come on baby!

37 weeks, 3 days, and 3 centimeters. come on!!

36 weeks

we've finally reached 36 weeks!

starting this week, the OB will be checking for progress (cross your fingers on thursday!). i think we're ready to do this - all the shower gifts are unpacked, the nursery is set up and ready to go, and WE are completely excited to meet this guy. i think he's going to be such a cool kid.

on another, more "un-megan" note - looking back at my belly photos over the past 8 months, i am completely in awe of what a woman's body can do. never again will i complain about my pre-pregnancy body. to see what it's capable of has been really amazing and eye-opening.

Only in Hampden

Chris and I were walking Sawyer this morning, when a man very rapidly approaches us.

Man: "Are you pregnant?" (somebody noticed!)
Me: "Yes, I am."
Man: "Good, good, that's great, good!!"
Man: "Is he the father?" (what????)
Chris: "Yes."
Me: "No."
Man: "Good, good, great, good!!!"

And keeps on walking.

almost there

34 weeks, 4 days

*new* furniture

our new - but not so new - dresser for the baby. mike, matt, and jim might recognize this as the dresser that i grew up with. mom and i fixed it up - resanded, restapled, and renailed everything back together. then chris and i stained it and added new hardware.

looks so great in the nursery!! and one less thing we had to buy!

the REAL after

ahh, we're such jokesters. we painted that whole wall limolicious green just to mess with everybody. the real color is boston legacy brown. and it's final. we love it :)

baby update

appointment today was really good - they're so much more exciting now that we're getting to the end. baby's heart rate was 136, so it's slowing down as it should. his head is down right now - at least for the moment. hopefully he'll decide to stay that way when it comes time to push.

we took our childbirth education class at st. agnes last week - and of course we have stories :). megan got in trouble a few times (not drinking water, laughing during relaxation dancing, not breathing deeply enough, etc.). chris' shoes smelled SO BADLY from playing golf the day before (wet grass) that he actually had to purell his feet during lunch break. the shoes ended up getting thrown in the trash that night. but only AFTER he had to wrap his legs around my pregnant body (with his feet in my face) while i practiced my breathing exercises ....