4 weeks til D-day!

36 weeks - I don't think this shirt will stretch out any further!

Here is what What to Expect says about Lake’s growth at this point, “Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long (However, Lake was already measuring 6.5lbs a few weeks ago). He's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected his skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of his first bowel movement."

We are ready for Lake’s arrival. All the important stuff is done. Crib is all set up, clothes washed and put away, hospital bag packed, etc. The only things we have left to do is take a tour of the hospital and find the second base for our car seat. Oh and charge the small digital camera… I should do that tonight. Okay, so I'm not as ready as I thought!

Tim, Kaydriana and I went to the Gymboree on Saturday with a gift a card that I got at my shower and purchased Lake’s going home outfit. Their newborn sizes only go up to 7lbs and considering our guy is looking big, we went with the 0-3 month size.

Friday is my next appointment with Dr. Graham. I’m not sure if she’ll do an internal exam, but I hope she does. I still continue to have cramping and BH contractions, which most are pretty uncomfortable. I’m curious if things are, “progressing”.

Sunday was pretty bad. I woke up at 3am with my hips aching and really uncomfortable cramping. I felt the same way I did the day I went into labor with Kaydriana. The difference being of course that with Kaydriana I was 4 days late when those feelings hit (she was born the following day). With Lake, I still have 4 weeks to go. So I knew I wasn’t going into labor, but it did not feel good. I took a bath and laid on the couch most of the morning. I was really bummed because church was having a special event I really wanted to go to, but simply couldn’t go. I started to feel a bit better in the afternoon, but worn out.

Tomorrow, my one year old princess will be 2! I can’t believe that awesome day she was born is already two years in the past. Kaydriana brings so much joy and laughter into our lives. She is so funny, loving, sweet, and feisty. I’m as excited for her birthday tomorrow as I am for my birthdays. I can’t wait to make her feel special and have a special day with her – I’m taking a vacation day. The agenda is to give her her gifts from mommy and daddy and Aunt Breanna/Uncle Will in the morning, take her to her 2 yr doctor appointment, (I know, I’m such a nice mom J) then drop her off at daycare for a couple of hours so I can go to my back appointments and run some errands. Then, I’ll pick her up after nap time, take her to Toys R Us where she’ll get her free birthday surprise from Geoffrey the Giraffe and she’ll get to pick a present using my coupon and the $ she got from Great Grandma (thx G-ma!), then I’ll take her to Cupcake Royale so we can both enjoy cupcakes, then take her to the park. Tim will join us for the Toys R Us and cupcake fun before he has to head to work.

Saturday will be her birthday party with friends and family at The Little Gym. We chose to pay to have her birthday party in doors somewhere because the weather is unpredictable. Well guess what!? Its supposed to be one of the nicest days of the year on Saturday, so we could have saved money by just having the party outside in our park. Oh well, I guess it’s worth not having to deal with the stress. And the party at the Gym really does look like it will be fun for the kids and the adults just get to relax as the instructor will do all the work.

God has been answering a lot of prayers lately and we have some pretty exciting prospects coming up in our near future. Because I want to be careful of what is put out in the world wide web, I can’t get into detail here. But things are falling into place where my goal of being able to go part time is looking more and more feasible. When things are official, I’ll be sure to post about it!