One Week To Go

At our weekly doctor's appointment this morning, Dr. Miura told us that everything looks great, baby's heartbeat is strong, and I am 1.5 centimeters dilated! Apparently this is normal for 39 weeks pregnant and doesn't mean a whole lot: we could have the baby tonight, on time next week, or a week late. Hmmm....sooner the better, in my opinion! It's getting a lot harder to move around. Matt is always helping me out of bed, off the floor, and even just out of the car. I am very committed in the future to never gain any excessive weight. Dr. Miura keeps enthusiastically telling me how great I'm doing by not gaining too much weight, but I still feel like a tank. I really miss being able to jump right up from a reclining position. Oh, those were the days...

So this week was my first week home alone. I had thought it would be great to just relax around the house and not worry about work, but I found myself so bored! And unmotivated, too. I'm still waiting for the elusive "nesting" instinct that is supposed to have already kicked in. I think it's mostly just me being impatient to meet this little baby that is growing inside of me. I saw a bunch of my 8th graders one afternoon when I picked Matt up from work, and I realized how much I missed them! They are really spunky and always make me laugh. Our little guy is going to have so many 14 year old aunties and uncles to play with him.

Highlights from this week include:

• Going for a walk with Matt yesterday at Kakaako and seeing two whales repeatedly leaping completely out of the water right off shore
• Watching the bids shoot up during the last 10 minutes of an auction for a pair of boots I put on ebay
• Date night at India Cafe (spicy food supposedly can help labor get going - seems to be an old wives tale though)
• Watching "Slumdog Millionaire" and eating pizza and ice cream with Todd and Brandon last night at Todd's
• Going to our doctor's appointment today and hearing that baby's healthy and we're making progress!

We've been going on lots of walks to try to move baby along - these two pictures are from two nights ago at Kakaako.Pineapple is also supposed to help prepare your body for labor. Emma loves it, too!Makapuu outing with the wee chihuahua.I just chilled under a tree and read while Matt hit the shorebreak.We were feeling goofy yesterday afternoon at Sam's Club and tried out these awesome "dueling rods." I won.