36 WEEKS AND SOME CHANGE!

So we have reached 36 weeks which today makes exactly 25 days until Baby day! I had my check up yesterday and everything is going well. Baby is still head down measuring at about the 73 percentile. With all the calculations the doctor said I was measuring a week ahead at 37 weeks... so who knows! Maybe Baby Litvack would like to come a little early! :) I am on my weekly appointments now so I will have another one next week. At this point we are getting prepared for Baby Litvack to arrive at any point! Getting bags packed, figuring out how to get to the hospital in various situations, getting last minute things in order, and getting all paperwork together.

Now that we have finally moved into our new place I am in full nesting mode, which has become more difficult the closer we get to Due Date. I have the mind set of wanting everything done NOW, which is so unlike me, and no one is moving fast enough! I feel like I don't have enough time in the day to do it all and work full time, and I think I have officially driven Michael insane. At some point I just have to sit back and say "oh well", but that doesn't seem like it is going to happen! I know I just bring this on myself, but I can't help it. I have the need to make everything perfect for when the baby arrives and it is just not there yet. There is so much I want to do before because I am not sure when I will get to it after, and well you know it becomes a vicious cycle of impending stress and anxiety. Although Michael has been a tremendous help, some things just need to be done by me, and the cycle begins all over again! HAHA.

Other than my enormous need to be "Susie Homemaker" and "Mother of the Year" everything couldn't be better. The house is coming along slowly but surely, and the move went great. We had so many helpers, and I can't thank them enough for making it an easier move! Kona is well adjusted and loves all the space. We have actually come to the point where we can trust him at home by himself and not in a cage! He is such a big boy! Michael is starting to get a little anxious because of the unknown. The unknown of when I am going to go into labor, or what we are having, how the labor is going to go, and the after. He is super excited, but he is "slightly" impatient, and a planner, so the unknown is slowly killing him! HAHA.

Here are some pics to show how large I/Baby has become. Some times I feel like the baby is just going to drop right out of me, or that I need someone to hold my belly up! But the best part is when I lay in bed at night right before I go to sleep and I just stare at my belly and watch the baby shift from side to side. My stomach looks like a jello mold, and it is just incredible!