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Okay, so nothing last night, what about today...still nothing?!?! Maddy is upstairs napping right now. Cynthia was here today, she scrubbed Maddy's bathroom for me and did about half the laundry. I am so greatful. I have about an hour and 15 minutes before I have to get Maddy up, so I am going to try and get some more laundry done and see if I can put my feet up a bit. My appointment tomorrow is at 10:10, what time is yours? I got lucky, Julie had to cancel her dental appointment for tomorrow morning, so she volunteered to take Maddy so I could go alone. Well, I had better get moving if I want this stuff done before the kid gets up. Talk to you soon.

hey there - my appt is at 10:40 tomorrow. Nothing new today either. I'm trying to squat - haha - I hear it helps things. Who knows. It's really hard to do since I'm so fat and my knees hurt. :) Rachel and I just got up from a nap a little before 4 and we're watching Dora. I'm so sick of this show but she loves it. Can't wait for Tim to get home and play with her for a bit - give me a break. My hands are starting to hurt from all the swelling and my feet are really puffy now. It hurts to walk and even my ankles ache. I'm so sick of this!!! Oh, sad news. My cousin and his wife lost their baby at about 24 weeks. :( My grandma called to tell me last night. Not sure of the details, but she had to go in today to "deliver". So sad! She was due in September - I didn't really want to know too much, it's too depressing. Poor thing. Well, gonna go try to finish MY laundry. :)

That is so awful! I can't imagine the heart ache they must be going through. Having to deliver a still born baby is beyond words. I hope they have a big support system. Anyway, Maddy is watching Dora too. I can't stand it. I just finished making goolosch, but we aren't going to eat for another 45 minutes or so. I want to make sure Maddy is good and hungry, so she doesn't give me a hard time with eating. Well, I think I am going to take her upstairs now for a bath before dinner to pa__s the time. Oh, almost forgot, do you have an excercise ball? I guess that is supposed to be good for coaxing the baby down. You are supposed to sit on it and roll around a bit. What about your b___st pump? Have you tried that to get contractions started? Okay, gotta go now. :o}

yeah, I have an exercise ball but my problem isn't that he hasn't dropped - he's already really low, he just won't come out! I'm afraid he has a big head and I'll have to have a c-section. ;) I cooked dinner tonight and we gave Rachel a bath and I did laundry and dishes and now I'm chilling watching "so you think you can dance". Love the show but the auditions are kind of boring. Oh, Rachel is trying to climb out of her crib now, it's starting go freak me out! she's not ready for a real bed yet but now I'm gonna worry about her falling out. If we put her in a big girl bed she'll just get up...ugh..what to do.

Go buy a crib tent. I'm not sure, but they may have them at Babies"R"Us. Also, you can check at onestepahead dot com. It is a tent that attaches to the crib and has a zipper opening to get the child in and out. I am taking Maddy across the street to Julies in about a 15 minutes and then I get to go to my OB appointment by my self!! I am on pins and needles, waiting to hear what your OB has to say today. At my last appointment I had sugar in my urine. I had eaten a bowl of Raisin Bran with the sugar on the raisins. I looked at the box yesterday and it has 19grams of sugar per serving, and I probably had two servings before my appointment. This morning I am trying some toast and a banana. We will see what happens.

No sugar in my urine this time. I know it had to be the cereal last time. Everything else normal as well. Dr. Edstrom told me I can take Magnesium Sulfate for the tearing muscle pain. I don't know if I will or not though. I already take enough everyday. I'll think I will wait to see if it gets any worse. So, I am dying to hear where you stand?!?! Maybe she sent you strait to L&D?!? The anticipation is killing me.

