Definitely getting close!

Well, we had a good false alarm last night. I had an hour of contractions about 6 minutes apart, then they went away, and then they came back every fifteen minutes or so, but they were still pretty wimpy. So Jim got home from work and I thought that it might be a good idea to finally pack us a bag for delivery, and while I was on my feet I was having them every 3 minutes, and they started to feel like they meant business! Still not getting too excited I went and laid down for awhile, and voila, the went away. If it was the real thing they wouldn't slow down or stop, so at no point did I really feel like we needed to call in to the midwives yet........ I woke up this morning and all is back to normal. So yes, a false alarm. It was weird, because I never had any false labor with Ivria. As soon as we started with her it was real labor. Glad I know the difference this time. I'd hate to be waking the midwives up at all hours for no good reason. I guess it's good that I'm not delivering yet, tomorrow we go in for an appointment to check on the baby and talk over our birth plan with the midwives. It's probably a good idea for us to get the details out of the way.

It's getting closer!

We are getting so antsy around here..... things are definitely rolling along with this pregnancy! last week I asked the midwife about a particular sensation I've been having and she confirmed my suspision that I'm starting to dialate. This morning I woke up early to go to church and baby had definitely dropped, and my hips hurt so bad! So I took it easy and made myself sit on a stool to lead service, otherwise I jump around too much. The more active I am right now the more braxton-hicks I get, so I need to play it real safe for a few days. We will be 37 weeks along on tuesday or wednesday, and that is the magic number to deliver at the birth center. So the plan is that I'm going to stay off my feet for the next few days just in case. I'll have Jim do the dishes and peel my grapes and that sort of thing :-)

True.

Preggo pics

Time for Bubbles!

Daddy is my hero

Running out of room......

Only in WA.

Only in Washington would the following be appropriate.

Sunglasses and rainboots were worn to fetch the mail today, as we have seen clouds, rain, sun, and hail all within the past half hour.

Ivria was very excited to receive the latest issue of her baby magazine that comes in the mail.

And mommy was excited to receive no bills.

Men and Pregnancy.

Jim is "Nesting"


And he's making me nuts.......I don't dare fall asleep during the day or I might find my bathroom cupboards rearranged. :-) Not that I don't appreciate all his hard work, but inevitable there ends up being something I have to do once he has "organized". It's actually pretty cute. Neither Jim or I are typically well motivated people, so to have the trash and recycling taken out without asking is super! We even got an oil change done on one of the cars yesterday while we were out, and he is all excited to tear apart the desk contents and get that in order this morning. The one thing I have to remind him of is that I already had my "nesting period" about 5 weeks ago, when I dismantled every closet we have, and sorted all the baby's things. So I have a hard time keeping up with his energy! Yesterday I was laying on the couch and he was bopping around the living room telling me he wanted to reinstall baby gates and move furniture and put blinds in the kitchen and wasn't I going to buy new dishes this month? Anyway, all this energy just comes from his excitement that new baby will be here in as early as 3 weeks. our due date is 4/12 weeks away, but I'm preparing myself mentally for another possoble early baby. Ivi was born almost 2 weeks early so I'm packing my hospital bag with more time to spare this time around (as opposed to packing it as soon as we realized I was in labor).

Ivria is ready for a baby!

This past week we were able to pay a visit to Jim's family out in Port Orchard. In these pictures Ivria is playing with her baby cousin Sarah. She did so great with her all day, makes me feel good that she will be excited about her sister coming home perhaps. The only issue she had was when she wasn't allowed to give the baby kisses while she was sleeping :-)