Biding Time & New BB Pic (34 Weeks)

There hasn't been a lot to report in the last couple of weeks; I finally got the relatively calm time I've been hinting at for a while.  We got the crib put together and all the furniture put back where it belongs in the nursery two weekends ago, and Denine spent all day last Saturday finishing the crib skirt and curtains.  All that's left to do is the decorative touches.  And getting the rest of the stuff that's being stored in that room (primarily Ren's old box spring and a bunch of storage containers and boxes) put someplace else.  Unfortunately, I can't move that stuff anywhere until the garage is cleaned out somewhat, which won't happen until the stuff that we are donating gets picked up, and that probably won't until sometime the week-after-next.  Anywho, I'm to that point where I feel like we've been rushing to get everything done in time and now we are just sitting around waiting.  Not that we are going to be sitting around twiddling our thumbs - between my birthday, two baby showers, and miscellaneous other projects we should be plenty busy - it just that it seems like we've done everything we needed to get done beforehand and we're just stalling for time.  All of that said, we keep saying that we hope she will deliver around 37 weeks, which is apparently considered full term now (it was 36 when we had Ren).  So even for our "target date" we still have two+ weeks to go.

She's big (yeah, I got nuthin'...)

I feel bad for Denine, she's to that point where she can rarely get comfortable, and when she does she doesn't stay that way for long.  To make things worse, sort of, she's started having some pretty good contractions off and on.  I say "sort of" because she's having more and stronger contractions than she did with her other pregnancies, so hopefully that bodes well for her chances of going into labor naturally this time around and staying away from the evil "P-word."  Everyone keeps assuring her that there's no way she'll make it forty weeks judging by how big her belly is and the contractions she's having.  I hope they're right, but only time will tell.  After Friday I'm going to start encouraging her to do pelvic stretches (the birthing class instructor said not to until 35 weeks) and walking more, anything that might help things along.