Baby Countdown!

So I am now 37 weeks meaning she could come anytime.
James says she is coming on Monday August 27th. I don't know why and he has been saying that for the last 4-5 months.

She already has my heart :)

I think she is going to be late, like a week late.

But we are preparing for her either way.

Here is what we have accomplished:

They took this while we were being silly. But my belly looks huge from the side

- Room Painted
- Linens and clothes cleaned and put away
- hospital bag packed
- We know what floor to got to at the hospital :)

To be done still:
- Vacuum E's room (i need James to carry it up the stairs)
- Hang wall decorations
- clean dog hair out of car (looks like a gerbil exploded in there)
- re install car seat and show James how to do it


We also figured out what to do with Slider. The Petsmart here has a Pet Hotel which is amazing. You walk in and it looks like a spa. We took slider to doggy day camp a few weeks ago and he did alright so we have decided to use them. Because of his size they said they will always be able to accommodate him and that I wont even have to call ahead and I can just bring him and drop him off. The only problem with this plan is if she decides to come at night. But he is sleeping then so I guess I will just have James drive back after E is born and take him. (Also best part is that they will bathe him right before pick up)

I am waiting for my pre-registration for Cord Blood Donation to come in the mail. Should get here Monday or Tuesday. I did the different research and private banking is a little out of our budget at the moment so we decided to go with donation. If you don't donate the cord blood just gets thrown away. We are donating to St. Louis Cord Blood Bank. There are stem cells in the cord blood (blood from umbilical cord and placenta) that can currently be used to treat 80 different diseases including leukemia and lymphoma. Also, unlike other transplants cord blood does not have to be an exact match. Research is also being done to see if it can be used to treat many other diseases such as Alzheimers, type 1 diabetes and Parkinsons. What is great about the St. Louis Cord Blood Bank is that if the cord blood is not found to be good enough for transplant it wont be wasted and will be used in this research. They also do not participate in any cloning research. It is great to think that our daughter can save lives just by being born :)


On a funnier note. I had a horrible nightmare. On Sunday I become a member of Manchester United Methodist Church. During the service I will go up front with a bunch of other new members to be introduced. I had a nightmare that during this my water broke and went everywhere in the front of the beautiful sanctuary. My husband does not help with these fears as every time we go somewhere now he says "wouldn't it be funny if your water broke in the _____".