For the last couple days Princess has
been REALLY attached to her little New Testament Bible. She carries it all over
the house, sits and turns pages while saying things like “I read Bible” “My
Bible” “I need my Bible”. It is really cute, but I have to admit that it is
frustrating to try to get it away from her for meals. Last night she wanted to
sleep with it, so we let her have it in bed. Not sure where it ended up during
the night as Hubby got her from her room this morning and I forgot to ask him
where it was. He did tell me that she carried it downstairs, and set it on the
floor to eat a couple bites, but then became very concerned that she’d lost it,
calling out “my Bible, my Bible”.
On a different note, we thought we’d
have our little boy in our arms by now as he was due almost 2 weeks ago.
However, it seems that he doesn’t want to share his birth month with his sister
and has decided to be an October baby. Sharing his birth month with his Granny
(who is kind of excited to share her month) and a Great-grandpa (who went to be
with the Lord last year). We had an
appointment yesterday that included a non-stress test. He was sleeping so the
doctor woke him up. Wow, did he become active then!! According to the test he
is still doing well, but as in a couple days he’ll officially be at 42 weeks we
have scheduled an induction for that day, if he hasn’t come before then. Sadly,
it is not looking like he will. L Then again,
Princess surprised us by coming when we thought she wasn’t really close despite
being at almost 41 weeks when I went into labor (41 at birth). My doctor can be
really funny sometimes. When he entered the room he asked how the perpetual
pregnancy was going. It was funny especially the way he said it, but sometimes
I feel like I am going to be pregnant forever. Sigh. I know I won’t, but still.
So we are waiting. I keep getting phone calls from various family members and
Hubby wondering if anything is happening. Over the weekend I was having some
contractions, but they’ve basically stopped now. I really tried not to get
anyone’s hopes up! Truthfully, I think the contractions this past weekend
helped me get to a point so that I can be induced, as I wasn’t at that point
before.
Hubby called a bit ago to see how I
was doing and ask me if I wanted to go out to dinner tonight if nothing is
happening baby-wise. My sister is here to watch Princess if something does
happen so he figured we might as well take advantage of this opportunity while
we are waiting, as it will probably be a while before we get to go out again!
Probably be a nice distraction too. J Though this waiting
is hard for my Hubby, I am so thankful for how supportive he has been
especially these last 6+ weeks. There for a while it seemed like every appointment
thru us a new curve and it looked like a c-section would be our only option. We
know we’re still not out of the woods there, and if that is the way it will
need to be then that is what we will do for the health and safety of our little
guy. (More on all this later when I write his pregnancy and birth story.)
I know Hubby is anxious to be able to
hold his son. He is so wonderful with Princess and I know if we were having
another girl he’d be just as excited, but let’s face it this is his son we’ve
been waiting for. J He says that he won’t
stop worrying that little guy is okay until he is in his arms…but I’m pretty
sure that won’t end it, but instead change what he worries about. Maybe “worry”
is the wrong word “concern” is probably better. I think that about some things
he will be much more confident this time around than last time, but there will
probably be other things that pop up. Especially as each baby is different and
overall Princess was a pretty easy baby. We’ll just have to wait and see how
little guy is!! Really looking forward to finding out and to seeing how
Princess is with him. She’s been more clingy the last few days and she gets
upset at the drop of a hat. Not sure if she is picking up on some tension from
the wait or if she is tired of hearing about brother, but not seeing him, or if
this is just a phase she would have had anyway. We know that she knows
something is going on, afterall, her aunts have been coming up regularly and
either watching her for a few hours or staying a few days. She loves playing
with them, especially Aunt R, but you have to wonder what she is thinking.
Until last week, when Aunt R was here Princess often ignored me in her aunts
favor, but now she seems to want to know where I am & what I’m doing often.
I’m sure she’ll do okay while I’m in the hospital, but I hope it’s not too hard
on her.
