I'm still here.
My good friend Janneke took some nice pictures for me this weekend. So despite my best efforts, here I am at 39 weeks. I'm finally feeling bigger, but still compared to last time, this belly is TINY! Life is good and I'm feeling well. I slept good last night for the first time in a few weeks which was much needed. Yesterday was the first day I really felt miserable which made me think that it was "the day" because that is how it was with Parker. But I was apparently wrong and woke up feeling great today. So I guess I just need to be more patient.
I have an appointment tomorrow, hopefully my last one, so we will see what they say. If they don't think it is going to happen any time soon I'm probably going to talk to them about inducing me. We'll see. I mean I feel fine, but Parker was 9 lbs 1 oz almost a week early and they say they just get bigger each time. Although I'm visibly a lot smaller, she could still be just as big because they said the majority of my size last time was because I had so much extra fluid. So I might bring it up and just see what they say. In the mean time, I will appreciate the fact that I am still feeling good and enjoy our last little bit as a family of 3. :)
p.s. Parker is doing great! No recent pictures, but I cut his hair last night because when you pulled it all the way forward his bangs went all the way to his LIPS! I just meant to trim it a little but it kinda turned into a bowl cut . . . I think I might go have some one fix it for me. lol.
He really is such a big boy now! Learning new words everyday! So far he can say:
- Mama
- Dada
- Baby
- Nana (Banana)
- Gaga (grandma & grandpa)
- Poop
- Book
- Truck
- Ball
- Bumbum (balloon)
- Duck
- Baaa (Bath)
- Dog
- Got It
- stairs
- Ous (outside)
- Gurt (Yogurt)
- Milk
- Blocks
- Os (Cheerios)
- Uh-uh (uh-oh)
- Please (said that for the first time yesterday)
- Good
- Gone
- Cracker
- Nose
He also LOVES to give high-fives! And he likes to brush his own hair and is starting to do a lot better at brushing/letting us brush his teeth. I also discovered he has not one but 2 molars completely in and the other two recently cut the skin. That makes 12 teeth for my little man! He still is as happy as can be. We recently got him a small block set (i recently did a post on the benefits of block play on the parenting blog found here) and he LOVES them! We'll probably be getting him more for Christmas, they are his new favorite toy. He still love, love, LOVES to be outside. And he really likes to go swimming. He likes to sit on the edge of the pull and "jump" (by jump I mean intentionally fall) down to us. He is such a stud! His new absolute favorite thing to do is to walk up and down stairs. He really could do it all day long! He still loves to talk and read books but is very hesitant to try knew foods. Finding things for him to eat quite a challenge. But overall things are great and he is a joy to have around! I can tell he is really loving having his daddy around all day to play with him too.
Jeff is doing great as well. He has just been studying hard for the CPA exam. He has already finished all the lectures and HW for one of the test (there are 4 total). We were really hoping he would be able to take it this month, but the application and waiting for his degree has taken longer than expected. So it looks like he will have to wait until July (the test isn't offered in June, it is a grading month). Until then he will just keep trucking away and start preparing for test number 2.
Life is great and we can hardly wait to meet our little lady! We just wish she was as anxious to me us as we are to meet her. Hopefully my next post will be announcing her arrival. :)
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