36 weeks and in pain!!

I was having a wonderful pregnancy so far. I had no complaints. Things were great.

Then I hit 35 weeks. Ugh. Here comes insomnia, back aches, pubic bone pain, major cramps. And each day they've gotten worse. Now I'm sitting at 36 weeks and a day and I can barely stand up without having pain in my pelvis. I feel like Goob is gonna pop out anytime I'm on my feet. I've gotten kind of worried.

Thankfully, I have my check up tomorrow afternoon so I'll be sure to get all my questions answered. It's the start of my weekly check ups. So she'll be giving me internals and we'll see if I'm making any progress.

You know, with all my aches and pains in the past week, I've experienced no contractions. Or at least none that I'm aware of. I mean, I could be having contractions and just not realize it, right? Who knows?

Now it's just a waiting game. And pretty much everything is coming along:

At school: all my lesson plans are done. I've put away pretty much everything that I dont want a sub routing around in. I've made all the copies my kids will need. My lesson plans don't start until April 7th so no baby until then!! Plus I still need to get the paperwork straightened out with my leave. Hopefully that will be done on Tuesday.

At home: Goob's room is all ready. I've got tons of clothes, plenty of diapers, and most of the supplies that I'll need. Plus J and I've spiffied up our bedroom since that's where the little guy will sleep most of the time. We rented a Rug Doctor last night and have cleaned the carpets. (Our carpet was horrible!!!!! You should have seen the dirty water. It was black!!!!) We moved the furniture to make room for the pack and play/bassinet. I bought a little cheapie night table. It's kinda crazy. Our room looks more homey. Before it just had a bed and a tv. Seriously. Now it's more cozy.

With family: It seems like everyone is ready to drop everything and head down here when they get the call. My parents were here last weekend and my mom was here this weekend. So the next time I'll see them is when I'm at the hospital getting ready to deliver. We haven't seen J's parents since early February. And we got a phone call from them last night, that they want to visit us next weekend. Why? Why now? Why come when I'm 37 weeks pregnant. It's not like I'm gonna wanna to be entertaining. Jeez, I can't barely walk and they want to come and visit. Why not just wait until the baby's born? It seems strange to me to drive all this way to visit next weekend and then they'll have to come back up in a week or two for the baby's birth. Weird.

35 weeks today!

So today I turned 35 weeks. YAY! I can't believe that it's almost over.

Spring Break, Day Two

I'm trying to relax AND get some work done. I've been doing a lot of reading. In fact, I just ready Ana's Story by Jenna Bush. It was very simple and conveyed a good message. If I were a junior high teacher, I'd love to share this with my class. Now, I'm half watching American Idol, doing laundry and fixing to start a new book. (I'm gonna get some reading done now cause I know that I probably won't have a lot of time once the baby gets here.)

Bad/Stressful Day

J took a blood test last week as part of a study of diabetics. The doctor called this morning and let us know that his blood sugar has been high and he needs to get it under control. Yikes. That was definitely a wakeup call to both of us. We now know that we need to really watch what we eat and make sure we're exercising. We don't want to take any chances on our health now that we're having a baby soon.

J's going to go back to the doc in a month to check things out.

Whirlwind Weekend

Our weekend got off to quite a bang on Friday morning. J went to work super early so that we could leave for Houston as soon as I got off of work. But on his way to work, J's car broke down AGAIN! (A few months ago we spent abou $2500 to repair the car!) Once he called me, it was clear that we needed to do something. Well, we've been talking about getting an SUV forever. So it was time to take the plunge. We decided to just leave for Houston that morning (I called in sick!) to go car shopping.

Once we got to Houston, we dropped off our dogs and luggage at my parents' house and started shopping. We started with the Ford dealership and found an Edge. It was love at first sight. We talked with a kid there for about 20 minutes and then headed to the next dealership.

We stopped by a few other place, but nothing compared to the Edge. And since my parents have a deal with their employers when they buy a car they told us to wait for them to go talk to the salesmen. Plus they've been dealing with a certain salesman for a few years now when they've been buying their cars. My mom called him and let him know we were coming and to get a good deal ready.

Let me just say THANK GOODNESS that my parents were with us. J and I have never done anything like this before and probably would have gotten eaten alive. But my parents were able to get us a fabulous deal!!!

We are now the proud owners of a Ford Edge. It'll be perfect for all of Goob's stuff. And J and I are already fighting over who will drive it. (I'll win!)

Prepared Childbirth Classes

J and I start our "Prepared Childbirth Class" tonite. But can anyone really be prepared?? To be honest, I'm terrified of having to pop this guy out. Maybe tonite can ease my fears.

I hate TAKS testing!

This was the most boring day of my life. But thankfully I'm done til next year since I'll be on maternity leave during the Reading and Math TAKS.

The only bright side of today was I got some reading done. Unfortunately, I left the book I'm currently reading at home so I had to stick with children's literature. I read Becoming Naomi Leon and The Giver. Good reads.

What do you mean this rattle is not for ME?

So yesterday my aunt gave us a stuffed frog, a frog blanket, and a little frog rattle. It's really cute. It matches Goob's room. When we got home, I put the bag on the couch and thought nothing of it.

At around midnight, I was watching Home Improvement and J was happily snoring away. I heard a strange noise. I knew our oldest dog was asleep cause I could see him on his bed. But the little one was nowhere to be found. Hmmm.

The noise stopped and I went back to watching tv. About 10 minutes late, I heard the noise again. I woke up J and sent him to investigate. He found Kiki (the litle one) going to town chewing on Goob's new rattle. She loved it. When he took it away and put it on the ironing board, out of her reach, she barked for about half an hour.

Just now I took it and put it in Goob's crib and she can see it and the barking continued. She wants the rattle.