37 and 6

Wow! It's been a long time since I last blogged (as many of you have politely reminded me). I have many excuses...I really have been very busy, between work, clinicals, and preparing for Baby T there is not a lot of time to blog (plus, when I am not super busy, I sometimes choose to rest/nap instead of blog, I blame Baby T...). 

Enough with the excuses, here is an update: as of today, I am 37 weeks and 6 days pregnant!! Baby T can come at any time, my goal has been to make it to 38 weeks in case we are having a boy so that his little lungs will be ready for the outside world. It looks like we are going to make that goal! I am still feeling surprisingly good. Not great (sleeping is not as easy these days, note the time of this post...) but good enough to continue to work and do all my regular tasks that I would normally do. Another positive is that Baby T is way down in my pelvis (or has "dropped"), the midwife verified this news but I have known for some time, as I can get pretty sore and pee even more often than before (I didn't know it was possible either...). Baby T continues to be healthy and tolerate being in the womb, though I am ready to have my body back, he/she can take as long as they need in there, we are in no hurry to rush the process! Eric was out of town this past week (have I mentioned he was promoted? He was! So he had some training to do in Minnesota this week,I'm so proud!!) and I was given strict orders to rest as much as possible, eat very bland foods, and do nothing that has ever induced pregnancy before...ever. Now that he is back, Baby T can come anytime AND I can eat some Mexican food!! Yay!

I think we are completely ready to bring him/her home! The nursery is "done". That is the furniture is set up, adorable and in a gray room. I LOVE how the furniture turned out and I love the gray walls with both the dark, espresso furniture and the white trim, it's perfect! We plan to add boy or girl features/accents to the room once Baby T arrives. In the month or so since I last posted, we have also had 2 showers! Baby Tinch is so loved already!! We got everything we needed and many items that we simply wanted (or we think we want...this is all new to us...). Thank you all sweet friends and family! I will post some pictures in another blog post today! Happy Saturday!