NO CHANGE!!!!!! I can't freaking believe it. She says I must have a cervix of steel. Great....she offered to strip my membranes today and/or schedule an induction for next week if I want but I said no for now. I'll just let this go it's natural course. I'm so frustrated!!! Over 3 weeks of this waiting and hoping and no change. Man I'm p__sed. ;) ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Ok I feel a little bit better. Glad your urine was good this time. :) I hear the magnesium isn't so much fun to take, can't remember what it does but I've heard people hate being on it. I forgot about those crib tents - I'll have to think about that one. I bought Rachel this cute little leather chair at Target today - it kind matches our furniture and it's just so adorable. I've been eyeing it for a while now and it just went on sale and there was ONE left. :) I hope she likes it. :) I also got her a cute little fake tool set so she can help her daddy out. She's always running away with his tools trying to screw things in or hammer - this way she can avoid damaging things since they are plastic. :) Well...I'm gonna try to pick up the house and maybe take a nap. What I want to do is jump on a trampoline now! I just might head over to my sisters later and do that! haha..

You know, if you would have scheduled the induction you would probably have gone in to labor tonight. You may have just jinxed yourself. LOL. I just can't believe you haven't progressed any further?!?! Are you going to give it until monday, and then if nothing has happened, give in to the induction? I am so sorry, what a pain. I guess your little guy just doesn't want to move out yet. Maybe he is waiting until payday on the 15th? LOL. I was just thinking about how we have been talking about my pee. It's not something that usually comes up in general conversation. I guess when you are pregnant anything goes. Just wait, after the babies are born we will be talking about leaky b___bs, bleeding and swollen va-jay-jay's! It will be so nice when all of this is over for the both of us. It will be great when we can pa__s the girls off on our hubby's and meet up for an afternoon with our little boys. Infants are great, they are light, compact and they don't have much of an opinion on where you go. Maybe after I am healed, we can all get together? I think maybe Tim and Jimmy would get along. When do you see your OB again, monday?? I see Dr. Edstrom on the 12th of June, then again on the 26th, then every week. I have to remember on the 26th to ask him to schedule me for induction. Yes, at this point I am still planning on that. We will see though, like I said, If I am getting no where then I may change my mind. However, if I am 3-4 and 80% like you then definitely I will go ahead. You are definitlely more brave than I. The other part of it is that Jimmy is over an hour away at work and my mom is even further. If I went in to labor on my own at home during the day I would have to leave Maddy with Julie and go alone, which doesn't appeal to me at all. I am a big huge fraidy cat. I'm going to go put my feet up. Talk to you later.

hey there - I don't go back till Thursday next week - and every Thursday until D-Day. :) I had my induction scheduled with Rachel and she wasn't ready to come out so I took my chances. :) I think he's waiting to give me a stretch mark. haha I'm gonna hold out as long as possible on the induction - I'll wait till the 2 week mark - or have it scheduled for the 42nd week. I don't want to do it but if I have to...Maybe I'll walk on the treadmill tonight for a while. It's easier than going outside cuz if I get tired I don't have to walk BACK to wherever I started. ; ) I'm not all that brave either - I alway s know I have an epi to fall back on. I just want to try to do this as natural as possible so I don't ever regret not trying. This IS our last you know. :) Tim only works a few minutes away so I'm lucky there - and he quit riding his bike to work in case I go into labor. :) FIgures, that's probably why I haven't! :)

so we went for a 45 minute walk tonight -then I swept, mopped, did laundry and a bunch of other stuff. :) Hope it helps!

Hi. Julie and I took all three kids to Red Robin for dinner last night. Her kids are so out of control. I just can't stand it anymore. Julie isn't much help either. She tries to control EVERYTHING they do... don't sit like that, don't eat like that, don't drink like that. It is enough to make anyone crazy. I think if she would leave them alone sometimes that they would be fine. Maddy was an angel like most of the time. After dinner we went to the Mall and I returned some summer clothes I ordered form Old Navy, then we went to Gymboree and then home again. Maddy didn't get to bed until 9:30pm. I was sure she would sleep until about 8 or so, but no such luck. She pooped and woke me up at 6:15 this morning. I am so friggin' tired. Jimmy had to drive in to work today, so he won't be home until around 9 or so. I am definitely putting the kid to bed early tonight. Tomorrow the new kids zone at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium opens, so I think we are taking Maddy. That should be fun for her. I don't think we are going anywhere today. Although my mom is home from work and I would really like to go out there for some help. It is about 8:30 now and I can't call her until atleast 9am. I think she was up late. If she is home, and doesn't have other plans, I think I will go. Keep me updated.

