes?" to "how do they make american flags?" and then the other day, she asked, "how do they get the baby out of you?" (insert daddy's eyes as wide as saucers.) so i told her-- the G-rated version with no vocabulary words to say too loud in the middle of target. and then her eyes got as wide as saucers. i was just thankful that she was wondering how the baby came out and not how the baby got in. but it was a great opportunity to talk about our awesome Creator.... how intricately God made babies-- for their skulls to be soft so they could come out... and then we changed the subject as quickly as possible.
last saturday morning, caroline rode with me to pick up donuts, and the sweet lady at the drive-thru window asked me, "how much longer do you have?" i told her a couple of weeks, and we chatted for a minute about pregnancy. as we drove away with our (mouth-watering iced blueberry cake) donuts, caroline sweetly asked me, "how do they know?!"
this is how they know, precious child....
ya just can't miss my belly. this is me and hallie at 38 weeks (taken last sunday). oh, i forgot about this top. ok, i have 6 shirts that fit me.
i went to the doctor today, and she totally made me smile when she walked in with her calendar. she is on call all around my due date, so we went ahead and scheduled an induction date for sunday, may 6. i am dilated 3 cm (and have been for a week or so), so she is hoping i go into labor before then. i've never gone into labor before my due date, so i'm not real hopeful... but i've also never had contractions since 33 weeks before. SO God knows when this sweet girl will make her entrance, and if it's not before may 6, then that will be her birthday. we are praying for another successful vbac, and we cannot wait to hold sweet hallie in our arms!
11 days and counting!
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