Recently.

Time for an update...

Jason is in his last semester of his undergrad program! Woohoo! He had high hopes that by only taking 6 credits it would a breeze & he would be able to spend more time at home...umm. Not so much. We rarely see each other. 

His time is filled with a class for his job, concluding his Senior Research and BioChemistry and BioChemistry Lab, which is giving him his minor, but taking ALL of his time. He leaves the house sometimes before 8am and (if Im lucky I get to have lunch with him) usually don't see him until after 11pm.  He has homework and quizzes and meetings and works on top of that.

He's working very hard and I am So proud of him! 

We also had some visitors from the mainland, The Gordons and the Halls. My cousins, Melanie and Kirsten, with their husbands (& babies). We were able to meet up and go to dinner. It was great to see them again and catch up! I just cant believe we didnt take one picture while they were here. =(

As for me...Im 39 weeks pregnant today. And definitely feeling it....although this is the first time I've ever felt it. Our little man has run out of room, taking over all of my abdomen and then some. Its been so great (and at times weird) to feel him move so much. The doctors say I'm progressing well, dilating a centimeter every week for the past 3 weeks. So 3 cm dilated and 75-80% effaced as of last Tuesday. I have been having random & mild contractions, nothing consistent or unbearable as of yet. My doctor said our little one could come any day now. 

I'm nervous for the delivery and the 'unknown' of when he'll come, I secretly get more nervous before going to bed. With the more than likely possibility of waking up in the middle of the night or the wee hours of the morning to terrible contractions. But I'm excited for the "prize" Jason & I will get in the end.  

To fill my time, since I quit my job a bit ago, I think the whole "nesting" thing has come into play. I clean our apartment about every day. The other day I really went nuts and cleaned all our windows, the window screens, washed the curtains and duct taped the screens to the wall (the screen here in Hawaii have a tendency not to fit quite right & I wasn't about to 'allow' any type of creepy crawly find its way into our house with the little guy on his way).  I have washed all of his clothes, set up a little nursery-well a spot in our room for his crib & things and a drawer in our dresser for his clothes. (hey, we live in a one bedroom apt). And am constantly double checking our hospital bags to make sure we have everything ready. 

Let the countdown begin. 

With Jason being so busy, especially this past week and weekend with a BioChemistry exam, white glove inspections he had to do at work, senior research--he continuously reminds me every day that he has his phone on 'loud' if I need to get a hold of him. For Jasons sake, thankfully the baby listened to his request of waiting until at least today for his big debut. Nothing as of yet, but we'll keep you posted.

 

We are so excited to welcome him into our family and cant wait for him!