Very Pregnant...

I have reached that point in pregnancy where every time I call my family the first words out of their mouths are "Are you in labor? Is it time?" We have decided to skip the friendly "Hellos" and "How are yous?" and go straight to what they want to know. I am on the downhill slide of 37 weeks and hoping to at least make it past Christmas day before labor sets in. There is no reason to feel like Mary giving birth on Christmas Eve! Maddie and Hayden were both born at 38 weeks so I guess my family has a right to feel a little jumpy. When my Mom called a couple of nights ago Josh told me to tell her that we had just arrived at the hospital and were getting ready to call her. I went along with it and told her. "You are? Really? I am on my way!" I had to tell her quickly before she may have hung up on me that everything was fine and I was not going anywhere that night. She did have me threaten Josh that she would come down and mess up his computer cords for that prank! I had an appointment last week and nothing was happening. Oh, I am having Braxton-Hicks like crazy...but nothing is happening yet. We are hoping for a VBAC and so our doctor went through the whole pro and con list with us. I can't be induced...so if I am looking like I might be on my way when I go in for my appointment tomorrow, there is no speeding up the process to avoid a Christmas in the hospital. If for any reason things aren't "perfect" I am on my way to C-section #2. And if I go over my due date (please NO!) I am on my way to a c-section. I have plenty of friends who have LOVED their C-sections. I for one am not one of them. I don't do well not being able to reach down and pull my pants up from around my ankles without assistance. To not be able to laugh, sneeze, cry, cough, sit up, lay down, move from side to side...you get the idea...So we are crossing our fingers and praying that all goes well and we can avoid a c-section this time around.

Amanda asked to see a picture of my big self and I came close to doing just that but for some reason I just can't bring myself to post the picture that Josh managed to take when I wasn't holding the camera firmly in my hands. Maybe I will be able to post it when it is the "before" to my "after" picture!

I am also finishing up the girls rooms (it still needs to be painted but who wants to paint a room during the holidays right?!) but I will get pictures up just as soon as it is finished!!