hey there - I slept like c___p myself. Tim got home at 10 then we were up past 11 - Rachel woke up crying at 2:30, was standing up in her crib so I held her for a while and then of course, couldn't get back to sleep. She woke up a few more times crying but not enough to get me out of bed, just woke me up. Then I got up at 7. She's up too little stinker. :) She was crying at 7:30 so Tim went in to get her but I guess she was still asleep and he woke her up. Any good sales at Gymboree? I have a 20% off coupon and have some stuff to exchange. I got some 18 mo clothes for the baby as a gift but they are summer ones so I don't think he'll be in them at the right time of year. I know people like your friend Julie, total control freaks with their kids and usually those are the kids that act the worst. Anyways, I'm gonna try to get ready to get out of her and go do something - mornings are just so hard, especially when it's gloomy out. :)

Sounds like you have had a rough time too. Sorry. Yes, Gymboree is having a sale. 20% off all sale items. If you have a 20% off coupon as well, they usually take both. They also have $8.00 shorts and tank tops. I found a few things yesterday. Well I am off to my mom's in a few minutes. I can't take it all by myself today. Have a great day!! :o}

well we went to southcenter and of course, the items i wanted to exchange came from an outlet store so it was a waste of time. They didn't have a big selection either and I forgot my coupon. :) We ended up walking the mall which was killer on my back! It feels like my lower body is separating from my upper body. Then he had lunch at Johnny Rockets, came home and I'm about to take a nap. I'm beat. Hope you had fun today - and got a bit of a break. :) I feel achey in my belly today - hope all my walking, working and exercising is doing something!!

You sound so miserable. :o{ I hope something happens soon for you. I am really starting to feel awful as well. I went to my mom's and really it always turns out not to be as realxing as I imagine it to be. I feel like I should have just stayed home. Julie came over today and cleaned up all the toys and did my dishes!!! She must have been here atleast 30 minutes cleaning up. Her kids drive me up the wall, but she is such a great friend. I don't know anyone else who would have done that for me. It is about a quarter to 10pm and Jimmy is still on his way home. I think I am going to ask him to stop and pick up something to eat. I am hungry AGAIN. Anyway, I hope your water breaks tonight?!?! Talk to you later.

no such luck, baby is still warm and cozy! :) we went to lowes last night and bought a new window for our bathroom remodel - got dinner - went for a walk earlier, before our shopping spree - and I was so tired when we got home! My tummy really rests on my legs now. Walking up stairs is kind of hard since the belly gets in the way. haha...so we didn't get home last night till 8:30 and Rachel was a little monster. We bought the window and Tim realized he didn't get his 20% off that he was supposed to so then it took them another 30-40 minutes to figure it out and fix it. Meanwhile, I was sitting in the car with a screaming Rachel. Not fun. Hey, did I tell you we're getting a dog in a few months? After the baby is born of course - and NOT a puppy. I don't want to deal with all the pee and chewing. I want a nice, trained dog. :) Tim says we can get a small dog - one that's hairless and poop free he says. haha...That was nice of Julie to clean for you - I can't stand anyone else doing my cleaning - like you said, no one does it right but me. :) I need to find something to do - I'm so bored!!! I need a project that I can physically do and one that won't take forever to get done so I feel like I've accomplished something. So far all I do is walk and shop. :) Well...got to go keep an eye on Rachel since TIm is trying to build a table for my dad - a coffee table - for a Birthday gift.