April 14, 2008

And no baby.

I guess this means his next due date is April 28th, that is when they go in and get him.

The worst part of the due date coming and going was my awful co-workers who would NOT leave me alone. I guess my warning frown was not quite enough to keep them for bugging.

Ed finished the gate on the garden. No more dogs in this corner.

Such a Thoughtful Little Boy

Ed Jr. is such a thoughtful little boy, he decided not to come out today so that his dad could get some more work done on the veggie garden. The extra day allowed his mom to install the clothes line and clean the basement.

Due Date 2 (April 13th) gone and still no baby.

That is okay though, because we had a lovely day in the sun and then an amazing dinner with the Moogs.

April 12, 2008

And no baby yet!

I am trying to enjoy my last few days of baby free time. Today I went shopping with Jenkins - we had a grand old time. Daddy worked in the garden and then went golfing, it was a beautiful spring day in Hell-Town.

Peace.

April 11, 2008

April 11th is Ed Jr.'s first due date. The odds are stacked against him being born on Friday. First of all, the midwife's office is open. Second of all, fewer than 5% of babies are born on their due date. Third, it is a work day, and Ed Jr.' s mom really does not want to work any more.

The midwife is going skiing all weekend. Plus it is going to be REALLY nice this weekend (highs in the 70's). His daddy has all sorts of plans to get started on our first veggie garden and two of Ed Jr.'s aunties will be out of town. . .

If I was an odds maker, I would think that Sunday looks better than Friday for sure!

Montanan

Ed Jr. will be a 4th generation Montanan. This makes me so proud to bring my baby boy into a state that has been so generous and loving to our family.

In my family, three out of four of my grandparents were born in Montana, as were both of my parents, as was I and now my son will be too. Our heritage is very mixed with a little German, Norwegian, Russian, etc . . . but we are all Montanan. It will be my blessing to my son to share with him the state that raised me, his grandparents and great-grandparents.

He will know how it is to live in the world's biggest small town. Or as we like to say it - you can't swing a dead cat around here without hitting someone who is related to us. It will be my honor to share with him this beautiful and amazing state who thankfully lured his daddy here.

Push Present

What is a push present? A trendy way for dad's to say thanks to moms for carrying their spawn for nine months and then push them out? Yes - basically.

For us, it was much different, we wanted something to add my wedding band set to symbolize the third member of our family. We thought about adding a third ring, but couldn't find one either of us loved. So we had a jeweler add a beautiful blue Montana sapphire to my wedding band, it is absolutely gorgeous. He did an amazing job.

I know that Ed Jr.'s birth stone will be a diamond, but we aren't really diamond people and this sapphire is from Montana where Ed Jr. is from.

I am still thinking about having Ed Jr.'s birthday engraved in Ed's band, he doesn't want his own sapphire. Sad, because it is so beautiful.

40 Weeks

So here we are at 40 weeks.



I don't know if he is coming out this week or not. I have had a couple of bad nights, having "practice" contractions. Braxton Hicks contractions is what they call them. Sometimes they are painful, sometimes they just feel like my belly is as hard as a rock with no pain whatsoever.

When the painful contractions hit, it is like he is teasing me. Labor is the ultimate joke. You sit around for nine months taking care of your body, growing this little person, cleaning your house, getting ready for baby time and then you hit 38 weeks and W A I T.

Every time you get the slightest twinge in your stomach, you wonder, could it be time?

I have been trying not to get too anxious by focusing on the due date because I know it is a best guess, but it is SO HARD not to. I really really really want to meet my son.

I have been making all kinds of plans these last two weeks hoping that Murphy's Law will kick out my little renter. I had a massage, a fancy dress up date with Ann, a haircut, a pedicure, and all kinds of work meetings. I think that going to work every day is the hardest part of all of this waiting. I don't want to be there, I want to stay home and nurse my baby. I have a bigger job coming up, sitting at my desk all day pressing buttons is so trivial.

Cute Walls

We bought these to decorate Ed Jr.'s room.

Giraffe

Elephant

Alphabet

Water Water Everywhere

With Ed Jr.'s birthday looming, Daddy is a little on edge.

The other night, I went upstairs to start the dishwasher. I reached under the sink to grab the soap and there was water everywhere. I yelled for Ed to pause the movie and come upstairs because there was "water everywhere"!

He comes RUNNING, more like scrambling upstairs like a crazy man and asks me what happened. I told him - "water everywhere" and pointed to below the sink. He had thought my water broke and was in sheer panic.

It didn't dawn on me that I had scared the crap out of him. Poor daddy.

The photos above are from last year's trip down Cataract Canyon. Ed and I are definately water people, we love to fish/float/whitewater raft/swim and now we are just sitting around waiting for my water to break.

I hope Ed Jr. likes water as much as his parents do.

April Fools

Happy April Fools Day!

It was my April Fools tradition to call my mom early in the morning - every year and tell her I was pregnant. This started when I was about 16, back when I didn't need to call her, just rush into her room, wake her up, scare the crap out of her and then laugh laugh laugh.

Every year she fell for it, for just a moment, told me I wasn't funny and told me what an awful kid I was.

This year, I needed to up the ante. I mean, how much of a shock is it that I call her and tell her that I am pregnant? Not funny. Plus she is in the middle of her huge yearly meeting in Great Falls. Very stressful time, she has been telling Ed Jr. to wait to be born until after the meeting is over since we knew he was in there.

Here is how it all went down.

Me: "Mom! I am having really strong contractions and I can't get Ed on the phone!"

Mom: "Oh no! Hold on. Um. Okay, here is what you do. . ."

Me: "April Fools Day Mom!" Peals of laughter.

Mom: "You are the worst kid ever. I hope you don't have that baby until the end of the month!"

Me: "Ouch!"