36 Weeks (Tomorrow)

The LAST belly pic...it's just getting out of hand.

Loving: The fact that we are down to a mere 16 days (or less!) until I have my baby girl in my arms, breathing and eating a little easier now that she's dropped, knowing that I am almost down with all this diabetes nonsense, and seeing my little girl's sweet, squished face each week at our sonograms. I've also really been loving how excited Carter is for his sister - he hugs and kisses my belly all the time and loves to "practice" for baby sister with a baby doll. His school is also right by our hospital, so every day on the way home, he points to it and says, "Kate come out of mommy's tummy there!" :)

Not Loving: Sleep lately has been HORRIBLE. I have this weird throat itch/cough that seems to become unbearable when laying down. When I'm up and about during the day, it doesn't act up, but at night, I'm coughing NON-STOP. I've also fallen victim to lots of bug bites lately since Carter and I spend so much time outside so between the cough, the itchy bites, and being SO HOT all the time, sleep is a distant memory at this point. The 100+ degree afternoons also...well, suck.

Favorite Foods: Popsicles (although I have to buy the no-fun no-sugar kind...dumb GD), Mexican (still), fruit of any kind, string cheese, and cereal.

Looking Forward To: Seeing if I've progressed at all at my appointment today, holding my DAUGHTER! [UPDATE: Things are happening!! The doctor was surprised by how much I had progressed over the last week and predicted a "very quick" labor for me once it really gets started. I'll spare you the exact details since that's very much TMI, but things are changing for sure. :)]

Anxious About: The logistics of her birth have been making me anxious lately. I don't have any reason to think she'll surprise us early or that it'll happen at 2am or anything like that, but you just never know with babies. What I'm really worried about how we are going to handle Carter if I need to suddenly go to the hospital at 3am or something like that, especially given that his birth was your typical "Honey, it's time..." wake-up call at 5am two weeks early. My mom has graciously said she will be the one to rush up here to take care of him no matter the hour, but she's 30-45 minutes away, and I'm beginning to have nightmares that I have this baby in the car. Prayers appreciated that we actually make it to the hospital. :)