Happenings

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.