Almost 41 weeks...

Hello everyone! My "official" due date has come and gone so my doctors have scheduled a first step in induction for this Sunday night at 10pm. On Monday morning, they'll check my progress. If I'm ready, I'll stay there in Labor & Delivery to have the baby, if not, I'll be sent home.

There's still a chance I could go into labor tonight or tomorrow, so please pray for that! Thank you so much for your prayers. We'll try to keep you posted.

38 Weeks Pregnant & One Year Anniversary!

Well we made it to two big milestones, 38 weeks pregnant and our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! We spent the weekend in Palm Desert and it was very lovely. Our last little weekend getaway by ourselves...at least for a long time. On Saturday, we walked around the swapmeet, saw a movie, and had a nice Japanese Teppan dinner. On Sunday we had lunch at the Blue Coyote Grill in Palm Springs which is where we had lunch the day Jon proposed to me in August '07.

As you can see above, Jon surprised me with a huge beautiful bouquet of flowers on our actual anniversary (Feb 2). It's been an amazing year and it hasn't been difficult at all (except for the challenges of being pregnant.) We are so blessed and very much in love.

On the pregnancy front, everything is going fine, but we are BOTH very anxious for the baby to come. It could happen any day now... or it could still be a few weeks. This week was my first week off of work and I very much needed the rest. Just getting up, showering and getting dressed makes me tired.

At my last doctor appointment, the nurse said my uterus has grown (like normal) but I haven't gained any weight for the last three weeks (which is also normal at this stage). It just means the baby is growing and I'm not (which is good!!!)

My mom will be arriving on February 17th. If the baby isn't born by then, she will have the honor of being Jon's assistant coach at the hospital. If he comes before that, Jon's cousin Beth will be our assistant coach. So either way, I will have good coaches! Jon has been very well prepared by our Bradley birthing classes. He knows the in's & out's of every labor stage and he's learned lots of new vocabulary that's for sure!

Well, thanks to everyone for their support and prayers. We hope to be giving the BIG announcement very soon.

Love,

Andrea and Jon