40 Weeks... Our Due Date!!!

“April Nineteenth”… A phrase and answer Joe and I have said hundreds of times in the past 9 months. It was a mythical date… that was given to us as a guide to when Mikey should arrive. Now of course most babies don’t arrive on their ‘Due Date’ so Joe and I never thought he would come… and he proved us right. It is very common for most first time moms to deliver late. I think the average is 41 weeks 3 days (but I could be wrong) so that puts Mikey’s arrival April 29^th. Now this date would work for me as it is my grandfather birthday. Since Michael is names after him it would be a special birth day in my opinion.

Lucky for me I am not horribly uncomfortable. Besides the swollen feet (which get worse when I sit in a chair to scrapbook… strange I know) I can’t complain. The weather has not been too humid so I have had the windows open all week and the breeze is wonderful! Everyone tells me that it’s easier with him inside me than him outside so I am in no hurry to get him out. I am taking the advice and enjoying this time just Joe and I. We have gone out to eat more than we should but we want to nurture our relationship with quality time before Michael comes. It has been fun and we have really enjoyed it. I finished another scrapbook today and I will start on another tomorrow. I sure hope to finish before he comes but I still have a lot of work ahead of me so who knows!  

I have another appointment tomorrow afternoon and I am sure nothing has changed. Julie and I are going together so that will be a lot of fun to have a mini girls day out. Since Joe is in a 3-day class he was not able to come with me to this appointment. I know it kills him but he has come to every single one to date and this is just one! I doubt anything fun will be revealed anyway… I don’t feel any different so I am sure everything is the same.

There is not much to say about Michael this week… he is full term and ready to come any day now. With each passing day his hair and nails continue to grow as well as his lungs mature more and more with each day.