Update

We have progress :) I am dilated to a 3 and 50% effaced. It feels good to know we're getting somewhere! I all of the sudden feel great today too. I worked out at the Y for an hour tonight and it felt wonderful to get everything moving again! If I don't have him by my due date (two wks from today) my dr. will set up an induction for the following week. Hopefully I'll have him before then but it feels good to know that he WILL be here for sure in the next 3 weeks.

38 Weeks

So excited to be at this point. I have a dr. appt today and she's going to check for progress so I am really hoping these cramps and pains are getting us somewhere! I feel better than I did a week ago so that's good. Here is my belly shot, I had a little helper today.

Speaking of little helper, Richie had to work the last 4 nights 12 hour shifts so my mom came down and stayed. She was so helpful! We had a super fun weekend doing things downtown in RW. Women's expo, book store, lunch at the St. James, Eagle watching, Church, fun shops. It felt so good to get out and enjoy the weather and take my mind off things. Thank you so much Mom!!

Last night

So last night when I woke up for the first of many middle-of-the-night bathroom visits, I discovered (men stop reading) a little bit of blood. I had been cramping all night with a few contractions every hour so I was a little excited that maybe things were progressing. Well, I managed to go back to sleep but each time I woke up (every hour) I felt like things were just the same, nothing too intense.

I was just starting to get a little bit annoyed with all these cramps and pains not going anywhere when I noticed our neighbor's house on my way back to bed. I was instantly overcome with sadness as well as disappointment in myself for even getting the least bit upset. You see my neighbor had been up all night too, I'm sure. But not anticipating the exciting birth of a baby. No, not even close. He was up grieving the devastating news that both his parent's died in a house fire the night before. Our problems often seem so big but really, they are usually so small when we put them into perspective. Please keep our friend and neighbor Erik and his family in your prayers.

Here they are.....

I am so not excited about sharing these belly pics! But I am keeping it real and bearing it all. The first one is of me at 6 weeks and I remember looking at it and thinking how bloated I look. Seriously!? The next two I just took today. It's crazy what a black shirt will do to make you look a little smaller.....haha it feels so funny to even be using that word!

37 weeks~Full term

We are in the home stretch. I don't want to say I think I'll go early but whatev....I'm going to say it! I am cramping and having some contractions (not consistent) and lets just say that Wesley is so low that I feel like one big sneeze and he'll be out! The pressure and the sensation that I'm feeling are insane. I walk around like I am trying to keep a bowling ball from dropping out of my pants. Since I was induced at this point last time, I honestly don't know what to expect so these may be normal symptoms that are felt the last few weeks of pregnancy? Help me out moms! Whatever the case, we're getting close and he's still measuring a week ahead so 38 weeks. I had an internal last week but since my uterus is so tilted they couldn't reach it to find out if I'm dilated. OUCH! She was able to feel his head right away and said that he's extremely low. I'm not sure if that means anything or not.

So lets see what else....I am huge haha. My belly has seriously gotten insanely big. Ever since he dropped, I can't.stop.eating. Somehow and I don't know why but the only time I feel good is when I am working out so I've managed to feel pretty good physically. I haven't worked out the last few days though and I seriously doubt I'd be able to. I've gained what I expected to so if I can just keep it at that until he comes I'll be satisfied. I will try and post a belly pic soon!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! You know you're pregnant when your hubby buys you sweatpants for Valentine's Day and you are soooo excited :)

35 Weeks!

I'm doing pretty good. Wesley has dropped and it is rather uncomfortable but luckily, I don't have much to do so I can just relax until he comes. I can tell I'm getting far along in my pregnancy because when I drop something, I seriously stare at it for a good 30 seconds contemplating if it is worthy enough for me to bend over or if I should just wait until Richie gets home to pick it up. The latter usually wins :)

I am so looking forward to meeting him and just seeing what life with both boys will be like. I'm not really nervous to have a newborn again but I am saddened that it will no longer be just me and Phili. I really don't want him to feel left out at all when Wesley comes. I'm pretty sure he knows that he is my world right now and that is soon to change. As many people have said, "It's going to rock his world" Richie has to work another outage from April-June and he is pretty sure he'll have to work overnights again(72 hrs/wk) which I am trying not to think about but secretly freaking out about.

Phili saw my cousin's baby boy this weekend and he loved him. Ever since then, he's been talking about "His baby friend" and how he played peek-a-boo with him. So cute. (Miss I'm talking about Tad =)

Not much else has been going on. We've made it to the Children's Museum and Zoo recently which was so much fun. My nieces are coming down with my mom tomorrow for a few days and I cannot wait!! We're going to go to the Zoo again while they're here and they get to see Phili at Gymnastics. I need to take pictures of gymnastics because it is so cute and he loves it.