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Baby Journal: Week 38


Hi Lorelai,

Okay....any day now.....

I know you've got a few more days now til your due date, but really are ready for you to come. It's for your best interest too....because having your birthday so close to Christmas is going to be not as fun!

We had a pretty relaxing weekend, and although we had 4 photo sessions, we didn't have much else on the books so we could keep relaxing! Your dad and I are trying to spend more time just the two of us, going out to eat and visiting places around Omaha that we like. We haven't been as good at going to movies, which your dad loves, but are still hoping to get in some of those things before you arrive!

At your doctor's appointment this week everything is looking good! We set a date to be induced, as the doctor is assuming right now you won't be arriving anytime soon (let's prove her wrong okay?)

We've started another house project which was hiring some painters for the unfinished portion of the basement. Your dad wants an industrial man-cave...so we will be working on that this week!

Your dad and I thought it would be fun to recreate an old photo this week! I had to share since we did it because of you (since I'm a little more full in the belly like Santa should be). I didn't even let him try to pick me up, but we thought this would be a great way to capture the end of 38 weeks pregnant! This was back when  your dad and I were dating (we started dating in 2008) so doing this again in the same Santa suit 7 years later was blast.

I also came down with a cold this week, which has been pretty miserable yet again. This late in the game its hard to have one more thing making me feel less than awesome! Coughing, congestion, sore throat, chills and having trouble sleeping...its all there...and it's awful 

Symptoms:The biggest struggles right now are still swelling, aches from being just so pregnant (which includes the occasional waddling), and moodiness is new. I've been pretty positive this whole pregnancy, and don't think I've been crazy emotional...but this week I just want to cry. I'm tired of being trapped in this preggo body, that's all there is to it! Am I miserable? No, most of the time I'm just fine apart from being sick.  But something little can send me into tears pretty quickly nowadays.

Promise: I promise one day we will get you a dog. Yes...you heard me...I promise. Most people know I really don't care for them, but you dad just wants one so much that I felt it was only fair. Hopefully when you grow up you won't dislike dogs as much as me, since you'll have grown up around one (and you're half your dad which means you have a good chance of loving them!)

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