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Thunderstorms, Mexican food, walking, foot massages…

March 26th, 2007

….okay, you name it, and I’ve tried it.  For inducing labor, that is.  I recently heard about the foot massage thing and even though I have an anti-foot fetish, I let Kevin rub my feet.  He is actually really good at foot massage; I should have conquered my fear of feet earlier!  He has Googled reflexology and knows all the pressure points that are supposed to put me in labor.  ……  Now we wait.

The thunderstorms just started a few hours ago, and they are doing something for my contractions…  I’m tired of having contractions…  I’ve had a few (or more) per day for the past 6 weeks at least.  Combined with chasing after an almost-two-year old and not sleeping at night, I’m exhausted.  I can’t get comfortable with all this extra weight… and I have to pee every 3 hours.  And, I know I’ll be even more tired once Baby Girl gets here from feeding her and changing her every 2.5 hours!
I should have put a disclaimer on the beginning of this post - warning:  if you are thinking of having kids or if you are already pregnant, you should not read this.  :)  I promise that not everything is this bad; I’m complaining and I know “this too shall pass”.  My pregnancy with Colby was not so strenuous…  I don’t know what it is about this girl!  I know she will be sweet and beautiful though, once we finally get to see her!

In happier news, Kevin, my parents, Katrina, and my Aunt Charlotte helped to paint Baby Girl’s room this weekend!  I was super excited to get started on that.  Even though it’s not finished, they made a lot of progress on it, and it will be done soon.  Let me restate that I did NOT paint the room; I was the “go-fer” - going for more paint, going for lunch, going to get this and that around the house…  and we traded off making sure Colby didn’t stick his feet in the paint. 

So, yay for family and yay for an almost-done baby’s room!  We are already way ahead of where we were in being ready to bring Colby home…  all my thank-you notes are written (so far!), our bags are packed for the hospital, I have diapers organized and sorted, and her clothes are washed and/or hung in her closet.  We are ready for baby!  (Famous last words.)

Thank you all for your prayers for us.  We definitely feel them.  Please continue to pray for a healthy baby girl and a safe and speedy delivery.  Emphasis on the speedy. 

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