We went from grilling and eating outside over the weekend (85') to snow on Tuesday.
Matt finished his last night shift after 3 years and moved to his day job (finally)!
Meredith moved into her new home and the spare bedroom is now ready for our visitors.
I am dilated to a 3 with 75% effacement and a very ripe, soft cervix! Who would have ever thought those words would come out of my mouth, let alone make me so excited. Contractions have picked up in the last 4-5 days, coming every 10-15 minutes and lasting about 30-60 seconds. Nothing but a tightening that takes my breath away, not a lot of real pain. (Warning: I'm sorry about the TMI coming in this next sentence, don't read it if you don't want to.) I have had my membranes swept twice now and had my bloody show this morning which basically means we "hurry up and wait" for the next signs of labor. Signs could be my water breaking or more contractions that are 5 minutes apart, lasting for 1 minute for 1 hour. There is no telling if Squirt will be here in a few hours, a few days or even a week. But I'm happy to know that my body is getting ready!
In the last few weeks Matt has gotten more ansy about Squirt coming. He is worse then me! You would think I would be the one wanting this pregnancy to be over. I'm trying to stay realistic about the whole process. Besides, we are still a week from our due date and most first time moms have their first baby late. I'm hoping Squirt comes early but I still have things I would like to complete before our lives change forever. Even though I have pregnancy carpal tunnel in my right hand, I have 2 days of clients scheduled at the salon this week and would like to get some more nesting in.
Yesterday I spent the day nesting, at first I thought I was just cleaning because somethings needed some attention but looking back I really believe it was nesting. I found myself washing every rug in the house, moving furniture (probably shouldn't have done that) to clean underneath. I even started scrubbing our stainless steal trash can in the kitchen, and discovered that the little "rust" spots could be buffed out. Our coffee percolator has never been so shiny inside and out, gotta love the magic eraser! When I would get tired on my feet I just rolled around in the office chair for a little while. Sorry, I didn't take a picture but I think it would have looked pretty funny.
These next few hours, days and possibly weeks are a really exciting time for us! I can't wait to see what other changes come.... maybe a Easter baby?
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| Matt enjoying his grilled salmon and beer |
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| Kristen and I enjoying some alcohol free wine |
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| The snow arrives |
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