Grace Shower!!!

not pictured (Maggie Spaloss)
So, I had a small shower thrown by my friend Becky from Grace. THANK YOU BECKY! We had meatballs, bruschetta, and a delicious chocolate cake. YUMMY.

Check out Barney in the picture!!!

7 Days away from....

My due date and I'm feeling a bit lousy. Now stop reading at this point if you cannot take GROSS things stop reading this entry!!!!! For the mommies and mommies-to-be apparently this "symptom" I have is quite commom but I've never had it before... I have a hemmoroid! It's about the size of a regular jelly bean and I've never been more unhappy about a physical condition. I don't think there is much I can do about it so, I'm just trying to be careful and deal with it. Apparently, after birth it's pretty common to have more than one!!!!

On Friday, I had a regular doctor's appt and she was worried about my amniotic fluid so she sent me to the hospital to get things checked out. I was hooked up to the fetal monitor for about 45 minutes while they monitored the baby's heartbeat (sounds like club baby) Dugah duh dugah duh dugah duh dugah duh! They had the volume turned way up. Then not 5 minutes into it there is this loud long beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. I'm freaking out then the nurse runs in to change the paper. DON'T PULL THIS STUFF ON A 39 WEEK pregnant person! ARGH!

So, then they check my amniotic fluid again and it's fine. Normal is between 5 and 20 and mine is a 15.

SO BLOATED....

It's official---I have Shrek feet! It's so unattractive but more importantly uncomfortable. I'm ready for her to come out. I hope that it doesn't hurt too much...

15 days away...

Well, I still have a million things to do but I'm still chugging away at work and trying to tie things up before I'm out for a while. There's so much paperwork!!! Who knew? I am really feeling very very tired. My belly button is tired of being stretched out. The baby is doing this very funny "super wiggle shake" thing in my lower abdomen. It's a really funny sensation.

I have my 38 week appt tomorrow with Dr. Bannon. I hope there is some good news in that.

I still have to:

organize the baby room
organize my closet
wash baby clothes
organize the kitchen

I'm feeling overwhelmed with things to do! I guess it will get done. I HOPE...

Countdown...20 days away...

Well, I'm 20 days away from giving birth to my first child. I'm terrified. I think it's going to hurt and for some reason I have not thought about that the whole time. Why? I don't know. The onesies are so cute!!! I've been putting the final touches on the nursery and trying to get things tied up at work.

Tonight I ate a can of beef ravioli and some raw veges in ranch dip. I think I overdid it with the veggies so, that's why I'm up tonight.

I'm swollen---my feet (used to be a vanity) are now little piglets and they are not happy little campers. Well, nothing is small anymore and being swollen does not help. I'm still getting out of breath rather easily.

John is finally getting over his pneumonia and will be going back to work tomorrow. I'll be working from home and trying to finish up the laundry and get the pantry and my closet in order before the baby gets here.

I still haven't gone into "nesting" mode but I feel like I will be shortly.

60 minutes

One last trip I had to take for work was for one of our VP's to speak on 60 minutes. It was an exciting and exhausting day! I did get to meet Morley Safer! He's short and I think he smokes...maybe cigars... Kind of an old grandfather sort. Andy Rooney was out and I met Mike Wallace in Florida in 2004.
Me and Morley Safer!
Me and Diane Cousins, USP VP at 60 minutes

Week 37!!!!

Wow. As of now. I could have the baby and it would be fine. Well, it would be fine physically but probably not good to bring the baby home because the house is a mess, John has full-blown pneumonia and I haven't washed the baby clothes yet. Oh, the armoire we bought does not fit together properly so, we have to make ANOTHER trip to IKEA. I love and hate IKEA because they do have lovely things but sometimes it's a crap shoot.
I don't know if you can see her moving but she's still moving around quite a bit!!!