I’m getting very antsy waiting for this baby to come and am afraid I may have been a little grumpy the past few days.  The swelling in my hands and feet is quite uncomfortable and I’m wondering if we go too long whether I will be delivering a 12 pound baby.  However, this morning I decided to make a list of things that I was grateful for and that definitely put things in perspective.  Here’s my top 5 count-down:

5) Despite being over-due and uncomfortable, I have had a relatively easy pregnancy

4) The weather here has been so beautiful lately.  Everything seems better when it’s 65 and sunny!

3) Being over-due has given me plenty of time to get everything for Bob ready.  I’m glad I won’t feel panicked whenever I go into labor that I don’t have everything I need or didn’t get stuff done.

2) I have a beautiful home that we moved into several months ago.  I am so glad we got the process of buying/packing/moving done before I got so big

1) Peter has been super supportive even though I’m (a bit) whiny and he takes me to Dairy Queen when I need it!

How about you?  What are you grateful for today?

I thought I’d better post or everyone is going to think that I’m in labor.  No such luck….

Went to the clinic yesterday for my weekly check-up.  The mid-wife says that it could still be a while before the baby comes.  Of course, things can change quickly, but nothing happening yet.

I’m not excited about being “over-due” but Peter was helpful in reminding me that B’s original due date was the 11th and they moved it to the 7th based on her first ultrasound, so really, she could still be pretty much on schedule.

Thanks everyone for the comments and e-mails!  It’s nice to hear from so many friends!

Well, they warned me not to get my heart set on the due date, but I have to confess that I am rather disappointed that it is 9:00pm on her due date and nothing has happened yet.  Still, I think it would be nice to have a Good Friday baby or even wait for an Easter baby.  Seems like some nice symbolism or something…. I am hoping though that I don’t make it long enough to have a Tax Day baby.  :-)

A few of you have asked for it and since it’s been an idea floating around in my brain for a while, I finally did it.  I’ve started a blog.  I have to confess that I’m not convinced I have too many interesting things to say, nor am I so self-deceived as to think my life fascinating enough to impress the masses.  However, I will soon have cute baby pictures to post, and I figure that’s worth something.  Right?

Since I don’t have any baby pictures yet, I thought I’d start out by explaining the name of the blog, BobbleHeadBaby.  For those of you who already know the story, thanks for bearing with me.  On the very day in August that I took the test and found out I was pregnant, Peter and I were sitting in our living room talking about what a child of ours might be like (ie. strong-willed, passionate, musical) and then discussing what he or she might look like.  It was at this very moment that Peter made the following observation: “Between your big head and my big head, it will be like giving birth to a bobblehead doll.”  After smacking him on the arm, I had to admit that was a distinct possibility, since both Peter and I have larger than average hat sizes.  Thus began our inside joke where we called the baby “Bob” for “Bobblehead”.  Actually, the word “Bob” has become interchangeable with “baby” in our house.

So that’s the story of BobbleHeadBaby.com.  I hope you enjoy it and please leave comments!

I will be posting a birth announcement here whenever the Bob arrives, so stay tuned!