Due Date - 2 Months from Today

"Ugh...I've been waiting thousands of days!" Adria lamented tonight as I told her that Baby Brother should be joining us in about two months. "But that's so long, Mom!"

Haha! It has definitely not been thousands of days, in fact it feels like time has passed rather quickly since we first told her that Mommy had a surprise in her belly. And here we are continuing the 10 week countdown to Baby's due date that I started last week.

Monday marked 31 weeks pregnant, and my due date is officially just 2 months from today - May 4. It's getting real! Baby should weigh more than 3 lbs. and be about 16 inches long.

It was a pretty busy week for us in Baby World.

Hello Baby Class

On Thursday night, I rushed home from work and packed up the girls to head to a special class in Dover at 6:00 p.m. The Hello Baby class is offered by Bayhealth, where I plan to deliver, and is a special program for young children ages 3 to 6 awaiting the arrival of a new sibling. Since the girls are so excited about baby, I thought they might enjoy it. It was actually the first birthing or pregnancy class I ever attended.

Just an hour long, the interactive program involved practice diapering and feeding of a baby doll along with "big sister/big brother" stories and baby safety games. The four of us families in attendance were amused by our children's responses to some of the questions from the instructor. It was a good experience, but I dare say, the girls may have enjoyed our special stop to Chic-fil-A afterward even more :) It had a play place and ice cream after all.

Adria in the van with the baby she brought to class.

Doctor Appointment

Friday morning I had my last monthly OB check-up. Now, we go to every other week. My belly has seriously grown in the last couple weeks, and comments from people along with scale definitely confirm that. All the sudden, people aren't bashful to ask if I'm expecting...they are quite confident in this fact. According to the midwife who saw me Friday, my belly is measuring just right for 31 weeks.

I am also thankful to report that my pregnancy glucose test came back fine, and baby's heartbeat is good and strong. Everything looks healthy and normal! I do not take this for granted. The only downside of good news, is that it means no more ultrasounds...so the one I had in December may be the only sneak peak I get of Baby Boy. So much different from 6 years ago, when I was seeing level 2 ultrasound images of baby Adria in my tummy often because of her spina bifida.

Friend's Baby Shower

Saturday I had the opportunity to stop into a Baby Shower for my friend Heidi and see her pregnant belly for the first time. She's due just a couple weeks before I am with a baby girl and looking forward to motherhood.

Heidi and I expecting to meet our babies within a couple months.

Pregnant Blessings at Work

Saturday also marked the end of a very cold, icy and snowy February. Yet somehow, it ended up being one of my best months of sales at work. I ended the month with deposits from clients for 6 New Homes to be built! That's a great month in custom new home sales and I give a lot of credit to the Baby belly, now that it's more obvious. I think pregnant women just appear more trustworthy...it's been a trend with all three babies that I sell really well close to their due dates!

Mommy in her work uniform and Adria in her matching school uniform this week.
Love the mini-me :)

Icy Shores

And just to get a unique experience brought on by the February chill in Delaware, we headed down to the coast early on Sunday morning. The shoreline of the Altantic Ocean in Rehoboth Beach was unlike anything I've seen before... large ice chunks and slush extending back more than 30 feet from the crashing waves, which had just been loosed from the ice slush. It was quite incredible, and worth the early morning outing which was kept brief since I had to be to work by 11:00 a.m. on Sunday.

Daddy and the girls enjoying the ice slush on the Rehoboth Beach shore Sunday morning.

Not so Easy Times

Yet even as I recount our baby joys and experiences this week, I think of several others who have had very difficult and dramatic week. A dear friend from college had her fourth miscarriage, a family in the community lost their four year old son, a lady I used to babysit for is dealing with news of cancer, a young family anxiously awaits the day they get to bring their premature son home from the hospital, and I know there are many more.

Precious moments and joys in life can be fleeting. I try to treasure the experiences and remember to pray for those whose hearts are filled with sorrow and grief instead of hope and anticipation.