i'm so freakin huge

So, I've been at 3 cm for nearly a month, and I've been having contractions since Thursday. And all I can say is, she just ain't comin. I'm completely convinced that she has just decided that the outside world seems like it's going to be too much, and so she's happy staying put. Of course, it doesn't bother her at all that mama is starting to resemble a child's bouncy ball. Now, I ask you, am I just holding one of those balls while chillin' in shopping cart?

I will, however, say that some hope has returned to my life since the ear piercing, cheesy, dated, Mary Poppins-esque songs from "Enchanted" did not win an Oscar tonight, but rather the award went to the amazingly touching and simply gorgeous sounds of Once. I will also jump up and down a bit for Diablo Cody and Mr. Day-Lewis.

Baby's room is ready

Just thought I'd share our little baby room with everyone! We're anxiously waiting its resident! But, although I keep showing her the cute little room that's waiting for her, so far she's happy hangin' with mama.

Her due date is Tuesday. Not "in a couple weeks" or "at the end of the month", no, we're at Tuesday. It makes me think of a particular card from a nerd game I played in college (Magic: The Gathering.....yes, jokes are expected).

Too many posts and no pix!

While waiting not so patiently for our little bundle of joy, I promise we've been doing other stuff. How about a few fun pix?

We celebrated Pete's birthday and annihilated that cookie!

But the night was certainly not without some super cute papa moments!

We've discovered kitty-in-the-box.

And we've gone to the ballet to be entertained by Thomas in tights. Managed to snap a couple of belly shots in the process :)

3cm - Part II: V-Day

Ok, so we're still at 3cm... we've decided to go back to our due date to expect rather than 'today'. Still healthy, still active, and still waiting.

We went to MF Sushi for dinner last night for Saint Van Halentine's Day, and yes, we ate sushi - they say pregnant women shouldn't eat sushi. We say that pregnant women shouldn't eat sushi every day. I mean really, how can hundreds of thousands of generations of pregnant Japanese women be wrong. We had a great time.

We'll see if we make it through the weekend and keep giving updates. Hoping to post some pics of the finished nursery soon.

Big Day Tomorrow

We are heading to the doc tomorrow for our weekly visit, at which point we will find out if Ash has dilated further than the 3 cm from last week. She can easily still be at 3cm, but she could easily be more, so we are looking to forward to this visit!

We've decided that since we have dinner reservations for Valentine's Day, that it would be the perfect night for our daughter to decided it's time to be born. This is something that would happen to us.

We are doing great, and Ash is working from home, so we are both close to each other and the hospital. The nursery is set up and ready to go... we have strollers and car seats constructed, and are set to pop, so to speak.

So wish us luck and you'll be informed!!

3cm????

Sooooo, for the second part of yesterday's update, I thought I'd let fowlkes (hee) know about our doctor visit yesterday. After reporting some symptoms, my doc decided to go ahead and check my "progress" and it seems that I am already dilated to 3cm and that Baby Fowlkes has her head below my pelvis in "position".

ACK!!!!!!

Okay, yes, I could walk around like this for weeks, and still deliver on time around Feb 26th. But then again...........................................ack!!!!!

So, as a little added precaution these days, I'm working from home (~1/2 mile from Park and ~2 miles from the hospital). So far, it seems our little bundle of joy is taking after her mamma in the patience department.

Update

We've been extremely busy with getting the nursery ready and getting ourselves ready for our little girl (Ashley is still only 90% convinced it's a girl)! Therefore, posts have been lacking lately.

So I thought I'd just give an update that we are still healthy and ready for the nugget to get here. We are on weekly doctor visits now, and things are progressing smoothly. Besides Ash having some aches and swells recently, it's been a fairly smooth pregnancy.

We've completed our pre-natal classes, as well as the very crowded breastfeeding class... and we have our labor and delivery class this weekend (let's hope we make it till then)!

Anyway, more info to come as things get down to the wire!