a little behind all of the sudden!

I have some pictures from my shower on Sat. to share (but might not happen until this weekend). It feels like everything is starting to happen at once! The shower was wonderful and it was so great getting to see my relatives and friends all together. I was overwhelmed by all of the gifts we received and so thankful!

I finished up with my last grad project until October late Sunday night!! While I was revising, all of the sudden I had a strange crampy feeling up near my rib, and for whatever reason happened to lift up my shirt and I kid you not, out popped a body part. I'm guessing it was an elbow or a foot, but it was the creepiest thing I have ever seen! My entire stomach rolled over! But then of course I wanted it to happen again (mostly to make sure I wasn't losing my mind)! Since then I have felt all kinds of rolling and moving around instead of just kicks. She's really taking up some room in there! :)

At the U/S on Tuesday, everything looked wonderful! She is ready for departure in the head down position and all of her organs and such looked just fine. :) And, luckily, no extra parts! I had started having dreams about that one! We did find out that she is a rather large baby, currently estimated at weighing in at 7 lbs. 5 oz!!! WHAT! She still has to grow about 2 more pounds! YIKES! And her head is already measuring past 40 weeks! WOW... we didn't have too much to say on the ride home; a little shocked I think.
Then, the Dr. eased our minds and said not to worry about the weight, that it can be off considerably during U/S. Whew! And she doesn't seem to think I'll have any trouble going through labor. I am just barely a fingertip dialated, and her head is still pretty high. She did make it sound as though she expects me to deliver early though, possibly by more than a week. So we are really down for the count now!!

Today I started back to school, and I am absolutely exhausted. I did not think it would be this hard, and the kiddos aren't even there yet. My back is extremely sore, which makes it more difficult for me to get anything done (I'm really not trying to complain, just report), and by 4:30 this afternoon I was still working on what I planned to get done in the morning! We'll see how long I last going to school.

They threw a "surprise" shower for me at school today too! Again, everybody was so kind and we have a very stocked nursery and house!
Wow! I know that is a lot of catch up, but I wanted to catch up just in case I end up delivering the baby before I get the chance. At this rate, any day now!!! :)