Pregnancy

I am at the 34.5 week mark in my pregnancy today.  I have approximately 5.5 more weeks to go!  Lately, I have been feeling the babe move around quite a lot.  It's impossible to ignore -- they are no longer like "butterflies."  I am experiencing having a vital little person inside of me!  I vividly imagined it's little face and hands moving down inside of me when I woke up for a minute last night and had the sensation of that movement.  It is surreal.

According to Babycenter.com the baby is about 4.75 pounds and about 18 inches long.  The baby is getting fat layers to fill it out and if it was born between now and 37 weeks (without other complications) it would be fine but need to spend a little extra time in the hospital and maybe have a few short-term health issues.  So, in other words, basically, the baby could be here at any time!

Chris and I do not feel prepared to welcome the baby just yet and we are more than happy to wait the additional weeks until full gestation.  However, as the days go by we are realizing our need to prepare and doing things little by little.  We still need to buy a few things that are pretty important and we need to get the room in overall order.   I intend to make Montessori mobiles for the baby. We are going to have to change our lifestyle in other ways too.  Chris will need to go to work earlier and come home earlier and I know we will be lacking sleep especially the first several weeks.  Thankfully, we have both sets of parents who will be coming from Minnesota (switching off when one leaves the other set will come) to help us in the initial craziness!  I am so grateful for that.

Anyway, very soon we will be welcoming a new little person into the world! It's going to be quite the adventure for both us and him (or her)!  Please pray for us if you are reading this.  Thank you!