It's the Final Countdown!

(cue dramatic music)

The final countdown is ON...this week we will hit the 36 week mark, and venture into the ninth month of pregnancy. It has flown by and crawled by at the same time (how is that possible?).  Things are still going smoothly.  I'm slowing down, tiring out, and just edging into the "waddle like a duck, would rather wear my husband's clothes, swell like a water balloon" phase of it all.   Several folks have told me I look great for being this far along, but really, does it help to say that to someone who has never weighed this much in her life?!  You're telling me it could be worse?!  Wow.  Haha!  And yes--I know the end result will be worth it and so much more.

Dr. Nicholls says things are progressing right along and that if anything I shouldn't be OVERdue, but then again, do we really ever know when and how these things get geared up?  Justin's room is ready, all his stuff is put together, and my bags are packed, so whenever he's ready I assume I am too.  ;)  Although, I'm pretty sure I'll have that glazed over look of shock for the first few months after he's born.   Newborns are strange and foreign concepts to me--and I imagine to Kerry as well!  He's great with kids, but I've never quite been able to picture us as parents to anyone besides Otis.  Besides, that maternal instinct thing has never been me...hopefully that comes with the territory.  I imagine our mothers will be tired of seeing our phone numbers pop up on the caller I.D.!

Kerry is loving his job, and we are still loving our new home!  We're still working on nailing down a church to attend, but we feel we've narrowed it down to a much shorter list than we started with.  I'm so glad it's springtime and we can get out and enjoy our yard!  It really has been beautiful the last month.  I get tickled watching Kerry mow the grass and pull weeds because that's not really been something he's had to do since we've been married, and he LOVES it.  Good thing for me, right?

Keep paying attention in the weeks to come!  Justin will be here before we know it!

32 weeks!

Oh my...are we really at 8 months!!??  Holy moly!  Not too much longer, and I'll be writing about adjusting to new parenthood.  Exciting stuff!

This past weekend we had our maternity portraits done, and we are thrilled with how they turned out.  Jay from Click Photography is easy to work with and does fabulous work, if I do say so myself.  (That's a couple of the shots up there at the beginning of the blog).  I can't wait for her to take photos of Justin when he's here!

The aches and pains are creeping in on me, but I still feel pretty great.  I get out and walk and exercise a pretty good bit, and the normal chores are still easy enough for me to tackle, and I still sleep like a baby.  I tend to get a little apprehensive about taking care of a newborn, and I know we won't necessarily be winging it with all the help we've been offered.  We attended our childbirth/parent prep/breast feeding classes not long ago, too.  So maybe we're pretty well prepared??  Or not?   AHHhhhh!  Prayers will be appreciated in the months to come--for our safety, health, and sanity!