Here we go... time's flying and things are happening fast...

Heh, I just realized that my title makes it seem as if I went into labor! Not the case, sorry, but I'm gonna keep it anyway. =)

39 weeks

I've made it to 39 weeks and beyond. I'm excited to report that I finally got all the "nesting" stuff taken care of. Thanks to my father-in-law who was able to stick around for a whole week during my countdown to Taran's return from the rig (which happened exactly one week before the due date) I was able to get a bunch of stuff done and he was able to take care of several of the things that would have been on Taran's plate pending his return from working 7 days a week for longer than anyone cares to. So, lucky Taran, he got a bit of a break from a crazy wife insisting he get to work right away without a single day off or time to think.

I officially have the infant clothes out of the attic and most of them are clean, Noah is sleeping in his own room (well, he goes down ok, but has been waking up at night - baby steps, I suppose), the hospital bag is mostly packed (there are some things I'll use before then), the co-sleeper is up and ready to go in our room, and the car seats are both in the car and ready to go for two boys!

And now, the big news: I had my 39 week visit today (which is more accurately at 39.5 weeks). According to the doc, I'm about 2-3 cm dilated and the baby is pretty low and he can feel the head. He seems to think I won't make it to my 40 week visit next week. We'll see how that goes. He told me the same thing with Noah and I walked around for a week at 2 cm dilated. =) With any luck, the baby will wait since Taran has a training class he's working on this week and it'd be bad if he missed any of it - he told me missing just 45 minutes would require him to retake the whole course. So, as close as it seems, with luck we'll take our time! Until then, I have lots of laundry to keep up with. =)

Has it really been that long?

I can't believe it's been a month since my last post! I suppose I could say I've been busy, but mostly, I've been trying to get by with sleep deprivation and surviving Noah's teething. Oh yeah, and the whole pregnancy thing...

For the most part I've been taking advantage of opportunities to sleep. I haven't been sleeping the best at night and Noah with his two year old molars moving around and coming in, also hasn't been sleeping so for me, that means naps when he naps and early bed times that cut into blogging opportunities.

The good news is that we are almost out of the woods with Noah's teeth. The forth and final molar has broken through and while that one and two others are still pushing through, the initial part is done and with luck, it'll be down hill from here. I'm sure Noah will be relieved - in more ways than one.

38 weeks

My pregnancy continues to go uneventfully which is great. The little munchkin is super active which at times is really uncomfortable, but I'd rather he move around like that than not at all. He's also decided he likes putting pressure on my sciatic nerve which shoots numbing pain down my right thigh. Perhaps he does it because he knows it makes me dance and wiggle around in an attempt to gain relief. The good news is that it's usually fleeting so as long as I move, the pain goes away. A friend of mine who was expecting just a few days ago actually had her baby a week early which made me panic that evening about not having things ready, but I soon recovered and returned to my I've-got-all-the-time-in-the-world status which is neither healthy nor accurate. Luckily, my father-in-law came to visit this weekend to get away from work and he's been helping out around the house and helping to kick my butt into gear to get things prepped for the new arrival. With luck, the next couple of weeks will continue to be boring - unless the baby comes since he's due in 11 days!