I've been slacking...!

I didn't realize how long it's been since I had posted! Not like anyone cares, but I don't like feeling like a slacker. :)

Life has been SO busy! I am 36 weeks and 4 days today. Friday is 37 weeks, which means FULL TERM BABY!! And I'm officially 9 months pregnant. Only 24 days til my due date! I can't believe Elijah is almost on the outside...I still have my moments of freaking out, but I've been mostly calm and happy these last couple of days. We are MORE than ready for his arrival now, and every day I wake up wondering if this is going to be the day he decides to make his appearance. :) They say the pregnancy flies by...but mine feels like it's taking FOREVER. One of my servers told me the other day that they think I have the gestational period of an elephant (22 months). Guess that's what happens when you over-share with people. :P

Last Monday I started having contractions. I've been having them ever since, but there's no pattern to them. They're definitely worse than the Braxton Hicks ones I had earlier in the third trimester! At my doctor's appt last week, she checked me and said there is absolutely nothing going on "down there". Boooooo. I have another appointment next Tuesday, so hopefully there will be some progress! Next Tuesday's appt is the last one J will be able to go with me to. :( He starts his "Academy" on the 16th, which is a M-F commitment, from 5a-5p. If Elijah doesn't make his appearance before the 16th, I'm crossing my fingers that he comes on a weekend so J can actually be there!! He can't exactly leave the academy while it's going on, so if he comes on a week day, J won't be able to be there until after 5pm...all of these unknowns are stressful!!

Little man's room is all set up and waiting for him now :) We got this bedding set last week from a friend of J's family. :)

And we scored a ton of free stuff from another one of J's family friends! This is just some of it. :)

And we now have a convertible car seat for John's car, and my sister told me last night she's buying our infant car seat for my car. :) I also have a good friend who has an almost-8-week-old who just grew out of her newborn diapers, so she gave me all of the ones she had left! I have 3 big boxes of newborn diapers from my brother and his girlfriend, but if I can not open them and return them for size 1's, it'll help a ton! Little man isn't going to be tiny, either...so we shouldn't need many newborn anything. Haha :)

My wonderful coworkers threw me a surprise shower at work yesterday! I have no idea how I didn't catch on...but they're sneaky people!! We got a Diaper Genie, 25 outfits (I had to count..haha) mostly 0-3months, a safety kit, a monitor set, and a gift card that I used to buy a Moby wrap and Fisher Price Rock-n-Play! We have been SO blessed with everything that has been given to us. :)

Here's the SUPER yummy, and adorable, cake! :)

And some of the items. The socks you can see are Converse ones!! And the "It's a Boy!" sign we can put in our yard after he gets here. :)

While I am well aware that baby will get here when he's ready, and that I need to be patient (a skill I have NEVER had...), I am SO ready to meet Elijah!! So many moms on my "July Mom's Board" have had their babies already, and they just make me want mine even more! I'm ready to be a mom. I'm ready for this new adventure. I'm READY to kiss those cheeks!!!!

Please keep the opinions to yourself.