Big News!!

The big news of the day ... I'm still pregnant! Other than that nothing of any importantance to report :)

But in reality, we have a couple of big events coming up this week and after that Baby Girl will be given the green light to come anytime she pleases.

Nick is getting ready for a trip to Des Moines for work. He will be gone Monday night - Wednesday. Then on Wednesday he has his final for his MBA class. So Nick's vote is for anytime after Wednesday night.

My week consists of finishing up taxes (seriously why can't I get motivated in February to do them?), making more lists and then checking them twice. On Wednesday I will have another doctors appointment and I will make sure to pay attention to what they say to report back to Nick and everyone. Then finally on Saturday my Dad flies into town from India, so it will be nice that he's in the country and an extra helping hand.

This past week my favorite phase to Nick when he asks me how I'm feeling is "I feel 9 1/2 months pregnant". I mean seriously what am I supposed to say? I'm not on bedrest which is a plus, but other than that as the doctor says everything looks great. Boring. Typical complaints of being this far along.

I also pushed my limits with 2 back to back late nights this week. On Friday my dear friends Kimberly and Stella hosted a baby party for us. My favorite part (besides the super yummy food) was everyone decorated a onesie for the baby and people were darn creative! I will be sure to post pictures of them soon, we decided to let them dry a little bit more before moving them. Then on Saturday we attended a surprise birthday party for a wonderful friend from church. While both events were wonderful, they went on way past my bedtime and I was a little to stubborn to sit down the whole time. Nick did at least win one argument, I didn't wear heels. It kind of ruined the outfit, but I guess it was more comfortable, but still.

In other news Nick's cousin Monica just announced that they are expecting their second baby in October. Which is wonderful news. The crazy thing about it will be Christmas. One year there was 1 baby, then the next there was 2, then the next there was 4, then last year there were 4 kids and 3 kids growing in bellies, and this year there will be 8 kids under 5. I can't even imagine!

It's supposed to be my bedtime, but my mind is racing. So I think I will start working on some of my lists. I love lists - they make life easy (or annoying if you talk to Nick).

So until next time when there is real big news or I can't sleep or whatever. Thanks for listening to the ramblings of this pregnant lady!

M