37 Weeks

Full! Term!  *insert girly squeal*

We are now officially in the "baby can come at any time" phase. And part of me really wants Sea Monkey to come right now (um... now! ...... now. ......now?). I'm soooo tired of being uncomfortable and unable to do things like sit up or roll over or bend down to attack my cat. The other part of me is content (er, sort of) to wait for Sea Monkey to come. S/he'll come when ready, and I don't want to rush it. Well, I do, sort of. But I won't.

Part of me thinks this baby is going to be here soon (as in within the next two weeks). But I think that feeling is mostly because Zach and I have been talking about it and saying "holy crap, we could have a baby today... or tomorrow. Or next week!" I've thought about making a calendar to count down the last few weeks so I could mark those days off just for that satisfaction of marking things off, but I think that'd either completely freak me out about just how little time is left or it'd make time pass incredibly slowly. So... I haven't done anything.

Sea Monkey: is weighing in around 6 1/3 pounds, and may be around 19 inches long.

heidi: is achy. Oh so achy. My goodness. I had not realized just how much my back could hurt. Wow.

My period-like cramps/contractions/whatever are increasing. Two weeks ago, I was having about 1 a day. This past Tuesday, it was around 4 per day. Now it's 8-9 a day. So... something's happening. Or getting ready to happen. Awesome sauce.

In other news, we've pretty much found where we're going to live. As long as our application is accepted/we pass our background check, that's where we're going. The co-owner or somebody (he was important, but I don't remember what his position was) said Mali would be fine; they're mostly concerned about having dogs there. I'm really excited to move! New place, new baby... it'll be fun. =) We just need to pack.... oof.

Belly picture:

I had been thinking earlier in the week that the baby had dropped a little, but I think it was just the way s/he was positioned that day. My belly doesn't really look any lower to me anymore. But what do I know? =)