Deedra's last doctor appointment

I just had my last doctor appointment today and there is still no progress with dialation or anything. We are scheduled to be induced one week from today so we'll at least have a baby by then. Doctor just told me not to interrupt the super bowl game, LOL. I told him I'd try not to, hehe. Yes, I am tired of being pregnant but I will be very happy if Curtis can be here for the birth. So as far as we're concerned Jack can come any time after Mon at noon, which is when Curtis is scheduled to be home or as he put it, noonish. So somewhere around that time is when his plane comes in. I'd like to have a February birth anyway. I just need to hang in there for at least a few more days.

Home in a week!

Yay, one week from today and Curtis will be home! We are both very excited and anxious for next Monday to be here. Go cast your vote and see what you think if Jack will make his debut before or after Daddy comes home.

A new day

I am happy to report that I am having a much better day today. Sorry about the depressing post yesterday but hey, I'm entitled to be depressed sometimes and sometimes just getting it out in the open helps me. It also helps that I woke up to snow on the ground. Then I checked the forecast for the next week and there are good chances of rain all week, which will help clean out this inversion. I've also had a cold all week that I'm having trouble shaking, so hopefully cleaner air will help it to go away.

Also today I've been more active and actually doing more things like cleaning, folding clothes, and I even made biscuits, cheesy scrambled eggs, & bacon for lunch. It was delicious! And talking to Curtis this morning helped boost me up. My visiting teacher came by after I talked to Curtis this morning and it was nice talking to her. Now it's time for me to get off my feet for awhile and relax before heading to the store.

If you want to get more of the surprise baby shower story and pictures, check out "Mom and Dad Norton" blog link. It really was a great party and I'm so glad that Tamara and Laverne could be there also. And I really was surprised. Yes, I did figure out on the way over where we were going but I still wasn't totally sure what they had awaiting for me. So the baby shower part of it was still a surprise.

Are we there yet?

Okay, this inversion that has been hanging around the valley is really not helping me right now. It's getting more difficult to keep myself from getting depressed and to be happy with anything. I'm also sick of cooking meals and cleaning any part of my house. I had to force myself to vacuum on Tuesday. Some women get that nesting instinct toward the end of pregnancy but I'm not one of them. So it was a very nice surprise last night that the young women in my ward threw me a surprise baby shower. Even though they caught me on a bad hair day (actually, bad hair week) and without makeup on I had a great time and it definitely lifted my spirits. And not only the young women were there. They had invited women in the ward as well. It was a great time. Thank you all so much!

Today wasn't much better. I did get out of the house to go to my doctor appointment. The only news there is that he thinks I have thinned out 70% but baby is still up high, so no dialation yet. The evening got better as I was putting my new baby gifts away plus all the other clothes I had already washed and folded but hadn't put away yet.

So I feel like a kid at the end of a long car ride thinking "Are we there yet?"