37 weeks

Well this has been an exciting week! I had one of my last weekly doctors appointments last Thursday. It was a pretty exciting appointment. I found out that baby Ava had dropped (one of the signs that the end of pregnancy is near, Thank Goodness!!!) and that I was thinned out but not dilated yet. I felt like I achieved something so fantastic! The night before my appointment, I had gone over to my sister-in-law's house and she gave me a back rub and foot massage thinking that it would move things along. I'm pretty sure that the massages had something to do with the success of Ava moving down in the correct position. The doctor also said that she is face down and that she probably weighed (at the time) 6.5 lbs! Things are moving along swimmingly.

Friday Phil and I spent the day together. We didn't go far. Phil has been a little nervous lately. He doesn't like me doing much (but I have tons of energy!). Saturday we had a garage sale. Because it was the 4th of July we didn't think too many people would show up, but they did! And boy did they keep coming! We made a little bit of money too which was nice! After the garage sale my dad took us out to lunch at Sparky's. After lunch we did some shopping, we went to the mall and walked around, then we went to Costco and pretty much went home. Sunday was a pretty mellow day as well...sort of. Phil and I went to Best Buy to buy our favorite show on DVD (because, again, Phil didn't want me to do ANYTHING except sit in a chair because I have a tendency to clean or do large projects when I'm bored). After watching a little bit of the DVD and taking a short nap, Phil got a little cabin feverish so we decided to go over and see my parents. We visited a short while then my dad asked if we wanted to go and check out some bike races about 5 miles east of Sparks. So my dad, Phil and I hopped in the car and went to check out the bike races. We stayed out for almost 2 hours. It was pretty hot but I made sure that I had enough water and we didn't stay too long.

I went to work this week. The students are still on vacation which has been a blessing.

On Monday I went to work. We got out early. So I went and got something to eat then headed over to my brother in law's condo where Steve (my brother in law) and Phil were working and remodeling. I had wanted to go to Fuddruckers for lunch, but my dad took my mom back to the doctor and she had her staples removed. So I mentioned that I had wanted to go to Fuddruckers and Steve said that we should all go so Billie came over with Luka and her sister Drew. We went and walked around Legends while the boys finished up on the condo. Then we went to Fuddruckers. I was also having pretty steady contractions all day. Lasting about 2-3 minutes apart.

On Tuesday I had another doctors appointment. It took forever but the wait was sure worth it! I found out that I am now 2 cm dilated! I was so excited. The doctor said that the next time I have contractions like I did on Monday to go into the hospital. I don't want to miss my window of opportunity for the epidural in case I change my mind and actually want medication. I had pretty bad contractions last night but they weren't consistent.

Today I had training at work. I am all caught up. I have labeled everything. I wrote out job desciptions. I'm all ready for my maternity leave. Now I'm just waiting (as patiently as I can) for the little princess to get here.

This is probably not the right time to think about this, but I also can't wait to get back into my regular clothes! I want to wear my cute summer time clothes. But I'll try my best to just think about Ava and getting her healthy and into a good routine. I have my next appointment next week. I'll keep updates coming!