37 weeks!

Well, I made it! I'm officially "full term"! I didn't really have many doubts that I would and I'm fully expecting to go over again but it's still nice getting to this point. I have a lot of tiny little clothes washed, a lot of tiny diapers ready to go, and even the baby bed set up in our room. I've been nesting like crazy and it's causing my house to stay very clean so that's been nice. :) I guess I'm scared that the house will be messy when I do go into labor.

Libby is doing really well. I've been encouraged recently by her interest and excitement about babies. Lately she's started knocking on my belly and saying "knock knock knock". Its really precious. And today after running errands we came inside and as soon as she got through the door she started calling, "baby! baby!" as if she thought the baby would be here!! And tonight when I saw Tim pull up I said, "Libby! Someone is here! Do you know who it is?" And usually she says "Daddy!" but today she said, "baby? baby?" Too cute. :-) Unfortunately she's also pretty jealous of me with other kids so we'll just have to be sensitive and work out any potential issues.

When we were with friends last week I was helping our friend's little girl with something and Libby got really, really upset. So we had a little chat with her about sharing mommy and she put three words together for the first time and through her tears said, "I share mommy." It was precious. :-)

Speaking of...we went and stayed over the long weekend with some friends up in New Jersey! It was so much fun and I'm really glad we went. I'm sure some people thought we were crazy traveling so late in the pregnancy but we got the go-ahead from my mid-wife and we felt comfortable so we went! And everything was fine. I'm sure I was more tired than normal and walking around a bunch got to be difficult, but other than that it was great! We went for a wedding so there wasn't any way around the dates. The wedding was beautiful and it was so fun being in our old stomping grounds and visiting friends. We're planning on getting our NJ friends down to TX in the spring so that will be a lot of fun, I'm sure!

Well, here's my little preggo update thingie before I sign off:
Pregnancy: 37 weeks

Weight Gain: 10 lbs. total

Sleep: HA HA. Apparently my body is preparing for a newborn and suddenly despises sleep.

Gender: No clue.

Name: Depends on the above

Feeling: Very chill and zen about the whole labor process but excited and a bit nervous about having two kiddos!

Health: Much better these days. Feeling very good and energetic.

Movement: Very, VERY squirmy

Belly: Very high, not that big but for some reason I think this baby will be bigger than Libby was.

Next Appointment: Thursday morning, most likely will do GBS test and REALLY wanting to avoid testing + again. Being hooked up to an IV and stuck on a bed for 45 minutes during hard labor was NO FUN. Would love to avoid that this time.

Well, that's about it!! Oh here are some pics for ya. :)

PS. Blogger is stupid so for some reason all of the above text is underlined. I've been fighting with it all night and am ready to go to sleep! Good night!

At a great petting zoo, Libby had a blast.

Libby and Mathilda, the little girl of our friends in NJ, who we stayed with.
In the city outside a very dangerous store. ;)
Scary dude.

Libby LOVED the stuffed animals, especially the piggies. Daddy told her to give them a hug and then put them back, it worked really well!

She did make it out of the store with a small piggy. :)
Throwing pennies in the fountain.



All dressed up for the wedding. Libby didn't come. :) Made for a fun date night.
On a nature trail in Tarrytown. See the Hudson behind us? It was a terrific view.

The result of a large sippy cup of Jamba Juice at the airport. Apparently the sugar went straight to Libby's bloodstream. She went NUTS!! It was a bit scary but after a little bit of screaming on the plane she sacked out. :)