38 weeks!

from babycenter.com

How your baby's growing:

Your baby has really plumped up. She weighs about 6.8 pounds and she's over 19 1/2 inches long (like a leek). She has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold her hand for the first time! Her organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb. Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If she's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If she's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time she's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after she's born, but they usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)

So, the real due date for babies is more of a range, with anytime between 38-42 weeks being normal. Hehe, that is pretty cool. That means it could be any day now. I don't feel like it will be this week, but I can tell it is getting close. Things are stretching and creaking and I'm having more and more trouble walking.


Today makes up for all of those non productive days. I was up early - through no fault of the cat, strangely enough. I practiced some fancy breathing techniques, one of the final things I need to be doing to be all ready.

I took the dog out for his romp. Lately, Donavon has taken on the role of single dog parent. I think the exercise is good for me at this point, so I'm venturing out to play stick and ball. I'm probably not that fun to play with if you ask Merle as I am pretty easy to evade. It was a gorgeous sunny day though and the fresh air felt great.

Donavon brought up all the Christmas stuff from the basement. Yay. It is sitting and waiting to be hung or strung or bedecked. *Random family anecdote* - My mom had my sister on Dec 4th, going in labor while getting Christmas decorations out. That's too early for me. It is a really fun time of the year to be expecting, I have to admit.

The Brinks guy came to wire some areas of the house that we have wanted more secure. I'm very happy about that before we have the little one.

We went to IKEA one last time - I needed some curtain fabric and we decided to buy an extra little cheap changing table for the first floor. It looks like something a little kid would use for her dolly, but hey, its for changing diapers. Fancy is not required and compact is good.

We also got our Christmas tree! It was all tied up so its branches are still settling down. It should be photo worthy by tomorrow...although not decorated until this weekend.

In the time it took to ride to IKEA and Home Depot, I almost finished another bootie. Those things go fast.

I squeezed in some hypno and breathing practice with Donavon. Then he made yet another batch of chili for the freezer and for dinner. It's so good.

I wrapped some presents and we then we ordered some more. And then I made some curtains for my workroom, which will double as a guest room for family over Christmas.

Yeah, productive day. I'm exhausted.

I felt some cramping and twinges. And the cub seems to just be slowly going lower. He is still moving around a lot. We just tried to get some video of it, but it is hard to see. I can't wait for our checkup tomorrow. Not that we are going to find out anything new but it seems like something exciting could happen.