Final pregnancy pics

At 37 weeks we tried castor oil to see if baby would come out before Kathleen (my midwife) left for a week for a medical conference in Can Cun. The next day (June 10th) I woke up with everyone thinking I was in labor. It lasted 4-5 hours too...and Kathleen was out here for several of those. My brother's were in town and came over after Kathleen had left with the stipulation that if something started happening, they were leaving. We planned on going to see a movie (taking my mind of contractions was supposed to help), but the timing didn't work out for all of us to go. I thought it would be funny if I was watching the new X-Men movie with Patrick, Ben, and Nate when something actually happened. :) Patrick and I went by ourselves, and by then everything had pretty much calmed down.

On June 21th (38 weeks, 5 days) I went in for an appointment, and we decided to try the castor oil again. . .this time I puked an hour and a half after drinking it, but enough of it went through to start something. Kathleen came out in the evening for yet another false labor...felt and looked real, but again, no progression. She had just gotten home two days before, so it would have been really good timing. :) We walked several miles, but nothing happened...Kathleen, Mom and I even got caught out in the rain during our last walk. Patrick had accidentally taken too much pain medication that evening for his bruised tail bone (he had a run in with a slide), and was pretty much a zombie....so it's just as well nothing happened. Kathleen went home, and it was another night of red wine to calm things down so I could sleep.

At 39 weeks and 4 days we went in for an appointment and sonogram to make sure everything was good. We were mainly doing the sonogram to see how much the placenta had aged. It is graded on a 0-3 scale (0 being the youngest, and 3 being the oldest.) Mine was a 1, so there was no reason why we needed to worry about the baby staying in there longer. He wasn't trying to breathe, so supposedly that meant something would happen in 48 hours.

I was actually in active labor when we took the 40 week picture. . .and that's a whole new blog post. :D

God. . .and Jesus. . .and shaving legs

K: How did the baby get in your tummy?
Me: How do you think the baby got in my tummy?
K: God put it there. Jesus and God put it there.
Me: Yes they did.
K: Where are Jesus and God?
Me: They're in Heaven, and they're right here.
K: I want to see them.
Me: You can see them someday.
K: I want to hug Jesus. And I want to kiss him too. Can I hug Jesus?
Me: Yes, you can hug and kiss Jesus when you see him.
K: I want to talk to him.
Me: Ok, you can talk to him.
K: Right now. On your phone.
Me: You don't need my phone to talk to Jesus. He can hear you without one.
K: Where is he?
Me: He's right here.
K: Is he the baby?
Me: No, Jesus isn't the baby. Jesus hasn't been a baby for a long time.

Kadence seems pretty impressed by Daddy's skills lately. She asked me why Daddy shaved my legs, and I explained that I couldn't reach them very well and needed help. She asked if he would shave her legs too, and I told her she didn't need to shave her legs until she was older and big like Mommy. She called Daddy later and told him that when she was bigger and older she wanted him to shave her legs too. . .all day long. Someday she'll realize that isn't really a daddy/daughter activity. :)