I Love Wednesday

WILW hosted by Jamie!

Today I am loving:

1.  The burp clothes Callie sent me!  LOVE them!  Thanks SO MUCH Callie!

2.  Baby Wise- Jonathan and I were sitting on the couch the other night and I was thinking about feeding and sleeping schedules for Georgia.  I mentioned it to Jonathan and he started cracking up laughing and said, "I never really thought of her actually being here!"  Yeah, me neither.  AND, I have a lot to live up to.  My sister in law is like the baby whisperer or something and had both of her babies sleeping through the night at 6 weeks!  Her oldest is a sleeping champ I tell you!  So anyways, I've seen Baby Wise all over the blogger world so we went and got a copy and I LOVE it!  I read the first 4 chapters in one sitting.  To me, it just makes a lot of sense.  Obviously, we'll take each day as it comes but I'm glad it's all starting to make some sense in my head before she actually gets here!

3.  I've made some baby progress since my last appointment.  I don't know my weight gain because the student nurse couldn't figure out the scale.  I'm being totally honest.  (Two appointments ago there was a high school student shadowing my doc for the day and she did a better job doing my chart than this student nurse who was in her 40's...I think she must have been nervous.)  Anyways, she put on my chart that I was up 8 lbs since last week...um, that is CLEARLY wrong.  Even when my appointments were a month apart the most I ever gained in a month was 4 lbs so there is NO WAY I gained 8 in 7 days!  I'm officially dilated to a 1 now.  When she told me I said, "YAY!  Progress!"  Her and my regular nurse laughed and clapped for me since at my last appointment I was "very high and totally closed".  I've also started to thin some but she didn't give me a percent so my guess is that it isn't much.  I asked her about my swelling (hands, feet, ankles, and now legs) and she said it was most likely due to the heat since my blood pressure is still very low.  So, nothing to worry about there.  She said I've done pregnancy "right" and that my body is "good" at being pregnant.  So, that's good news :)  I had the option of doing elective induction at 39 weeks but I told her I would pass on that.  I just really DO NOT want to be induced...at all.  So, next week at my 39 week appointment we'll reassess and go from there.  I don't on the other hand want to go past my due date and the dr. does not recommend going to 41 or 42 although she said I could if I wanted to...no thanks.  Her prediction is that I will go into labor on my own...how she predicts that I have no clue.  So, in 12 days or less I should have a little girl!

4.  AND in AWESOME and AMAZING news, I am absolutely loving the fact that my husband got a promotion (for lack of a better word)!  My husband is an English teacher / coach and yesterday he interviewed to be a "mentor" teacher at his campus.  He was the first person interviewed and he got the job on the spot!  His campus has 3 levels of teachers.  Teachers, mentor teacher, and master teachers.  So, he'll be in charge of the new teachers on campus and get a very nice raise.  (In addition to the raise he got for moving back to high school sports and the raise for completing his masters...I am so beyond proud of him!)  I love being married to someone so dedicated to his job and hard working.  What a blessing :)