39 Week Update

Well, the news is in. Absolutely nothing has changed since our last visit except that Brooks is still gaining weight! During our ultrasound we learned that they believe Brooks to be 8 lbs and doing well. Our technician was amazed at how big Brooks' feet looked and I was amazed at how little room he had!  The poor guy looks like he has absolutely no space to move. 

Our doctor doesn't really look for Brooks to come by his due date, although it could happen. He said that if he hasn't arrived by the 21st or 22nd that I will be induced. We go back next Wednesday to check on things again and schedule our day (if something hasn't happened before!) Maybe, just maybe, my water will break................ :)

Yummy Breakfast!

I wake up this morning to find Jeff in the kitchen cooking me breakfast! Yummy bacon, eggs and toast- what a husband :) Jeff sure has been taking great care of me, the dogs and the house these past few weeks. Once I get home from school, and even on the weekends, he tells me to go sit on the couch and relax while he does the work.  This morning he cooked breakfast, finished all the laundry and loaded/unloaded the dishwasher. He definitely earned his soccer time today :) He is at the park enjoying this beautiful day playing pick-up (with his phone nearby just in case!) while I am at home watching tv.

Friday night was my first night of bad sleep. About a month ago my hips and butt began to get numb while I was sleeping, causing me to have to flip from side to side about every 2 hours. But Friday night it was the worst it has been. I flipped and flipped but it absolutely killed me. I even got more pillows, but nothing helped. Needless to say, Saturday was a very laid-back day for me. I took two naps and probably left the couch a total of 3 hours the entire day. I thought this was the beginning of bad sleep (hey, I'm not complaining- I have been EXTREMELY lucky enjoying every aspect of my pregnancy) but last night I was back to sleeping just fine. Let's hope this continues until Brooks decides to arrive! Only 11 more days until my due date. How did time go by so fast??

We finally put up our alphabet flash cards in Brooks' room!

Check back Wednesday night to hear what the doctor says!

Why Leave Your Warm House??

I think Brooks is going to be a lot like Liz and I. When it's cold (cold for Savannah that is) we do not leave the house if possible. I think Brooks feels he has no reason to leave the nice warm place he is now and I can't say I blame him. I have a feeling we might have to induce this big boy for him to come out.

It's amazing how close we are now. Two weeks will fly by because the last 9 or so months went by in the blink of an eye it feels like. I was much more nervous about a month ago and now I kind of have the attitude of "let's just do this." I guess we are as ready as we will ever be (the car seat is in the car already and there is a crib and clothes for him to wear).

Liz has been a star as always even this far in. My school threw a shower for us which was great and even though Liz (at 9 months pregnant) was introduced to more people than she could remember after she had worked all day she had that trademark Liz Smile. Of course I heard the whole range of "Your wife is so great!", "Liz is so nice", "Why is Liz with you??!?", etc. Yeah, yeah - heard it all before people. She's alright I guess.

In other news I got my last haircut as a non-father last weekend. Weird.

38 Weeks

"Absolutely nothing has changed," our doctor said to us today. Although Brooks' heartbeat looked good on the monitor and I had a few contractions just like last week, my cervix had done absolutely nothing over the past week. Dr. T said he would see us next week to not only hook me up on the fetal monitor and examine me again, but to also have another ultrasound to check the size of Brooks. I think he may try to stay put as long as possible!