36 Weeks

Wow...this is the most pregnant I have ever been! I am certainly feeling ready to have you. I have been having a lot of contractions, and I feel like you have dropped. I go to see Dr. Washkowiak this morning and I am so curious to see if I am dilated at all. I had a lot of contractions on Christmas, and I was thinking that you might be sharing your birthday with Jesus! I'm glad we made it through Christmas without you arriving. My blood pressure is also going up a bit and I am getting really bloated. Maybe this is just what the last month of pregnancy is going to be like for me, but I feel like you will be here pretty soon. We have a birth day pool going with my family, which we did with Brooke too. We all take a guess at the day you are going to be born. Today is Auntie E's guess and I picked December 29th, which is in two days. Daddy picked January 1st. It would be pretty crazy if you were born on New Year's Day because you would share your birthday with cousin Jackson and it was also Grandpa's birthday.

We took down all of our Christmas decorations and our tree yesterday. We have never done that so quickly! We got out your car seat out last night and the swing and bouncy chair are in the family room. Today we are going to put up the pack n play and co-sleeper, and I am going to pack my bag for the hospital. As Brooke says, "We are putting up the baby decorations".  We are trying to watch Brooke very carefully around the baby swing because she loves to push it, and yesterday she even climbed into it. We are worried about her trying to be a big helper, but doing things that are not very helpful when you arrive.

I should also mention that Brooke got the baby doll she has been wanting from Pottery Barn Kids from Santa for Christmas. We asked her what she was naming her doll and she said, "Dylan". Brooke's baby Dylan is a girl so now we will have a girl and a boy baby Dylan in our house!