1 more week until D-Day

Its official, I’m finally making progress!!! Woohooooo! Baby has made his way down and has settled head first in the birth canal. My cervix has thinned, no dilation yet, but labor could start at any point!! I still have no real complaints other than feeling a little off still, annoying edema, and of course the darn toothache is back! I swear, I’m about ready to yank it out of my mouth myself. Doctor gave me the green light to start up the Keflex antibiotic again if I need to, but I’m hoping baby will arrive before it gets too bad. Contractions are definitively getting stronger, longer, and closer together but are still coming at random times throughout the day. There will be times when I have 7 monster contractions in a half hour, and then nothing for the next 5 hours. It’s just a matter of time though. Our Doctor was pushing on my belly again to estimate Jaiden’s weight, and had us a little worried for a second. He kept saying, oh my, he’s going to be a BIG boy... WOW he’s really big.... and kept pushing my belly with a crazy look on his face. I shot Kevin a paranoid glance and then slowly asked the Doctor, how BIG are we talking?! He then asked me if I was having a mild contraction... I told him I was and he started to laugh. I didn’t think to say anything when he started pushing all around, but it was a little uncomfortable. He thought my entire uterus was just baby. He then waited for the contraction to be done and agreed with the previous Doctor thinking right around 7 lbs 7 oz, but under 8 lbs. Again, we shall see. With what I’ve heard from other new mom’s, I’m not holding my breath for that to be completely accurate. I have mastered the waddle-walk now as baby Jaide’s head is causing a little bit of pressure. I’m sure I look ridiculous walking around, but that’s alright. I now have people come up to me wherever I am and ask how much longer I have. I wish I could take a picture of their faces when I say oh, about a week! Haha Their eyes pop out and then ask me what I’m doing out... like I really have any desire to just sit and wait. I’m trying to stay busy people! If we make it to our next appointment, it will be next wednesday... little monkey's due date :)

I finally got our maternity/belly pictures from our shoot. My belly is obviously quite a bit bigger than in these pictures, but I thought I’d share a couple. These were taken when I was just about 35 weeks along.