No, no, no, no...

I'm on bed rest. While most people would think a vacation from work would be awesome I am bored. No...I don't want to stay home all day and do nothing. I am wasting the 12 weeks I have to spend with HJ after she's born.

Is the room ready? No...David is almost finished painting. The furniture won't be delivered until after HJ is born. My parents have a beautiful cradle for her at their house that we'll use until then.

Do we have diapers and the essentials for when HJ comes home? No...but my mom promised she can have a shopping cart full in 10 minutes and I believe her. Also my baby shower is on February 8th so it's just around the corner.

Have you had any interviews with a pediatrician? No...while we did find one close to the house and with a good recommendation our work schedules do not allow time for David to come to my doctor's appointments let alone to have an interview with a pediatrician.

Pray for my sanity. Pray for David's good mood and patience to continue. Pray for my blood pressure to come back down. If it doesn't then HJ will be here in 2 weeks. Which is good and bad. Good because we can't wait to meet her but bad because we don't know if the cake has cooked enough. The doctors are confident that she'll be fine so I am going to have to trust them.

Look how big she is!!

Here's our little girl. According to the doctor she is now 4 pounds 5 ounces. We're pretty sure she has my lips and mouth and David's chin. We're hopeful that she'll have Daddy's nose.

She's already head down and so now I know it's which part of her is kicking me/punching me where.

I keep having these panic attacks that she's going to come and we won't be ready at all. Like I won't have diapers and I'll have to wrap her up in my clothes or something. I really need to get a grip.

In other news Dr. Patel has asked to see me weekly for sonograms and an NST which monitors her heartrate and contractions to see how she is handling the stress of being in her temporary home. With my blood pressure starting to get a little out of control again he needs to watch closely so he can decide when it's time for her to come. It's looking like it's going to be sooner than we thought.

February's birthstone is amethyst :)

Stay in there!

So our little bundle of joy wants to meet us so badly that she made her way down a little further than she should be. She got my blood pressure up a bit and starting waving hello from an uncomfortable spot.

We see Dr. Patel (the specialist) next week for my 8 month check up so we'll see how much longer she needs to bake in the oven before it's safe for her to come out.