Nesting, Day 3

What did Mama get accomplished today? Let's talk about that... 

• Made a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond to buy more drawer dividers for Camryn's Nursery.
  
• Folded and put away the last 2 loads of Camryn's clothes.. well, the last until after Saturday's Baby Shower.
  
• Made a trip to Target to buy a bucket and scrub brush. [Can you tell I'm not the "deep clean" type since we owned neither a bucket or a scrub brush before today? I'm more a Lysol Wipes kinda gal in my normal state of being.]
  
• Stood on the dining room table with the vacuum so I could clean the chandelier. Never done that before.
• Changed the 3 bulbs in the chandelier that I would bet money have been out since the day we moved in.. 18 months ago.
• Scrubbed the wood blinds and window sill in the dining room.
• Scrubbed the walls of the dining room. Never noticed how icky they were before!
• Scrubbed the baseboards in the dining room and kitchen.
• Dragged the step stool into the kitchen so I could vacuum the kitchen fan and light.
• Scrubbed the kitchen cabinets.
• Scrubbed the blinds on the kitchen window.
• Scrubbed the inside of the front door and the walls of the entry way.
• Applied Camryn's vinyl wall letters. Finally. And hated every minute of it. It was NOT easy. I would scrub baseboards all day long before I volunteered to apply more vinyl wall letters.  It was beyond frustrating and resulted in a wee bit of shouting (from me to Andy). Ugh.

How's that for productivity? I've never cleaned so much in my life. And I am still dissatisfied with the state this house is in. How is that even possible???

Ya know what today is?

34 weeks. 

Ya know what that means?

Our OB won't stop labor.

Oh. My. Word.

Is that crazy, or what?? 

While Andy and I were fighting with the vinyl wall letters, I had a braxton hicks contraction and just nonchalantly said "Aaannd, that's a contraction". 

I think Andy remembered what today's milestone was because his immediate, slightly frantic response was "What? A real one?" (picture his eyes bugging out of his head at about the moment "real" passed the plane of his lips!). 

I quickly clarified that it was just a BH and informed him that I would take on a tone of much more urgency when the "real" contractions make an appearance. 

He kindly asked me to always preface "contraction" with either "real" or "fake" unless I want him to (and I quote) "throw me in the car and haul ass to the hospital". 

I asked him for clarification this time..  "define 'throw me in the car', please". 

And clarify he did. Looks like when I'm in labor I will be treated like a sack-o-potatoes and just tossed into the closest vehicle. 

Awesome.

We have our 34 week OB check tomorrow. 

It's my last pants-on appointment, and I'm not sure how I feel about that yet. 

I am glad I get to keep my pants on tomorrow, that's not what I mean... 

But to think that every appt after tomorrow will involve a labor progress check scares the bajeebus outta me!

I am not ready for labor checks. 

*Seriously, eyes tearing up now just thinking about it*

We have wanted to start our family for as long as I can remember.

We tried for 8 cycles to get pregnant before being successful.

We have endured a roller coaster pregnancy since finding out on Christmas Day that we are expecting. 

We cannot wait to meet our sweet girl and bring her home to this cozy little place we have prepared for her. 

But, I just cannot wrap my mind around the reality of the situation. 

Tomorrow is my last pants-on appointment because we have only 21-42 days before our daughter is born.

Are we really ready for this?

Oh my Lord. I just can't imagine being on the other side of this adventure. 

I remember my sister laughing when I told her I was 3 weeks and 4 days pregnant. Being pregnant wasn't even on her radar when she was 3 wks 4 days (she wasn't an OCD charter like I was!). 

I remember looking at how much time we had left from that day, Dec 25 - 3 wks 4 days, and feeling like the big day would never come. 

But there it is... in sight... just over the horizon.

Quickly approaching. 

Ready or not, here she comes. 

Instead of seeing "3 weeks pregnant" we are seeing "3 weeks til Full Term". 

:::Deep Breath:::

As Andy keeps saying, "We got this". 

Changing gears before I hit the hay - 

This week is full of excitement!

I get to visit with a dear friend of mine tomorrow morning before she heads back to H-Town!

Our carpets are being steam cleaned on Thursday!

I have a Frozen Yogurt date with some of my favorite ladies Friday afternoon.

My Sister, BIL, and sweet nephew arrive Friday as well.. and Sister, Mom, and I are going for pedi's. 

Then Saturday is my first Baby Shower! 

YAY!

Oh oh, and Andy will have the tile in the bathrooms done by Thursday (so he says). 

Its a good week. 

A really good 34th-35th week of growing my Baby Girl.