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. =)