Pregnancy Update

We are now 37 weeks and 3 days. Essentially, 2.5 weeks from our due date. Went to the doctor today and have good news and mediocre news. Good news: I have only gained a total of 10 pounds since I first went in at 11 weeks :D Yeah Baby!!! Mediocre news: no dialation, and since I haven't really had any contractions, no chance he's coming this week. I guess the gravitational pull of the moon didn't do much. She did measure my tummy and say "he's really high up today." And my response was "yes, I think he may have bruised a rib."

Josiah's heart beat was as high as ever - 170 bpm. So he's still wiggling and getting good exercise. He has hiccups just about every night as I lay down, and probably 3 days a week too.

The changing table arrived today, so Austin and I are giong to walmart to pick it up and put it together. Car seat & stroller was given to us by the church on Sunday, and we also need to open those and put them together.

Thanks to ALL who are constantly excited for us and calling to see how we are doing. I will update next week, and hopefully have more progressive news then (but hopefully, no more weight!).

Sleep Eludes Me, and for Once it's Not Josiah's Fault

So for once I was sound asleep and loving it. Then, with a loud noise I was startled awake enough to also wake up Josiah. We have the bedroom windows open and the neighbor's A/C had kicked on. But since it took me about a half hour to realize that was the noise, I then had to pee. Now I have been awake about 90 minutes and their A/C has kicked off - but how long will that last? Will I be jolted awake again as soon as I close the laptop? Ugh, I hope not.

For those of you asleep now and for the last 5 hours, be thankful!

Pics for non-facebook friends

Here are a few pics from the West Allen Baby Shower - thank you ladies!!!




Here are a few of our maternity photos, the rest will come later:

For the Ladies

So this is a little personal, but since I was curious last week, I thought others might be as well.

Ok, reaching my ankles has become a challenge, and it will only get worse over the next few weeks. So I have started to consider alternate options for shaving my legs.

1) Waxing: Before my Hawaii trip 2 years ago, I had my legs waxed - horrible idea!!! Hurt like I can't explain, and didn't work! There were patches missed, hair still on knees, and what was removed, came back in less than a week. This will never be done again.

2) Plucking: Yes, this sounds, and is, tedious. But I know of people who plucked their entire legs in their younger years, and now only have to grab a renegade hair every few weeks. They literrally have no hair growing on their legs. I tried this method once in college. I had shaved, and as usual missed several on my knees. So I grabbed some tweezers and decided to go to town. How bad can it be? I tweeze my eyebrows, and that has never hurt. THIS HURT! I tried two hairs, and nearly broke into tears. This method will also not be tried again.

3) Nair: This brings me up to tonight where our story really begins. I bought "shower nair" to try out. Followed the directions as recommended, didn't get it in my eyes, and it seems to have worked. Other than the fact it was kinda cold going on, no pain!! (I'm a huge fan of that) Tonight we shall see if I have any adverse effects, but for right now, my legs are silky smooth with no pain and little bending. Certainly no balancing with a razor in my hand! If I do have a reaction I will update, but for now, I just wanted you gals to know my experiences with this required, American hygiene policy.

If there are other methods out there, I am still open to possibilities. Or just post your experiences with these ways to remove a protective layer on our legs that God put there on purpose.