Day 239...41 days to go

This has been a pretty eventful week as far as growth is concerned.  I am noticeably bigger on Friday than I was on Monday!  Even a fellow co-worker commented about the difference.  I have not weighed all week because I am afraid of what the scale will say!  GiGi is definitely running out of room and only kicks me in the ribs ten times a day instead of one hundred!  And she has had the hiccups for the past two nights.  Maybe this is a sign that she is long and lean like a supermodel!  I do hope she gets here soon to find out.

I have already decorated for the holidays.  I wanted to get the most out of this holiday season and I wanted to make sure that everything was up in case I went into labor early.  On Wednesday night I decorated my front door and Thursday night began decorating my tree.  I am still debating whether to decorate the second tree in my dining room.  I want it to look like a winter wonderland when she comes home.  My mother and I decorated a small tree with pink lights for her nursery and LeAnn got her cupcake ornaments for it....how perfect is that!?!  I love decorating for the holiday season, but it is especially meaningful this year since we will have the most precious gift of all to share it with.  Also, mom got her the cutest Rudolph the red nosed reindeer beenie for her new born picutures.  I can't wait to put it on her! 

My mother helped me sort and put up the rest of the clothes, blankets, burp clothes, etc. this past weekend.  Everything is in its place and ready for her arrival.  There is literally not one thing left to do.  I am so thankful that I started to prepare everything early and have not procrastinated all of the organizing so I could enjoy the last weeks before she arrives...and rest.  She really is one very lucky little girl and I feel so blessed to have had so much help from my family and friends. 

I am going to a baby shower for a girl I went to high school with this weekend.  She is due on November 20th.  I have been fascinated with other women and their growing bellies since the beginning.  None of my really close friends have been pregnant, except for Laura who has quadruplets, and I never experienced my mother being pregnant since I was the youngest, so this has been a whole new experience for me.   Lindsay says there will be several expenctant mothers at the shower, so this should really be fun to see.  I don't know why I am so interested in other people's pregnancies since I am not normally a very curious person, but it is very intriguing to me how each person’s body responds differently to this process.  I have been extremely healthy and feel very fortunate for that.  I always thought I was going to be a miserable pregnant person who gains fifty pounds, but that has proven to be farthest from the truth.  Thank goodness! 

I have a doctor's appointment on Monday and then begin going every week after that to see if I have begun to dilate.  I am so anxious to hear if this process has begun because this will tell if she may come early or not.  All I want is for her to be healthy, but I am definitely ready for this part to be over and the fun to begin...and for life to be about her! 

More pictures to follow...