Hello due date!

Well, due date, here we are! We made it! Still waiting for baby around here with not much happening...

I'm so ready to be done, but since I like to go "on my own" (and always have in the past) I keep thinking I can make it if I can just hang on a little longer. I'm still not THAT uncomfortable. I've had that awful itching a little bit this time (ICP) but it came at the very end (last two weeks, thank heavens) and hasn't been NEARLY as bad as with Crew. I'm sleeping okay for the most part (just getting up a million times to go to the bathroom) and even my awful "cankles" have gone down significantly, thanks to my sweet mom who rubbed them for me!!

I really thought things were happening last Sat., the night of our 6th Anniversary. After our date, I had contractions from 10pm-1am straight ranging from 5-10 min. apart with some of them starting to hurt. We went to bed and Caleb told me to wake him up when I wanted to go to the hospital. Well, I fell asleep around 2 am, and then next thing you know we both woke up and it was 8 am! Such a bummer. I've hardly had any contractions since then.

I've been going on long (2 mile) walks, bouncing on an exercise ball, etc. but nothing's working so far. (I can't bring myself to eat spicy food since I have bad heart burn without that and drinking caster oil just sounds too gross!) Any other ideas for me to try? This would be the perfect time since Caleb will be home for the weekend tomorrow.

My two sisters-in-law that were due the same week as me already had their babies nearly a week and a half ago--and on the same day! Too bad we didn't make it "three for three". It's hard to be the last one left. Well, I'm baby-sitting my niece and nephew all day today, maybe that will put me into labor, eh?

So am I ready...?

*My anniversary is over and done with so I won't have to worry about her being born on that day
*My hospital bag is all packed, complete with "presents" for my kids from "the baby"
*Her Clothes/blankets/burp clothes are all washed and put away
*The bassinet is set up along with the swing/bouncy seat, etc.
* pre-registered at the hospital
*picked out the baby announcements I want
*selected a pediatrician
*Reviewed some of my favorite baby books: Baby Wise, Happiest Baby on the Block, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
*Finished sewing the carseat cover I made her
*started a little journal for her
*scrapbooked my little boy's baby book so I can start on this baby's book (yes, I know, this should have been done a LONG time ago!)
* tried to spend some special "one-on-one with mom time" with my baby, who won't be a baby for too much longer, and my oldest, who is going to have to be an even BIGGER helper pretty soon

Ready as I can be!

Please come soon, Baby Girl! We can't wait to meet you!