No baby yet, but my mommy is here for an entire week!! That makes me very happy. Hopefully baby appreciates the effort and decides to come out and meet her soon. Silly baby. Alan and I have been talking to zig every day encouring the kid to c’mon out for a visit :) Don’t think we’re being heard though. Oh well. I’ll enjoy my time with my mom in the meantime.

Instead of having a baby, I figured I’d post a few photos at our regular photos web site photos.datdec.com. I put up side by side photos of the belly growth (always feels bigger than it looks :/) and nursery pictures. That’s all for tonight. I’m off to watch a movie now.

no baby yet. However, an aquaintenace of ours said that when him and his wife were having babies they always told people the due date was 2 weeks later than what the doctors told them. That way everyone was happy when the baby came “early”. I thought that was a fun idea.

It just keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger…. :) My mom and sister said that I hide the belly well under a shirt. From these photos I’d tend to agree with them. I know it’s been awhile since I posted belly shots. I’ve taken them once or twice, but never got around to posting them. Figured a due date shot would be good to document :)

Yup, for those of you keeping track, today is the big day. I think someone forgot to tell zig though. We went in for the 40wk appt today and all is fine, but no dialation or anything (which, the midwives keep reminding us, doesn’t really mean much of anything). She scheduled me for a 41wk appointment next Tuesday at which they will do an ultrasound to check the fluid levels inside (make sure things are still ok). Hopefully we’ll be cancelling that one :)

Today is my first offical vacation day. I think I get to call it vacation until baby, then it’s called maternity. But, no baby yet, so I’ll keep calling it vacation.

I’ve been told I need to keep this blog a little more up-to-date as the final days draw near. I’m glad to see so many people care enough to call and chat though :) I’m actually a bit bored already (yeah, lame, I know) so I always like the calls.

We basically are ready to go. The nursery room is done (except a few things we need to hang), the car seat is in the car (still need to get it checked though), and the suitcase is mostly packed. So, like I said, we’re basically ready to go :) Now its just a matter of baby being ready to go….

I think we’re making some progress here. I think baby has started to drop a bit. My belly is definitely lower today than it was yesterday. Yay!

Can you imagine carrying triplets?? I can’t. Lauren posted a link to a blog about triplets. I also wonder how they keep the babies straight in utero? The woman talks about tracking the development of each baby (Baby A, B, and C). I wonder how the doctor knows which is which. What happens if babies A and B swap sides one day? It’s not like they are wearing little name tags in there or something.

And how do you put 3 car seats in your car??? We installed the car seat in the Saturn today and it’s snug in there. I realize the Saturn isn’t exactly a mini-van… so I guess that’s what you need for triplets.

Zig takes up enough space in me without adding any more. I’ll take my babies one at a time, thank you very much :)

I’ve had several people ask about my 39wk appt, which means I guess I’ve been a slacker for not posting sooner :)

The 39wk appointment on Monday was another SMA (group appt), so they measured weight, belly size, and baby’s heartbeat. All very good. No internal exam (lovely) so no update on dialation or anything.

I did learn something interesting though. Apparently the story about more deliveries on full moons isn’t fully accurate. My midwife said that there is a high correlation to deliveries around storms (due to the low pressure systems that cause storms) AND storms often occur around full moons. Soo… my theory about the 23rd being *the* day may be flawed (well, more flawed than it already was). So keep an eye on the weather and lets see if a low pressure system comes by shortly after the 17th. You can also keep an eye on Intellicast’s “official” Labor/Birth Index. I have no idea how scientific this is, but it’s interesting nonetheless.

I worked from home yesterday and it was so nice and relaxing (the fact that it was a beautiful day didn’t hurt either!). I decided that I’m going to officially start vacation time on May 16th – assuming zig doesn’t come before then. Once I made up my mind on that decision I’ve felt very relaxed and happy with it :)

Alan and I now have a little nursery in the house with a crib, changing table, and dresser. Sometime soon we are going to hang the pictures we got from the babyshower and the quilt that Alan’s mom made (with embroidery help for others). Once that’s done I’m going to take a few pictures and put them up. I also am way overdue for a belly shot. My mom and sister both said this weekend that I hide the belly well. I pulled up my shirt and mom said “wow!”. :) Hehehe… good belly! I’ll post new pics sometime soon. I’m at work now and don’t have any handy.

But anyway, I’m glad to see at least a few people read my ramblings. They aren’t very artsy or poetic or anything, just plain ramblings :)

T minus 6 days and counting!! (or maybe it’s B minus…. hmm….)

For those already engaged in the story, here’s the lowdown… I got nothing!!

For those not engaged – Mom bought us a $5 lotto ticket as an anniversary gift (well, as a very small part of the anniversary gift). I scratched if off and won $5. Yay! So I traded it in for another $5 ticket – which won me $10! Sadly, the next store we stopped at didn’t have $5 or $10 tickets, so I got 5 $2 tickets (in hindsight, I think this was my downfall). Scratched them and won $2 :) Almost forgot to trade it in before we left NY, so we stopped at the last gas station on the border. Traded it in for another $2 ticket and won nothing :( Very sad. But it was a good adventure for the weekend :)