Tuesday, June 2, 2009

I'm 37 weeks today!! I'm officially full term...bring on labor!! I actually don't think I'm ready for labor yet, but at the same time I'm looking forward to holding our little girl. Things are continuing to go well with the pregnancy. I have started my weekly visits. Nothing really to report. I'm only dilated 1cm, so nothing too exciting there. My doctor will be out of town next week, so I am seeing the other doctor in the practice. I won't see our doctor until I'm 39 weeks. I'm hoping Charley can wait until he gets back to be born : ). We still have a few things to take care of before Charley's arrival. We need to paint her room and put a clear coat on the crib. Those are the two big things that need to be done. Of course she probably won't move into her room for at least a couple weeks after she is born, so we will have time even if we don't get it done before we have her. Other than that we are pretty set. We only need a few small things, but nothing that we can't survive without. I have started packing our hospital bag...most of the things that still need to be packed are things that we use on a daily basis. I made a list so that we are sure to grab everything though. I have also posted the boys' schedule on the fridge, so that whoever is watching them will have an idea of when they get up and what they can eat and things like that. I'm a little nervous about going into labor naturally since I've been induced in the past, but I'm sure I will be okay.

Justus is continuing to do well. He is starting to talk more and more in short sentences. His favorite is "I get it" or "Here it is". He is beginning to be a good listener as well, which is a huge improvement over a month ago. He is getting so big too. He was upset the other day and wanted me to carry him, and I could hardly walk and carry him at the same time...I'm hoping it's just because I am pregnant, but Jon has even admitted that he is getting pretty heavy. He is getting tall also. We are planning on hitting up some garage sales this weekend to look for some 3T clothes for him for the winter...and maybe even a few t-shirts for the summer. Some of his 2T shirts are pretty short on him.

Matthias is doing great as well also. He's had a bit of a runny nose the past couple of days, but seems to be getting better. I'm wondering if he maybe has allergies or something because it seems as though his nose is either stuffy or runny all the time. I guess I might bring it up at his next doctor's appointment. Other than that he's been doing really well. He is getting bigger, but still seems like my little baby. I guess that might change when the baby arrives. I'm always comparing his size to Justus', which makes him seem small, but comparing him to a newborn will make him seem huge!

Other than that not a whole lot is going on. We have decided that if our house doesn't sell by the time our contract with the realtor's is up (which is July 30th) we are going to take it off the market for a while....possibly for up to a couple years until we can afford to buy and we are close to finishing our Total Money Makeover. When we thought we were going to be able to rent for a while it made more sense to move over to Missouri since we could save quite a bit of money and be within 15 minutes of Jon's work, but now with the addition of another baby renting is really not an option since we would have to rent a 3 bedroom apartment and those are a lot more expensive. It suddenly just makes more sense to stay put for a while, which Jon and I are both okay with.

Anyways, hopefully I will get some pictures posted soon.

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