37 Weeks! Yay!

We made it! 37 weeks today- that means this baby is considered full-term. I had an appointment this morning and the doctor told me "you are on bonus time now!" I really wanted to make it this far since that is the goal all of the doctors have- and we did. I'm feeling pretty good. When he checked me this morning I was 70% effaced and she is at zero station. For those of you who have no idea what that means---she is engaged and things are starting to move in the direction of labor. It doesn't really mean much, she could be born really soon or not for another couple of weeks.

We have been teasing all weekend about how much you can get done when your baby isn't early! We feel pretty ready for this little girl. I keep washing things very unnecessarily, and sorting socks, and doing that kind of thing.

We are enjoying our last few days or weeks of Ellie being a single child. I must say I'm worried about how this is going to all go down for her- I know in the long run it will be great but I hope it is as smooth of a transition as possible. She has been having a rough little period and hasn't been sleeping very well- VERY frustrating! Especially when I know my sleeping nights are very numbered, I just want to get the most out of the few I have left! I really have no idea why she is having such a hard time, I'm sure she can sense the changes that our going on in our house with the influx of baby things, etc. but I'm not convinced she actually understands what that means. We moved out her glider last week because I didn't want that to be gone with the new baby coming and we tried to move her bedtime routine to the futon. That didn't fly at all! I had no idea how attached she was to her glider but needless to say we bought a new one on Craigslist for $60 this weekend. We'll keep that one in our bedroom for the first couple of months so that I can use that for nursing. We have been reading the "I'm a Big Sister" book which she loves. She points to the big sister and says "Ellie!" Very cute!

We'll keep you posted on any excitement from our house!