God's timing is better than mine

So apparently the eggplant was a bust, guess no one is too surprised by that.

The good news is that I went to the doctor today and everything looks good. They did some fetal monitoring and Mac is looking healthy. The doctor also said something about him being "big" but I did not ask for details on that. I really don't want to know at this point. He has to come out one way or the other so I might as well not worry about how much he will weigh. Its too late to put him on a diet and he is certainly getting plenty of exercise already.

The best news is that we are scheduled to be induced Monday morning at 6 AM. Despite how early that is we are really excited!!! Turns out to be good that I didn't go into labor already because the hospital is full. They expect some rooms by tonight, but there would have been nowhere for me to go if he had come last night.

So now we have a plan and we sorta know what we are doing. Hopefully our next post will include some BABY PICTURES!!!

Eggplant Parmesan and Snow?

So we heard from several different people on Monday that eggplant parmesan is the way to induce labor. In fact, there is actually a restuarant in Atlanta that guarantees you will go into labor within 24-48 hours or they will give you money back. Here's a link to an article we found about it. Of course that is the other side of Atlanta (probably 2 hours away) which would certainly guarantee I would go into labor, just that I might have the baby in the car.
We found that Johhny Carino's here in Athens serves eggplant parmesan so we decided to try it last night. It sounded good anyway (as long as Doug didn't have to eat it). Hopefully we will have some results soon.
It has now started snowing here as well. Nothing too exciting, this is still Georgia after all, but between the two events surely something will happen today.

Back on Track

Doug is well enough to be back at work today, so we are again ready for Mac's arrival at any time. I can't tell you what a relief it is to have Doug better. I was trying not to freak out at the thought of having to go through labor without his help.

Last night we were able to get a few more things finished in the nursery and I guess its about as ready as it is gonna be. We have a dresser/changing table in addition to what you see in the picture, but this corner is the only part that really looks finished. The picture from Melanie and Eric will go on the ledge where the empty space is just as soon as it comes back from being framed.

Daddy's sick

So we had been hoping that perhaps the baby would make an entrance this weekend, but things have changed a little. Doug officially has the flu. So now we are praying that he gets well before Mac arrives. We still hope he comes early because at the rate I'm gaining weight he will be 10 pounds soon. (my own personal estimate, the doctors are not making any guesses yet) So please join us in hoping for a speedy recovery for Doug.

38 Weeks Today!

So today makes 38 weeks, we have officially reached full term and Mac can come any time now! Let's hope he makes an appearance soon.

Where's my belly button?

So a couple of months ago my belly button was poking out like a meat thermometer had popped proclaiming this baby to be done. Suddenly I noticed last night that it is disappearing again. Where did it go? you ask. Well my belly is now stretched so tightly that it is actually flattening out, if this keeps up for the next few weeks there will be nothing left at all. Maybe some of you knew this would happen, but I didn't know it was physically possible so I'm a little surprised. I'm also very interested to see what kind of belly button I'll end up with when this is over.

The Nursery

Well, since Samantha has made herself busy with making a baby, and I can't help with that, I thought I'd help by putting the nursery together.
Great idea, but I did not realize exactly what I was getting myself into.
Thankfully, I had my parents who graciously agreed to help. It was great to be able work with them and to do something for Mac.
After starting on this the weekend after Thanksgiving, I am glad to say it is done!

This first picture is the room before we changed it. This color was everywhere.

These next pictures are of the room finished.

Obviously the room is not really finished - it still needs furniture and decorating.
However, my part is basically done since the furniture is on order and I'm not authorized to decorate, especially not alone.

Laundry

Looks like I haven't done laundry in a long time, right? Nope. This is just the piles of baby clothes we've been given. I started getting everything out to wash yesterday, it took an hour at least to take all the tags off. This is three full loads of laundry---just baby clothes. Of course we did get a box of hand-me-downs from Cousin Walker, but this is still an exorbatent amount of clothes. Doug says he'll never be able to wear all these and he's probably right.

36 Weeks!

We have officially reached 36 weeks, which means less that 4 weeks left. I'm still hoping for early, but that seems really soon all of a sudden. Two weeks early would be only 2 weeks away! (I do realize that is simple math but---2 weeks!) For those of you who haven't seen me in a while here is the 36 week belly picture--I know I've really let myself go :)