1 CM.!!~!!

Good Morning!

It is currently approx. 4:45 am and I am wide awake! =( not cool!!! But since I have exhausted all of my other forms of useless activities to occupy my time, I thought I would do something useful and BLOG! I know I went M.I.A. again... but as of today I am officially 37 WEEKS PREGGO!!! yay! The last month has been nothing but getting everything ready to go for this little guy... and yet I seem like I have nothing ready.

I am officially out of commission as far as work goes... we are now down to a one income family - which leads itself to a whole other set of issues and anxiety. But I know we will be just fine!

My mom, brother and I visited San Antonio back over Easter weekend... I don't think I have ever been so swollen in my life! I will share some pics of that event with y'all.

So... getting back to the title of this bloggie... which I am sure caught your attention because of its riveting creativity! I had a doctor's appointment on Wednesday (I am now down to the weekly doc appointments) and I found out that I am officially 1 Centimeter dilated! I don't know about you guys... but for me that feels like an accomplishment! The prior week there was no glimpse of any sort of progression, and a week later... ta da! 1 CM. I know that I can very well just stay this way up until I am full term, but as of right now I will take what I can get!

I just wanted to touch base with you guys and let you know I am still breathing... I will leave you with a little to-do list of things I should probably get done in the next 24 to 48 hours!

- Pack Baby Bag

- Pack Hospital Bag

- Install Car Seat 

- Wash ALL of baby's clothes and blankets

- Take as many naps as I can before baby arrives!

=) Rachel

1st Trimester.... or 3rd?!

So as I approach 34 weeks (hooray!) I am starting to feel like I have a case of Deja Vu!!! Waking up each morning takes a little more effort and it seems that I have a bad case of nausea each sunrise!!! hmmmm extra tired and nausea? This can't be... a repeat of the 1st trimester... yes, unfortunately IT IS!!! My 2nd trimester was a breeze!!! The worst part was when I caught a nasty head cold that knocked me on my booty for a couple of days... but this... this is much worse! I went to the doctor today and begged him to tell me that I have a high chance of going into labor next week!!!... YEAH RIGHT! I have no sign of contractions and my cervix hasn't budged AT ALL! It looks like I am in it for the long haul! I know I want my baby to cook for as long as he can... but you couldn't pay me to get up every morning and go to work! (oh wait, i guess i already do get paid to wake up and go to work)  I am so exhausted. 

We did however get to take one last peek at our little munchkin on the ultrasound... so far he is in the 73rd percentile weighing in at a major 6lbs!!!! This little man is not messing around! I am guessing by the time I give birth that he will be at least 8 lbs. I am shocked because this is my first baby and me and my husband were just around 7lbs at birth. I didn't think he would be that big. They gave us 3d ultrasound pics but our little guy didn't feel like cooperating (hmmm stubborn like his dad much) all the pics ended with parts of his cute little face covered by his arm. He did not want to come out and play. So I have another appointment in 2 weeks and then begins the once a weekers! I am so anxious for this little guy to come... we've read the books, took the classes and got his room almost 100% complete!

Have a good night!!

=)