39 Weeks Tomorrow

"When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world."

Yesterday and today have been HOT! Temperatures in the 90's.

Kind of miserable. Not fun when you are pregnant, so I've tried to stay inside.

We did have a very nice weekend.

Saturday was Tom's birthday. We went out to dinner the night before. His mom came over to babysit - then ended up spending the night because contractions were coming, but they never got very regular.

Saturday morning I finally got to give Tom his gift that I had had hidden in the boys' bedroom closet for the last few weeks. New golf clubs! He was very excited. I am glad he was surprised. It had been a little tough hiding them from him. There was one day he was going to fix the light and the door in the boys' closet. Me and our 2 oldest ran upstairs and got the clubs out of the closet and into one of their beds just in time. Tom walked in as we threw a blanket over the box. It was kind of funny.

Later that day we planted our family garden. We had a lot of success last year so we decided to do it again this year, but we are trying different veggies and some fruit this time. Everyone worked together. It was a nice way to spend the day even though it was very hot. That afternoon we went to a graduation party at a park nearby. Our children had a great time! Tom and I enjoyed seeing some of our friends too. Tom had to leave early to take our oldest to his Confirmation reahearsal at our church. By the time I left the park with our other 6 children, I was exhausted and they were a mess! Still - A great day!

Sunday was Brandon's Confirmation. Again, I cried. Time goes by so fast. I can clearly remember carrying Brandon on the day he was baptized.

Confirmation went beautifully.

Brandon was one of the students to be confirmed by the Bishop. An honor and a blessing.

Tom's mom was with us.

After, we went out to eat pizza at Lou Malnati's. Yum! By the time we got home, it was time for bed. We all headed to bed.

Now today. The last day of school. Yay! I am happy not to deal with getting up early and having our children get on a bus - and having homework. I am ready for summer and (I think) ready for baby. Not much of a choice there.

Baby is coming this week! I am 39 weeks tomorrow and there is no more room in my body. Every little movement is felt and seen. It is amazing to feel a little knee / foot go across my belly.

Tomorrow is another NST and then a check.

We should know tomorrow when baby will be born. We'll be picking a day.

I am nervous and excited.

It is a little sad to think of my pregnant belly not being here anymore, but I am uncomfortable and tired of maternity clothes.

I can't wait to find out if we have another son or daughter.

I can't wait to have an itty bitty hand grab my finger.

I can't wait to see Tom hold his newest child.