40 Weeks

Well, Baby Shack #2 and I made it to 40 weeks!  I never would have thought that we would make it to August let alone our due date- and likely beyond!  I still don't think much has happened to make me think Baby Girl is going to come on her own in the next couple days so we will see what Dr. C says at my 40 week appointment on Tuesday.  Dan and I agreed that we would like to go to 41 weeks (if it is safe to do so) before we do a c-section.  I have pretty much made my peace with either scenario as I see benefits and drawbacks to both labor and surgery. 

40 weeks

These past few days I have been working with Dan at our old house (which was a rental these past six years) doing repairs, clean up, and yesterday I did landscaping all in a mad rush to get the property on the market.  I LOVE doing house renovations although I would definitely prefer to do it when I am not 40 weeks pregnant.  But since Dr. C told me to stay active and I feel pretty good I went ahead with helping out at the house.  I layed 17 bags of bark, planted 8 shrubs, planted a flower bed, dug and realigned landscape borders, planted 1 tree, and planted 7 window boxes and patio planters.  That job plus a few runs to Lowe's for supplies took most of the day.  Here is a before and after picture of one of the areas of our house I worked on:

Before the landscape install

After the landscape install - better right?

Last night at 9pm I made a quick run to JC Penny to use some coupons I had saved.  I realized just a few days ago that Shack Baby #2 is probably much bigger than Lena when she was born and will not be in preemie clothes at all and only newborns for a very short while.  Most of Lena's 0-3 clothes are long sleeved cold weather clothes.  We still have a good three months of hot weather before it begins to cool off.  So my JC Penny run was to purchase come cute warm weather outfits on clearance.  Today I am taking a break from house renovations and staying home with Lena.  We are doing some light cleaning, laundry, and re-organizing and I also cleaned out the car. 

Here is my last progression of belly shots!

6 weeks

16 weeks

21 weeks

30 weeks

36 weeks

40 weeks

 So we are in for a big week!  Our house will be on the market, I will turn 38 on Saturday, and Baby Girl will be born!  Exciting times!