As you can imagine, even with 9 full months of notice that we will be welcoming another little gift from God, there is still plenty left to be done. Mostly erroneous things like organizing MY closet and of course the pantry and the garage....you know, all those places that our new little one will be hanging out most often ;-) Dan and I have our bags packed and are finalizing plans for our first little one while we are at the hospital. Why is it that SHE is my biggest concern?? We have both our parents IN TOWN and willing to help as much as we want, not to mention she LOVES them.....probably more than she loves us. But I just keep thinking to myself that we are deserting her. I have issues. I realize this. She will be fine, and so will we......So, moving on. We are also in the midst of trying to sell our car. Dan purchased a new (to us) vehicle last week so we are trying to rid ourselves of the extra one we have lying around before I lose the rest of my spare time to an infant who requires my boobs every 3 hours and a toddler who requires the rest of my body for the remaining hours of the day. I think there is a chance I have over committed :) I will wrap up work on Tuesday and we will head to the hospital at a TBD time on Wednesday morning. I could not be more thrilled. We, of course, are still praying that she decides to surprise us and make an appearance on her own, but in case she's comfy in there (as Mia was), we decided to create a plan B.
As for how I'm feeling physically.....I feel 38w4d pregnant. I am huge, I am not sleeping well and I am having painful contractions that come out of nowhere and make me feel like I have some sort of spasm disorder. I realize this is all part of the process and I feel very blessed to have had such a complication free pregnancy thus far, but I will also say that, aside from feeling every little movement of my tiny dancer, I will not miss being this pregnant. It's not a ton of fun. BUT I know the payoff is worth every ache and pain and every extra lb.
If you think about the Joneses in the next week, we'd appreciate any prayers and positive thoughts you want to send our way. And stay tuned in to instagram and facebook for photo updates of our new precious addition! In the meantime, here's the last few of me:
