40 weeks-Our anniversary is safe

We made it to 40 weeks. Which means we made it past our Anniversary. Which means we are officially a week past our due date. I am glad that he will get to have his own special day and we will get to have ours. Plus as it gets later and later, we will get to take longer anniversary trips without worrying about getting too close to his birthday. We tried to keep it low key this year. We went to Chick-fil-A and then got frozen yogurt. It was nice and relaxing. A great little outing before baby.

I have still been feeling pretty good. We have been taking lots of walks, exercising as much as possible, and trying to stay busy. Everyone keeps giving me suggestions on things we can do to make him come. We have tried most, but he still won't budge. I guess he is just not ready yet. That or he is just being stubborn. He is still moving around a lot and feels so big. We asked the doctor about the possibility of him getting too big and making it hard to have a normal delivery and she said not too worry. I am measuring small so he is going to be on the small side. I hope she is right. We are all ready for his arrival. We keep trying to guess when he might decide to come but so far we have been wrong. My mom guessed Monday, I thought Wednesday, and Dean and my dad are predicting Friday the 19th. Our next step really depends on what the doctor says at our appointment tomorrow. I'm really not sure what I want her to say. I know that I don't really want to go back to work. My days have been spent filing and organizing and I am ready to be done. 

Dean and I have talked a lot about induction. I really thought she was going to push for it last week but didn't. If I have not progressed anymore then I am sure we will really talk about it tomorrow. I'm not really scared about getting induced but was hoping my body would go into labor on its own. I was still only dilated 1 cm at our last appointment but I have been having more Braxton Hicks contractions so maybe. We are so excited for him to come that every day he doesn't come is a little disappointing. It doesn't help that I get asked 100 times a day about when he is coming, or I can't believe you are still here, etc. It's not like we are trying to keep him in there. As one of our coworkers said, "No one was pregnant forever." I guess that's reassuring. Hopefully this will be the last prebaby post but we will keep you updated on what happens next.





My first picture at about 11 weeks



My picture at 40 weeks