Full Term - Come On, Baby!

This Saturday I will be in my 38th week of pregnancy. And no end in sight.

Well, the end HAS to be in sight, right? I'm not showing any signs of going into labor any time soon. And my doctor good as said that inducing probably won't happen until I'm 41 weeks, unless the conditions are right.

That sounds like I'm whining, doesn't it? I really have been blessed with this pregnancy. The worst thing that has happened to me was getting sick with bronchitis early on, and then a slight cold later. Other than that, I have been able to function pretty normal (or as normal as you can with a stomach that is 10+ inches larger than it used to be). As far as we can tell, our baby is as healthy as can be. I hope it stays that way.

After our appointment today, my husband and I (but mostly he) vacuumed out and washed the exterior of our car. Then we but the base for the car seat in, and the car seat itself. So if, perchance, I do go into labor, that's one less thing anyone has to worry about.

My husband has been wanting to go see a movie with some friends, but all of our friends tend to be busy when we're available. So I went with him to see one of the movies he wanted to see, "The Book of Eli." Now, I don't really do Rated R movies. Since I am LDS, our religious culture advises us to stay away from them, and for good reason. So my husband knew it was a big deal for me to offer to go with him. I actually really liked the movie--I didn't realize what it was about before we saw it. And I could see many religious parallels between it and my own religion. We even discussed how at one point, Denzel Washington's character was like Samuel the Lamanite (for those of you who don't know, in the Book of Mormon Samuel was a Lamanite (descendant of a man named Laman) who preached and prophesied about the birth of Christ to a wicked city from a wall. The wicked people didn't like what Samuel was saying to them, and tried to shoot him down from the wall--however, Samuel was protected by the hand of God, and none of the arrows harmed him). I'm glad of the movies my husband wanted to see, we saw that one. And really, if they just took out those "F"-words and toned down the violence a little, it would not have been Rated R.

Ahh, now I'm just rambling. Probably because I'm sleepy again, as I always am every few hours these days, heh heh. And yes, I know it will just get worse with a newborn baby--but I can't wait to hold, cuddle, and kiss that baby. It's going to be wonderful...

ぺらぺらぺらぺらぺら Rambling on and on and on and on...

I don't know that I really have much to post... My life really is not so exciting. ☻

For the last little while I have been trying to tackle projects with my new sewing machine. I love it, and I love learning new crafts. Since getting married, I have taken up beading jewelry, crochet, scrapbooking, knitting, and now sewing crafts. My husband is so supportive that every time I find a new hobby I want to try, he buys me pretty much literally EVERYTHING I would need to do that hobby professionally. Yeah, I'm spoiled.♥

The last couple of days have not been so productive. We visited my eldest sister last weekend, and got to see my little sister as well. After we returned home, I came down with some sort of weird cross between allergies and a cold. That knocked me off my feet for about a day and a half, and though I am more or less on the mend now, I am still exhausted and my nose switches between being stuffed up and runny. *sigh*

☂The power went off for a half-hour yesterday. THAT was exciting! It almost reminded me of being back in LC during those classic winter storms. Those were so much fun. You don't get that really out here. Plus they are so productive that they had our power back on in no time, lol. Although I must admit, some of the most fun I've had with storms out here were the summers we spent at Bear Lake, living in a tent. Now THAT was fun and scary, being in a tent in the middle of a lightning/rainstorm. ^_^

Hmmm... On a last note, just because I've been thinking of writing this up for a while, I thought I should point out what I know about my neighbors upstairs...
1. I know they both LOVE to sing, sometimes operatic, sometimes pop music, but many times Disney (I know I've heard music from the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Beauty and the Beast).
2. I know that they wake up early (about 6:00 a.m.) and go to bed late (anywhere from 2:00-3:00 a.m.).
3. I know that they really love watching movies on the weekend late into the night with the sound turned way up...or with surround sound.
4. I know the wife really likes to laugh...or gets tickle-tackled by her husband quite a bit, as her screeching laughter permeates our closet vent from time to time.

And I know all this having never met them face-to-face or spoken a word to them. And our walls are not thin. I still don't think they are as bad as the Heavy-Walkers we had before them. We've lived her for over 4 years now, and they are only the second set of neighbors we might classify as "annoying." (That's pretty good, considering there is such a high turn-over in these apartments every 4-8 months.

Wow, this post ended up being way longer than I intended. And it really is about nothing, isn't it? In case you're wondering, baby is doing well. Tomorrow I will be 35 weeks! No sign yet that this baby is planning on coming anytime soon, though..... ☆