Still No Baby: Day 3 past D Day

I am really trying to not take it personally. So my son doesn't want to meet me. That's fine. :(

Travis and I went to six stores last night looking for castor oil. I am really to that point. The threee drug stores we tried were closed, and Pavilions and neither Ralphs had any.

The UPS man just delivered The Lorax by. Dr. Seuss. I don't remember it from childhood, but it looks good.

Alton Update

The lanugo has mostly disappeared, but you'll probably find a bit on his shoulders, arms and legs and in those protected little bodily creases. It will vanish completely on its own in time.
His lungs are maturing and surfactant production is increasing and fully prepared to take on the outside world!
Your baby doesn't have much room to move and certainly mom agrees! Did you imagine 8 months ago that this wee one would be able to hook a toe in your ribs while elbowing your bladder? He certainly has grown!
His body continues laying on the fat stores that will help regulate his body temperature after birth. In addition to normal fat, he is accumulating a special "brown" fat in the nape of his neck, between his shoulders and around organs. Brown fat cells are important for thermogenesis (generating heat) during his first weeks.
Your infant's weight is around 7.25 pounds (3288gm) and length is 19.9 inches (50.7cm).

I am so ready for him to be "Done". He isn't making me overly uncomfortable. Thankfully he has not been playing bongos with my ribs. But I do have the gosh awful heartburn.

When I went to the doctor on Thursday, I was not dilated AT ALL. She said I was about 40% effaced, but to be honest, I think she was being charitable because she knew how disappointed I was about not progressing.

I have been having weird uterus twinges and discomfort "down there". My Bradley teacher assures me this is normal and I am taking it as a sign that things are getting warmed up for the big day.

We asked a couple of couples from our home group to come to the hospital to lay hands on me and pray with us when I go into labor. Dave and Roxanne were one of the couples and they will be in Texas until tomorrow. So Travis would like for me to wait until at least Wednesday to go into labor. Dave was so touched that we would ask him, that Travis is convinced that God won't let me go into labor until Dave can be there.

Travis is going to bring his laptop to the hospital and we got a new digital camera to take fabulous pictures of our new little boy when he arrives, so we should be able to post stuff quickly upon his arrival.

Thank you all for your kind comments. :)

Alton's nursery

Alton's Room is
Done!

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the pictures to make them bigger

You can't tell,
but the stars are the same color red as the letters for his name.

Picture Time

PICTURES!!!

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Alton's Nursery

I am still going to stain the pegged
shelf, I just haven't yet.

Yes, those are Rolaids chews on top of
the book shelf.

I love this part of his room, these two
walls are my favorite in the whole room.

His dresser / changing table and crib

Alton's Crib. I am going to paint the
letters and the star, I just haven't yet.

Notice the Baseball glove and baseball.
Those are daddy's contribution to the nursery.

I thought morning sickness was over!

I totally threw up my entire breakfast this morning. :(

My shower is on Saturday. There are supossed to be 40 people. Maggie coming up from San Diego and I am sooooo excited!

We have our next appointment on Monday. I am now being seen every two weeks. We are getting another ultrasound done that day too. :)

Pictures!

Saturday, Travis and I went to a very nice married couples breakfast at our church. They had yummy breakfast burritos, fruit, and chocolate. One of the couples from our home group, Dave and Roxanne were part of the married people's panel. It was fun and informative and I think our decision to go will bless our marriage.

After we got home from that and a quick trip to Costco, my dad came over with the crib that he and Kristina bought us for my birthday.

Travis and Dad were able to set it up without too many problems despite the fact that Jack and Lucy both were anxious to "help" and had to sniff every part before it was used in the assembly process.

Travis was not as excited about the crib as I was. When I asked him why, he said, "It represents something very expensive." I reminded him that while it was an expensive crib, it had been a gift from my family. "Not the crib is expensive, what will live in the crib is expensive." I think that the responsibility of providing for a family is a big one, and it must be weighing heavily on his mind. I have to remember to be nicer to him.

The crib is not the first piece of furniture we have bought, a few weeks ago, we were able to find really cute boy furniture at Costco.

This is the bookshelf we bought him:

John and Maggie were kind enough to buy it for us at their local Costco. Johnny and Kristina drive down with me to go an pick it up.

Here is the dresser:

Neither Lucy or Jack seem excited about the changes going on in their sitting room. The queen sized bed he sleeps on at night is still in there for now, but it will be moved into the garage as soon as I can get a rocking glider.

Lucy has been acting out too. I think she senses my pregnancy and she has been upending our trash cans when we are gone and eating the kleenexes that are in them. She even shredded an unattended box of new Kleenex.

Oh by the way, the thing to the right of the dresser is the hamper that matches the sports bedding we got for Alton's crib.

He really is in there!

I felt Alton really kick me for the first time today! It wasn't a gas bubble, is it baby or is it gas feeling, it was a real honest to goodness kick! I will try to not feel badly that is was most like the result of having eaten a bar or chocolate about 1/2 an hour before.

Travis and I went to our Bradley make-up session yesterday afternoon. She showed us how to do the exercises that will make it easier to labor and try to keep the baby in the correct delivery position. Travis was a breach baby and almost killed Vicki, so I was glad to learn these exercises! There is one that she told us to do before bed, the pelvic rocking (I think) move. She said it would help move the baby into a more comfy position for sleep and she was right, it really did! I have had a few rough nights before last night, so I was REALLY grateful that these moves worked.