Garynation

I went to my OB yesterday and found out that I am 1 centimeter dilated and very soft. I am so excited because I never dilated with Marielle. I know I could be like this for a few weeks, but it is still encouraging that something is going on down there. It's getting close and I have to say, I am pretty nervous about having Marielle and a little baby. Marielle is doing well and very active, and that seems to be the problem! She is so active, running around everywhere and testing us all the time. For example, she'll look at the fireplace, think for a second, then walk towards it and look back at me or Jon and smile so big; she knows she is doing somthing wrong. Right now, as big as I am, and as tired as I am, it is so hard for me to run to her and remove her. But I have to, I can't let her think playing in the fireplace is ok! And if we go outside, she'll run directly into the street, looking back with that little deviant smile. That kind of stuff makes me nervous. How wi...

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I just got back from an appointment from my OB. I am not dialated, but she said it was obvious that I had dropped a lot and things are progressing. I knew I had dropped some, because my hips have been really hurting lately. And of course my back hurts, but that has been happening for the last 4 weeks or so. My doctor is getting married this weekend, so she will be on her honeymoon next week, but I do have an appointment with a nurse practioner for next Tuesday to get checked. And I scheduled an ultrasound for Wednesday September 30, to see how big this baby is. Right now she estimates that it is 5 1/2 to 6 lbs. I want this baby to cook as long as it needs to, but I am really tired of being pregnant!! She asked if I wanted to schedule an induction, but I don't. I would really like to go into labor on my own this time. We'll see!!

"Deesh-da, deesh-da, blah, blah, blah" And of course, "daddy, daddy, daddy" and she handed me his shoes.

I started this blog a long time ago and never followed through with keeping it up. I didn’t send it out to anyone, except Jon, mainly because I was kind of scared people would actually read it. You can see I put up a few posts, but that was months ago. I really like the way a blog is set up as opposed to my current website for our family ( www.babygary.aboutmybaby.com ). I can insert pictures into the blog to illustrate what I am talking about instead of having a bunch of albums with captions. Then I can just put up a picture and some little words about what we were doing and send it out. The pictures upload faster, so that is less time on the computer… This August, I took my camera everywhere for some reason. I have 2 friends, Julie and Hayley, that were in town and I really wanted to get some shots of us together. I got some pics of my best friends who I hardly ever get to see. Julie lives in California and has for several years now and Hayley just got her masters in Australia and ...