Oh Honeybean, your family would like to meet you sometime this year!

Waiting....

i really expected honeybean to be early and boy was I wrong!!! these last couple of weeks have felt like forever... I've been packing and unpacking my hospital bag. taking it in and out of the car to Christmas parties and events and bringing it back home every time. every day i think is the day and then it passes. i didn't really have to go through this with emmett's pregnancy because i went into the hospital 4 days before the due date.

i have to say that with each day passing, i have had extra time with emmett and it's been so nice having special time with him. getting up and down from playing with him on the floor has been brutal and lifting him too, but it's so worth it. i am uncomfortable but i am no where near desperately wanting to get induced. i got a non stress test done yesterday and they checked my amniotic fluid and both tests went very well. the nurses couldn't believe how much he moves around. i guess i've just gotten so used to it the past few months. he really is a mover and a shaker. i also could see my contractions on the heart rate monitor that they hooked me up to for the non stress test. i have been feeling contractions just like these for weeks, but still nothing.

tomorrow i have an appointment with my ob, so i can at least find out if i am dilated. i saw my chiropractor yesterday and she seems to think that things are progressing because my misalignment in my back was different than anything she's ever seen before.

we'll see when this cutie decides to come!!! i am ready whenever he is!

Will he really be a Christmas baby???

38 weeks!

NURSERY is officially done!

Nursery is complete, hospital bag is packed. now i just need to finish de-cluttering my house and thoroughly clean it then I'll be ready to go into labor!

the final countdown

my pregnancy is coming to an end and i'm starting to remember how rough it can be the last few weeks before delivery. i'm working and getting maternity plans all lined up for my 6 week leave, caring for my 20 month old toddler, getting the last few details done in the baby nursery and feeling the normal pressure everyone feels for the upcoming holidays can be quite overwhelming!!! my blood pressure at my last 2 OB appointments have been way high which isn't good. i'm trying to just calm down and go with the flow. maybe not everything i am hoping will get done will be accomplished before my baby comes and i have to accept that. i've decorated the house with some christmas decorations but i don't think i can go too crazy this year. i am definitely going to reconsider ever having a baby around christmas time. it's just way too much!! thankfully i was organized and got my christmas shopping done early. i still have a few more last minute gifts to pick up, but otherwise i'm done on the gift front. phew!

i am so grateful to eric who has been so supportive. he's had so much going on too and i think we both have been really stressed lately, but we have been such great partners to each other with support and understanding. listening to each others lists of things to do and trying to help each other out as much as possible has made us a stronger couple. i don't know what i would do without him.

i am so excited to share photos of the baby nursery! it's pretty darn cute and it's totally done in eric and molly kid-friendly fashion which of course is awesome! it's a very special room decorated with love, just like e's room. i'll post pics soon!