Dear Baby Girl,

God had good intentions when he designed child birth. You are NOT supposed to come out the front, so it'd be great if you could stop clawing your way through my belly button and head towards the hole thats downwards. Pre-made hole, just for you.
Thanks.
Love, Your Mommy
P.S. Mommy and Daddy are pretty excited for you to be here, but grandma says it'd be awesome if you could wait about 2 and a half more weeks.

36 weeks!

Getting there pretty soon! Heartburn is still intense some evenings, but other evenings I'm good :-) The swelling in my ankles can be intense also - I tried my best to cut salt from my diet to help. :-( That means I have to cook all my own food pretty much, but thats keeping me healthy, I'm sure. However Nathan and I don't really eat the same things for dinner too often now. Without salt, tomatos, citris things, or spices....my diet can get bland.
Soon enough it will turn around...
Last Saturday was ... annoying, so I'm hoping for a noneventful Saturday tomorrow.
I had a visit with a different doctor Thursday because mine was sick. Maybe a good thing, cause I never know who might be around for delivery. I liked her a lot. She smiled the whole time and told me things that my doctor hadn't mentioned before. Not that I don't like my doctor, I do.
I got pre-registered at the hospital and talked to the pediatrician this week. Go me. I think we're pretty much ready to go now.

Counting the weeks..

So I am counting the weeks down. Thats normal right?
I'm just about ready for her to be here. I mean I want to see her and hold her....and I'd love to shrink this belly a bit, be able to get comfortable and maybe cut back on the heartburn and bloating that have set in as of lately.
Just 3.4 weeks and I'm 'full term'. I'll take that. And if you dare mention that your first baby is often late....I just might snarl at you. Or worse...

At least I'm still counting by weeks and not by days yet...

Not Married?

Apparently Nathan and I aren't married.... or so he says.
He lost his wedding ring a few weeks ago. We keep hoping it'll turn up, but so far, no luck.
And today even the band that was slightly bigger wouldn't budge over my knuckle. Stupid swollen hands/feet/ankles/fingers/legs.

Anyway, yes, we are married. I found another ring - nothing like a wedding ring, but who cares and put it on and he is currently at the store trying to buy a fairly cheap tungsten wedding band as a replacement. We hope that it'll be like most things - buy the replacement and ta-da! The original appears!

Here's to hoping!