35 weeks!

Only 5 weeks left! I go to the doctor on Tuesday to check her positioning and to see if doctor thinks we'll need a c-section...fingers crossed that she'll turn down.

Last week was a crazy week after having the Centre baby shower last weekend. It was at the Rec building at the Nursing Home and it went great! It was more set up like a tea, all presents opened as they arrived and displayed on tables so that people could look at all the stuff. I was relieved not to sit there and open each present infront of everyone. I was able to mingle and hang out. The food and drinks were good. There was an advice book that people wrote in and a craft table where people got to paint/personalize bibs, burp cloths, and onesies...it was so cute! It was so good to see lots of friends and some family too! I have officially been through everything we have gotten so far and updated the registeries to reflect what we still need. People have been so generous so far...and we still have our couples' Nashville Baby Shower this weekend at our house! Kari, Leah, Mallory, and Julie have been planning it and are keeping it mostly secret from me, but I know it will be fun! Jon and April and maybe my brother are cominng up next weekend for the shower! Excited!

Dave is home this weekend (yay!), it was so nice to wake up together without the alarm today and be able to work together (without being exhausted after work) to get everything done. Almost ready to clean Marlee's carpet and put everything in her room. Right now Dave is putting down new flooring in the kitchen and laundry room! It's going to look so good. I still have some cleaning and organizing to do as well. Have made my checklist for what to pack in hospital bags (labor and stay), so still getting those prepared. Docs want me to have bags packed and carseat installed by next week...just in case! We are officially 2 weeks away from getting to the point of "you could go at anytime". Wow! My fingers are now too swollen to get my rings off and my toes look like little sausages by the end of the day w/ hard to detect ankle bones! Back pain isn't too bad, and those nasty H's that I was getting for a while have gone away for now and I can use the bathroom normally again. The most painful part of my body these days are the heels of my feet. It's getting hard to sit on the floor to work with my kids. But I still feel pretty good overall!

Transition at work has begun, so my work is starting to taper off, but I'm going to try to work til about the 20th of August. But things are taken care of so that if she comes early, my kids are taken care of, and things are left a little open if I want to come back to working but doing it privately.

So right now I am focusing on practicing my breathing/relaxation techniques (in case I get to do labor naturally), exercising, eating well, writing thank you notes, making and freezing food, getting things ready for hospital, and getting house ready for our baby girl!
Not much longer!!!!