This is going to be a short, mostly picture-less blog post. However, I've always at least mentioned our birthdays on the blog so I felt I'd be remiss to pass right on by Bryan's. His birthday was this past Monday and he turned 27-- woohoo! For one month every year I am older than my husband. I'm glad that month is over-- we prefer just being the same age. We both feel like 27 sounds so much closer to 30 than 26 did but, as everyone says, getting older beats the alternative. Anyway, Bryan was able to take off work for his birthday. He has two floating holidays that he can take each year and he decided on Veteran's Day... and convinced his work to let him take it a week late. Clearwater is so awesome-- great work environment and so flexible and willing to work with you. We sure lucked out in that department. So anyway, we slept in and then had German pancakes and Bryan opened presents. One of his presents was a LEGO Wii game so we spent a bunch of time playing that. I didn't have the day off so I still did my normal Monday duties-- mostly laundry. We also took our car in to get looked at for a squeaking noise it's been making. We want it completely safe before we put to car seat in. That's going to cost some money so that's annoying. Anyway. after that Bryan came with me to my 37 week appointment-- more on that in a bit. It's neat because he got to hear the baby's heartbeat on his birthday just like I did! Then we went out to eat at Cracker Barrel. We love Cracker Barrel-- there is something so great about comfort food. After, we picked up the unfixed car (they need to order parts) and headed home. We had Texas Sheet Cake, the birthday cake Bryan grew up loving. Then it was back to playing our game. He had some surprise visitors from his primary class bring him cards and cookies! I think he was really touched by that. It was a simple day, but it was nice to spend it together. I'm grateful that I married the husband I did. I feel completely comfortable with him and I know that he loves me. We have a goofiness together that is all our own. I can tell he is going to be a goofy dad and that our kids are going to be laughing a lot. I wouldn't have it any other way. Happy birthday to my wonderful husband!
In other news, we had my 37 week appointment on Monday and they checked my cervix for the first time. First of all-- holy toledo that was uncomfortable! Baby is doing well with a heartbeat of around 148 bpm. Hearing that is always my favorite part of the appointment. Anyway, apparently I am already dilated to 3 cm (almost 4) and am 80% effaced. Um, wow? The doctor said this is not necessarily an indicator that he's coming soon. I have a lot of friends who say they were dilated early on and then their baby still surpassed their due date. Every baby, every woman and every pregnancy are so different, though. There is no way to tell if it will be tomorrow or if I'll end up having to be induced on December 16th! I sure hope it is somewhere in between. I would really like him to stay in until after Thanksgiving. Then we can enjoy delicious food with friends and decorate for Christmas so that when he comes we can really only focus on just him. Also, this Friday Bryan and I have tickets to see Brian Regan that were not really inexpensive and are non-refundable so... really want to make it to that. Also, we're going with some friends to Catching Fire the next day and I'd like to see that before he comes. Callie has been especially attentive and snugly to me lately and I wonder if she senses what is going on. Animals are very intuitive so I wouldn't be surprised. I call her my "sweetheart cat" because she is so loving. I'm grateful we got her when we did-- she was a huge comfort to me during all the difficulty of trying and failing to get pregnant. She gave me something to nurture and she has one of the best personalities I've ever experienced in a cat. Here's a picture of her this morning sleeping with her face smashed against my knee (under a blanket):
Anyway, I guess that wasn't as short as I thought it would be. I have a tendency to ramble. Oh, well. Here's my most recent bump picture at 36 weeks (we'll see if I make it to having a 38 week one or not...):
In other news, we had my 37 week appointment on Monday and they checked my cervix for the first time. First of all-- holy toledo that was uncomfortable! Baby is doing well with a heartbeat of around 148 bpm. Hearing that is always my favorite part of the appointment. Anyway, apparently I am already dilated to 3 cm (almost 4) and am 80% effaced. Um, wow? The doctor said this is not necessarily an indicator that he's coming soon. I have a lot of friends who say they were dilated early on and then their baby still surpassed their due date. Every baby, every woman and every pregnancy are so different, though. There is no way to tell if it will be tomorrow or if I'll end up having to be induced on December 16th! I sure hope it is somewhere in between. I would really like him to stay in until after Thanksgiving. Then we can enjoy delicious food with friends and decorate for Christmas so that when he comes we can really only focus on just him. Also, this Friday Bryan and I have tickets to see Brian Regan that were not really inexpensive and are non-refundable so... really want to make it to that. Also, we're going with some friends to Catching Fire the next day and I'd like to see that before he comes. Callie has been especially attentive and snugly to me lately and I wonder if she senses what is going on. Animals are very intuitive so I wouldn't be surprised. I call her my "sweetheart cat" because she is so loving. I'm grateful we got her when we did-- she was a huge comfort to me during all the difficulty of trying and failing to get pregnant. She gave me something to nurture and she has one of the best personalities I've ever experienced in a cat. Here's a picture of her this morning sleeping with her face smashed against my knee (under a blanket):
Anyway, I guess that wasn't as short as I thought it would be. I have a tendency to ramble. Oh, well. Here's my most recent bump picture at 36 weeks (we'll see if I make it to having a 38 week one or not...):
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