Are we there yet?

Around these parts we are getting mighty anxious for baby to come. I know I'm just barely full-term and baby will come when it's ready to come and blah-blah-blah but I cannot tell you how ready I am. I've cleaned the house about a zillion times, made a dozen freezer meals, prepped all of baby's clothes (and even bought some adorable girl clothes just in case!), shaved my legs, tweezed my eyebrows and now it's just time to play the waiting game. Come on, baby! Some of you may think I'm a tad impatient. All ready to go at 37 weeks? Seriously? Well, let me tell you a little of what I've been experiencing... and remind you that Jacob was born at 38 weeks gestation.

Last week at my weekly checkup I was 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced. WOOHOO! Time for disappointment... this week I haven't changed at all. Still 1 and 5o. The reason I'm a tad disappointed? Let me tell ya. Just about every night and throughout each day I have been having contractions anywhere from 3 minutes to 20 minutes apart. Pretty much non-stop for the last few weeks. And for those of you who have experienced contractions, this is not a pretty business. More often than not I'm up all night trying to will sleep to come as my uterus bunches up in nearly-painful contortions. It's getting to be quite frustrating. Half the time I think I'm in labor and I have to keep on packing and unpacking my hospital bag. Ugh. And the disappointment comes because all the contractions that have been keeping me up and stealing my sleep have gotten my NOWHERE for the last week. When I was pregnant with Jacob it was very similar, only the contractions DID progress me and by the time I got to the hospital (still with irregular contractions and very little pain) I was already 7 cm dilated. I was kind of hoping the same thing might happen this time around. But maybe not.

BUT. Don't get me wrong. I seriously love being pregnant. I've always loved seeing pregnant bellies, and my own is no exception. Feeling this little tiny baby kicking away is the most amazing thing. And besides the contractions? I've been feeling 100% awesome amazing. So I really can't complain that this pregnancy has been awful. And I really can't complain that "I'm so sick of being pregnant." But I would probably be telling a big fat lie if I said that I wasn't waiting waiting waiting for baby to come today, or tomorrow, or the next day.

Baby at 36 weeks gestation. I feel like I'm carrying a lot different than I did with Jacob. Lower and more out front maybe? Jay says my belly with Jacob was more like a basketball, and this time it's more like a watermelon.

Jacob loves to snuggle with me, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it too. I often fall asleep while he's content to just snuggle in and watch a show. And he likes to lay on my head. Funny little guy.

Prepping baby's newborn diapers. Yeah, they fit on Jacob's head. We wear diapers on our heads and play peek-a-boo because we're just cool like that.

Testing out the new bassinet.

And I can't believe we're going to have 2 kids soon. Our little man is so grown up, he's going to be the best big brother. He's already getting ready to go to school, all 17 months of him. Jacob even asks to see pictures of babies all the time, so I hope that means he's ready to have a real-live one around!