dr. appt

with the title, you think this is going to be exciting! i'm 37 weeks, so there's got to be something interesting in here, right? absolutely not. sorry. you can stop reading now, or continue on as i ramble.

i went to the doc yesterday and the new phrase of the week is "cervix of steel". without going into too much detail, i'm sure you can infer that little libby is still in no hurry to come out. so again, we went over everything i can do to speed this along. she did confirm that i have had some contractions, though! i was telling her that just about every time i stand up my belly gets rock hard...i thought this is just what happens when you're 37 weeks. but no! it's contractions! i'm sure they're just braxton hicks or something, but still! progress, right?

so in an attempt to see what REAL contractions felt like, i went on a half hour walk last night. drew was at school--they had their last 8th grade scheduled game of the season (next week is the tournament, so basketball isn't over yet!) i probably should've been a better wife and gone to the game, but those bleacher seats KILL me! after 20 mins, my back is aching. excuses, excuses. i know. but i went on the walk--it was so nice outside. probably around 70 and it made me miss running so much. (i've got REALLY bad spring fever right now!) about half way through the walk my belly got really hard/tight, i started having these pains in my abdomen, and they were spreading to my back! hooray! contractions! i'm now sold....i will walk EVERY day until she's born. well, except for today, because it's dark...i dont like walking in the dark. so maybe i'll start tomorrow!

i went to bed decently early last night and woke up around 11pm--wide awake. it might've been because i could hear drew pulling the high chair out of the box and putting it together (i think), but the main reason i woke up was because the libster was doing some kind of serious workout! i think the lucky charms i ate for dinner had given her some kind of sugar burst of energy and she was going crazy! i think she was so excited about the sugar and workout that it gave her the hiccups. bad. i laid there for almost an hour trying to figure out how to settle her down and make the hiccups stop. yah right. like i can do that. i paced around the house for a little while, but then gave up laid down on the couch to go to sleep. around 1 she finally began to settle down. note--no lucky charms past 9pm!!!! crazy girl can't handle it!

drew's school also threw us an incredible shower yesterday afternoon. i'll write more about that tomorrow! gotta save some news for later! :)

i'm off to eat dinner...a little late, but i didn't get home from work until almost 7. my weeks are getting busier and busier and more and more stressful as i'm nearing my last day. i REALLY need prayers that i can get everything done and get meghan trained before i go out on leave.

hope you all enjoy your friday & valentines day! i know what i'll be doing tomorrow night! watching the nba slam dunk contest with drew! :) haha