He Has Until Friday

Still no baby but he will be here by next weekend, one way or another. At my check-up on Friday, my doctor scheduled an induction for this Friday morning so if he doesn't come by then, we'll help him out. It is so exciting to know that he will definitely be here by the end of the week! I still hope he comes on his own sometime before that so we don't miss the fun of timing the contractions and then having that moment where we decide "I think it's time to go to the hospital now!" But if it does happen on Friday morning, that's not so bad either because I can get up, take a shower, eat a little breakfast, put our stuff in the car, meet my doctor at the hospital and she can deliver this baby. If he's born anytime besides regular business hours, I will probably not have my doctor there because they all call-share for evenings and weekends. Everything was looking really good and his heartbeat was great at the appointment. He's gotten a little bigger though and I am dilated to 4 cm now. I'm going to be halfway there by the time we even get to the hospital- hopefully that will mean a quick labor and delivery!

I can't seem to sit still anymore so I spent a good part of the weekend puttering around the house. I've rearranged and cleaned everything in the house, I think. We got some flowers to put out front in the flowerbed in our front yard since the tulips and other spring bulbs have all died now. Rob offered to take me to see Indiana Jones or rent a movie but I just didn't think I could sit still long enough to watch a movie. One of the best things that happened this weekend was getting a new office chair, which I am enjoying very much at the moment. We used to have an extra chair that goes with the dining table serving as our office chair and it was just terrible. We were both totally sick of it and tried to find a new one at Sam's Club but we could never find any in there. It turns out they still had them, they had just moved them to a different aisle. I started to put together the bouncy seat for the baby but had a really hard time maneuvering around my huge belly so Rob finished it up for me. I did some cooking and laundry too. I don't know if this is all that nesting stuff they talk about or just a lot of nervous energy but it was definitely a busy weekend for both of us.

A lot of people have been checking on us with all the flooding going on in Iowa but we are totally fine here. It rained a tiny bit today but it's been pretty dry since Thursday (I think that was the last day it rained a lot) and it looks like it is going to be dry for the next few days as well. In the previous week, from Thursday 6/5 through Thursday 6/12, it rained almost 5 inches here where we live. Even with all that, there was very little flooding in our town. We've also had some tornado watches but nothing close to us. I can't even imagine what it must be like for those living in Cedar Rapids. I work with some consultants who live there and can't believe the stories they have to tell. It's really incredible all the damage that has been done and they don't even know the extent yet of most of it since so much is still under water. We're very fortunate here.