Another Journey...: 37 weeks and we have dilation!

This pregnancy has gone really fast! It is hard to believe there are only 3 weeks left until my due date. At my last appointment I was 1/2 cm dilated and 70% effaced - not a lot of dilation, but I think with Preston I didn't start dilating for another week. Braxton Hicks contractions don't seem to be as often, but I get these really sharp pains just barely into my leg that make me feel like I could collapse at times when I am walking. Doc said those are all normal. At the appointment everything was good - heartrate still good, movement good, and I didn't gain any weight! She is definitely active in there and moves my whole stomach around, changing shape and pushing so hard sometimes I swear I can feel her whole foot! Sleeping hasn't been the greatest the past couple of weeks, I wake up to pee or because she is pushing so hard it is killing me. So, all in all the pregnancy is still going great!

Last week our air conditioner decided to go out over the hottest weekend so far! We were without air from Saturday til Wednesday. Luckily the weather cooled down through the week and our attic fan made it tolerable. We ended up getting a whole new system and it works great, but it was not an expense we were expecting to have right before this little girl arrives.

We have decided to get Preston his birthday present a couple months early this year so he has something new and fun to play with over the summer and when the baby arrives - we are going to put in a swing set! AJ has been working outside to try to level out the yard and he decided that it would be easier in the long run if he boxed it in. So this process is taking a little longer (and a little more expensive) than expected. AJ is hoping to have a little help putting it up when family is in town! Preston has enjoyed being outside with Daddy and "helping" get the yard ready.

Preston's newest thing is calling AJ - "AJ" It is funny to hear him say it and to call him in his room at night to tell him goodnight. It isn't something he does all the time, just occasionally but AJ doesn't like it at all! He also started just saying "Mom" yesterday when he wants something - makes him sound a lot older than he is. He still says "mommy" just not all the time. I don't really like it much.

We have been putting the nursery together a little more each day so the door has been staying open and Preston likes to go in there. He has crawled up into the crib several times - I guess I need to get a picture - and tries to get into the cradle. AJ set up the swing and Preston wants so badly to get in it. I hate telling him no to stuff like that, but I guess we have to set boundaries now before the little girl gets here otherwise things will be twice as hard. It seems like he might be starting to understand things are going to change and he isn't liking it.

We hope everyone has a happy Memorial Weekend! Thanks to all our veterans and current soldiers who have allowed us the freedoms we have. God Bless!