FULL TERM!

So, I hit 37 weeks yesterday! Technically, 37-41 weeks is considered "full term". I went to the doctor on Monday and he gave me "permission" to have the baby anytime now. :) I'm slightly dialated and the baby has already "dropped" so the past 2 doctors that I've seen don't think I'm going to make it until August 26th. My next appointment is on Tuesday, at week 38, so of course I'm anxious to see how much of a change has taken place. All of this was news to me because I still feel really good. No contractions that I can feel and although my sleep is not great, this is nothing new. Although I'm doing plenty to stay busy, it is an extremely weird feeling to know that at any point my water could break or I could start having contractions. Just the thought of that makes all of this seem very real and less like pretending. :) I know you'd think that feeling him move around inside me would make it real, I still don't know that it has really hit me that he is almost here!

I know that we don't have much control over when he decides to be born, but in case it matters, I'm hoping for the 15th. :) We have a company cookout with Brian's job on Friday, a baby class on Saturday, a family function on Sunday, I'm getting my hair cut on Wednesday and Brian has to teach a class at a hospital on Thursday! So, the 15th would be great!

By the way, I am SO excited that the Olympics are going to be on in just 2 more days! I LOVE the Olympics anyway, but now I know there will be something decent on TV while I'm in the hospital! woo-hoo!....not that I'll be doing a lot of watching, but hey, it could take a while.

I'd also like to take a moment to congratulate a lot of new moms and dads that have happened over the last week or so. Not that any of them check this blog (who knows, maybe they do?) but in case you know these people, you can know their news. Russ and Christine Mills welcomed their little girl, Charlotte Grace on July 31. Mike and Tracy (Wozniak) Ayvazian also welcomed their daughter, Brooklyn Nicole on the 31st. And the latest new addition is Meagin and Greg Miller's new daugher, Baylee...born on August 4th. So, just when I thought everyone was having boys, here are 3 girls to balance the world! I saw in the paper that we are kind of in the middle of a second "Baby Boom". I guess it only makes sense since all the folks around my age are products of our baby-boomer parents. I guess I just thought I knew a lot of people having kids because we are now having one, but I guess it is like that on a much larger scale than I thought.

On a different note....as soon as Connor is born I am going to change this blog from being "public" to "private". Although you currently can't search for it on the internet, we don't want any psycho people that we don't know able to access information about our family and in particular our new little man. So, I will be sending out "invitations" via e-mail after he is born. If you don't think I know that you check the site or if I don't have a current e-mail address for you, please send it my way so you can continue to keep up with our exciting lives! (heheh) As long as you get an invitation, you should be able to view the blog like normal. And of course, if you know of someone else that wants to see....no problem, just give me their e-mail address and I'll pass on an invite. Ok, I guess that is it for the blog "housekeeping".