The baby moves quite a bit which helps ease my anxiety slightly, although still makes me slightly sick and it's a bit uncomfortable when he/she does flips. Jon gave me my last progesterone injection when he got home on Saturday (long story - keep reading), so I wonder if that played a major role in keeping me from going into labor. I'm not sure - maybe I never would have gone early, but we'll never know. My cousin Sarah said she did the injections and then the week she quit, she had her baby. We'll see what happens here.
I don't have anything ready, which is another thing I can add to my list right now. I guess I didn't really feel the need because I was more concerned with just getting by but now that the birth is coming and things seem to be ok, I'm thinking I need to get on the ball. Jennifer gave me a TON of size 1 diapers that she had been trying to squeeze poor Garrett into when he was little and then even she gave up (it was like he had the bikini version of diapers!), so Gavin and I put those away last week. But the room needs to be cleaned, bedding washed, I need to bring up all the gender neutral baby clothes, wash bottles, etc. etc. I was so prepared to bring Gavin home - maybe because I had 2 months after he was born to really be ready, but now it's crunch time and this baby is going to need things to be prepared too.
We survived Jon being gone for another week for training in Texas and he won't have to go again until after the baby is born! Kristin, Brenda and Larry helped with baths and took a couple nights, so that helped. Jon was due in on Friday at 8pm and that is EXACTLY when the tornado was cruising through St. Louis. If you missed the news from St. Louis, they closed our airport for some serious destruction where the tornado hit. It was terrible and homes around here are destroyed as well. Jon was diverted to Kansas City where he stayed the night, rented a car and drove home the next day. We were just thankful he was safe and didn't get caught in the tornado.
The problem with pregnancy is that you can never finish things you start - such as this post. It's now Thursday and tomorrow I am 37 weeks - yippee! Went to the doctor yesterday and cervix is still closed but he did say baby's head is "crammed down there" - ok, guess that's a good thing. Belly is measuring about 2 cm (?) shorter than last week and everybody has commented that my belly has dropped. I couldn't tell you as the only thing I can tell is that my bladder holds about a teaspoon at a time, which makes it very convenient when you are driving for the majority of your day. I also gained 5.5 lbs since last week. I'm sort of impressed by that - I mean when in your life have you gained 5 lbs in ONE WEEK?! If I could take a full breath, I would laugh out loud. But I can't, so I'll just grin and hope that I don't double that by next week. I have a bet with my friend Carrie on who gives birth to the largest baby - her Sylvia was 10.1 lbs!! Impressive! And even more so because Carrie herself is tall and thin so carrying 10 lbs of baby is a feat!! (I think she may still win, but who knows at the rate I'm going....)
On a more serious note, we have some concerns about Gavin and his ability to self calm himself. The school did an evaluation because his listening and social skills are not the best in the classroom setting and at home we have been struggling with Gavin getting hysterical and worked up and he can not be redirected or calmed down. I have several theories, but we decided to get a professional second opinion just to see if there are things we can do to improve the situation. (And actually it's a third opinion as our Parents as Teachers program has said he may have a Sensory Integration issue and gave us some tips to work on until fall - but they weren't overly concerned). It makes things very stressful at our house and I worry even more when I know that he is not all that excited about having a baby join our family, so I'm hoping we can get good guidance and maybe a little insight into why he doesn't seem to be able to calm himself when he gets worked up. He is so bright and inquisitive and funny but on the social side of things, he doesn't seem to be as advanced. Our appointment was in May but just got moved to June, so we'll keep you updated on his progress. Needless to say things are hectic and are getting even more so as we wait for baby.
Here are some recent pictures we had taken. I call them the "last single child photos". These are his 3 1/2 & Easter pictures all in one and he did great once again. I had them take a family portrait too, as I didn't really document this pregnancy very much. They kept trying to get close-up shots or blow the picture up to an 8x10 but I think the further away and smaller the picture is just fine for me. I think I was 33 weeks when the picture was taken. I have pictures from Easter to post and I will but I think I'll get this one out there and just add the pictures in a few days. Hope you are all well!
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