I can't believe February is already here! I feel like we have been waiting FOREVER for it! Lately, I feel like getting ready for Lily has been alot like a high-schooler getting ready for the prom... In either case, you think about it and plan for it MONTHS in advance. You decide on your "look", whether it's the perfect dress & shoes or the colors & fabric for the nursery... You get as ready as you possibly can, whether its getting all dolled up or packing for the hospital... Then you sit around and WAIT for your date (or baby) to arrive... and WAIT... and WAIT.
We've had the carseat installed for what feels like weeks now and our hospital bags (mine, John's,
and Lily's) have been packed and loaded up so long I've forgotten what's in them!
We are so prepared for her to make her appearance we feel like she will NEVER get here! Without getting too graphic, at my last doctor's appointment on Wednesday we found out that we
are getting close! I'm about 2cm dilated and 50% effaced. The fetal monitor they put me on shows that I'm having contractions (little mini-ones) about every 4 minutes on average (that I usually can't
feel) ... and Dr. Marino thinks we will see her within the next week, but who
really knows???
I feel like I'm staring out the window waiting for my date to pull into the driveway...
Please pray for a
HEALTHY LITTLE GIRL and a relatively quick and painless (ha!) labor & delivery... We will post pictures of her as soon as we can! We are so excited!
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME~ I have VERY EXCITING NEWS! My friend Jacqueline, who was due the same day I am, had her baby, WILLIAM (Lily's boyfriend-to-be) on January 12th. We are so happy that even though he was just over 5 weeks early, he is a very healthy little boy! He is absolutely adorable & I promise I'll add pictures of him soon, I have them saved on my other computer! (This is another reason for the overwhelming sense of anxiety for me, knowing Lily really could come ANY unexpected minute!)
John and Gypsy playing in the snow...
Gypsy LOVES it! She tries to catch snowflakes in her mouth like a little kid!
My two boys... Ryder wasn't allowed to play in the snow, he gets little ice balls in the fur on his feet and it's a HUGE pain to get them out- I have rainboots for him (that are HiLaRiOuS by the way), but it's just as much trouble, and these days, I'm trying as hard as humanly possible to take it easy!
