36 Week Update

Well, the doctor broke the news to me that I am not dilated a bit! It is not surprising because this is my first child. It is frustrating because I have been walking religiously for a while now to try and move things along. The doctor also thinks that the baby has not flipped upside down yet. He thinks this because he had to put the doppler on the top of my uterus to find the little guy's heart beat. I am not surprised that he may be head up because he's been pushing on my rib cage on the right side for the past couple of weeks. I can feel that it is something big instead of something like feet. I theorized that it is his head or rump. I asked the doc how big he thinks the baby is. Based on measurements, he thinks the baby is about 5 pounds right now. So, I may have a 7 or 8 pound baby if I carry to full term. That's a healthy baby!

It has been too long!

Wow! I was embarrased to see that the last time I blogged was September 24, 2010. In my defense, many things were going on in our life. We had a wedding in Omaha that we drove up to from San Antonio in the middle of September. After driving home, Rob moved up to Omaha for good. The plan was for him to secure a job and a place for us to live by the time I moved up in November. Thankfully, he found a great job with Creighton University and found us a great house to rent. I did the joys of out-processing down in San Antonio and making sure the house was packed up and cleaned. Rob flew down from Omaha to drive up with me (I couldn't do the 18 hour drive by myself with a packed car!). We moved into the new house smoothly and I had the house put together a couple of weeks later. Mind you, this was all done while seven months pregnant.

In the middle of November, we drove out to Illinois to visit Rob's parents and extended family. We were able to have a Thanksgiving meal with them. His family also threw us a wonderful baby shower. It was so sweet how his family drove in from different parts of Iowa and Illinois just to see us.

In the beginning of December, two things happened. I was officially separated from the Air Force and our precious Annie dog had to be put to sleep. We were very sad about the loss of Annie but we could not stand to see her suffering. We enjoyed a nice Christmas celebration with Rob's brother, niece, and sister. Then, New Years came around and we celebrated that with some good friends.

I finally finished the baby's room. I put it off because I was so overwhelmed with everything that a baby needed and couldn't figure out how I wanted to organize the room. A friend pointed out that I should get it done sooner than later because once the baby is here, I will have no time to do it. Here are some pictures of the room.



These photos are not the most recent representation of the room; just what was on my phone from December.

I am officially 36 weeks pregnant today. I am going in to the doctor once a week for visits now. Last week I was not dilated. I will not be shocked if this child is late (due date is January 31st). I have increased my activity to walking 2 miles a day. I love the gym on Offutt Air Force Base because it has an amazing indoor track.