nursery!!!!!

before pics:

in progress pics:

after pics (room view):

each section individually:

 the "P" is up there only because i got it done before the "M"

i'm doing both so that i don't have to worry about painting it once i get home from the hospital

dr appt update

i have not thinned out any more than last time, but i am 1cm dilated.

39 weeks!

almost there!
1 week left...supposedly!
mom, dad, and ms. steph get here on thursday.
so exciting!!
i've kept myself busy with projects around the house to pass the time.

at my 36 week exam, i was 80% effaced.
this afternoon, i get checked again, so we'll see what progress i've made.
the baby has definitely dropped.

i can eat more now & breathe a little better.
my right hand fingertips are numb always & it's very annoying.
my lower back feels all out of whack.
my feet are swollen for real.







tuesday, we finished up our four week Labor & Birth series classes.  john got to wear the emphathy belly.  it was quite amusing.  this belly is no joke.  they pull a band around his chest super tight to simulate shortness of breath, then they strap on the belly, and lastly, they put a bean bag in between the belly and his bladder simulating the pressure the baby's head puts on the bladder.

john had a dream the other night that i had the baby without him there.  it was a boy, and i decided to name him larry belron.  larry being short of layrence (not lawrence).  :-)  haha.

i had a dream the other night that i had the baby at home all by myself while john was sleeping in the other room, and it was a boy.  weird.

i'm not ready to post pics of the entire nursery yet, but i will post this one.  now, just because i have the "P" for Preston up doesn't mean i know or think that we are having a boy.  :-)  i just did the P first and am now working on the "M" for Margaret.  we'll hang the right one up once the baby is born.

we had our first big calvary young adult event a couple of weekends ago.  it was a picnic at a local park.  john looking spiffy in his cooking gear...

he actually didn't grill at all.  he's just a model for his grilling tool holder apron that he's had for longer than we've been married and has never used.

some girls here threw me a shower a few weekends ago.  it was fantastic, and i will post pics as soon as i can get my hands on them.