Well folks, we're there. We've hit 36 weeks which is the final, ninth month of pregnancy. I think it's weird how your body figures it out, too. "What? The ninth month? Isn't that supposed to be the worst? Okay, guess we'll have to step it up a bit!" No thanks, preggo body. Your help is completely unnecessary. I am quite capable of feeling completely exhausted without the added "help" you're giving me.
After a long week of state testing (which I will add our kids ROCKED! I can only hope that the Math test next week is as good!) I'm feeling quite drained. On my feet for longer hours constantly proctoring the test was WAY harder than I thought it was going to be. The non-pregnant chicks in the group were exhausted, so the two of us that are preggers were definitely tired! Each night was a little worse until finally Thursday night I curled up into a ball and fell asleep at 9:00 hoping that baby girl decided to stay in there.
I'm definitely taking a page out of my friend Robyn's book (hey mama!) who has successfully held off labor for a while now. I come home every night and put my feet up. No more lifting Jack unless it's an emergency (falling asleep in the car is pretty much it) and very little bending over to clean. Mitch has wonderfully picked up a lot of my slack and even yelled at me Friday night to go back to bed. Okay, sweetie. Message heard.
After seeing the doctor on Friday I felt a bit better about things. She didn't seem to think birth was as imminent as I did, but there will be a lot of time spent over the next few days preparing for an extra early arrival. If I'm prepared for her to come that early it'll hold her off, right? Kind of like a Murphy's law thing, yeah? I'll let you judge for yourself if I'm a little lower than before. I'm pretty sure my coworkers are all trying to jinx me by talking about it..... :o) And BTW? No judging on the outfit. My pants weren't comfortable any more so on went the yoga pants!
The upside to the week? Nesting and organization. I've gotten a lot of little projects off the list, such as organizing Jack's toy bins and labeling them. Gotta love the Pinterest project ideas! Even the bins downstairs have labels on them too. I took a page out of the English Learners lessons I've been taught and put the words and pictures on them. He loves being able to "read" the word by looking at the picture!
In addition, there's finally new progress on the guest room! Sheet rock is almost finished thanks to Michael G from Mitch's work who came over and helped him get the big pieces up. The big furniture is now out of baby's room so there's really no more excuses to get it patched up and painted. That's the goal for this week. I know she doesn't need it right away but the mommy in me needs to know she has a place. Like a sense of belonging. Plus then I can begin my OCD organizational rampage. Wait. After the resting talk from earlier, maybe I should hold off for a couple of weeks until it's safe for her to come. :o) But anyway... This week's goals are to be prepared for any circumstance. Bags packed, car seat ready, plans ready to go at a moment's notice. I'm an OCD, type A-er so this should be no problem, right? Here we go! 
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