2 MORE WEEKS!!!!

So baby girl is going to make her entrance in 2 WEEKS! Kids are beyond excited. Nine months is a LONG time for kids to have to wait. Besides the fact that I will have a precious tiny little babe to snuggle and smell and kiss constantly, I'm mostly excited for the kids to meet her. I'm so curious to see how each of them interacts with her. I know that she is going to fit in perfectly with her older siblings. They already LOVE her so much. Each day is filled with the kids talking about their sister and all the things they want to do with her. I'm really excited for the help I will get from them. I think it's definitely going to be an adjustment for me (newborns always are) but I think with all the help I should be getting, it will make things easier. I feel so out of the loop, there are so many things I've forgotten, feels like it's been FOREVER since I've had to care for a newborn. I'm not in baby mode anymore! That will change ;)

I've been getting a little anxiety. Something I'm not used to. I have never worried about the health of my babies before they were born. For some reason I just can't shake it. I'm so concerned, I just want her to be healthy. I have tested positive for strep B with all my pregnancies so they have had to give me antibiotics in the hospital right before the baby is born. Well this time I was negative.... why am I so worried about this?? I almost want them to just treat me like I tested positive just in case. I know that the strep can come and go... what if it comes right before I have her?? Why am I even worrying about this? I recently heard of someone's baby who came out and they didn't know the mother had strep B... it didn't end well for the family. (She also tested negative for it) This breaks my heart. I'm just praying for extra comfort at this point. I have to have faith that everything will go as planned...

Now on a much lighter note.... you know how crazy and so so vivid pregnancy dreams can be??!! Well my dream the other night was just that. We were getting ready to head to the hospital and for some reason JD decided that he was going to take over labor for me. So he gave birth to the baby at home instead!! I was SO mad at him for denying me what will probably be my last birthing experience. When I told him about my dream, he just looked at me all funny and said, "Well where did she come out?!" I just laughed, "I don't know but she came out wearing purple pajamas!" Haha! She also had overly chubby cheeks and was a bit homely. Only a face a mother could love!! Where in the world do these dreams come from??? Oh, I'll probably miss them!

So in two weeks from how I will be holding my sweet precious bebe... People are always asking me if I'm so ready to have this child. Honestly I'm enjoying it. Much more than my others. Obviously I'm anxious to have her here, but I'm really soaking it all in this time. Pregnancy has been good to me. Not really swollen, (actually lost a few lbs. since my last dr. visit) and I'm feeling pretty good. Sure, I'm uncomfortable a lot of the time, but I can't complain. I've loved being pregnant this time around. It definitely helps knowing that I am being induced a week early, so I won't wake up every morning wondering if today's the day! So wish me luck...... woot woot!!

This is me at 36 weeks....

Wowzers, don't ya love the belly! ;)