Terrible...

I'm terrible...I've been told that I'm slacking...which I suppose is true. HOWEVER, as we approach closer and closer, trying to keep Little Miss in until March, isn't no news good news? Although I suppose I can see, at the same time, how no news might be concerning...Are they at the hospital? What's going on? Is she on her way?

Rest assured all, Marley is still snug right inside where she belongs, hopefully for the next 4 weeks. I'm feeling confident she will not arrive before March. I'm not necessarily as confident in saying she will go all the way to March 18th, but I'm also not as confident saying she won't go PAST March 18th. She has definitely proven all along that she has a mind of her own so I imagine she will come when she so chooses.

Updates since last post...The lovely ladies, Alicia, Janet, Mia, Jenny, Paige and Courtney threw Colleen and me a baby shower last Friday! It was fantastic, Colleen was in on part of the surprise...she knew they were throwing me one because they enlisted her to get me there...little did she know there were gifts there for her as well...I wish I had known, I would have had a gift there for Colleen myself. Don't worry Colleen, it's coming, and it's gonna be good! Thanks again for the toy phone and the cute 6 month outfit! I'm sure she (and Heather) will be darling crawling around in a heart studded butt. Anyhow, Courtney couldn't attend because she was home sick along with her girls but I know she wanted to be there and was there in spirit! Thanks Paige and Courtney for all of the bottles, the dishwasher basket, bottle brush and drying rack! Alicia, Janet, Mia and Jenny, along with the other staff at Courthouse put together the cutest basket full of bath goodies, Desitin (which will surely come in handy), diapers, wipes, rattles and toys. Thanks everyone!

Other updates...I had a doctor's appointment last Thursday and all is good. They were shocked though because I lost a pound instead of gaining 2 or 3. They've decided they are going to monitor me and have me go weekly from here on out because my blood pressure seems to be slowly creeping up (although work the last few weeks was incredibly stressful due to one particular little gem) and because I'm really starting to have a lot of back pain. This was to be expected because of the previous surgery I had, and I've been lucky that it didn't start well before now, but now it is pretty bad. I've got the general low back ache, accompanied by a lot of swelling around my scar, a tightening all throughout my upper back and shoulder blades and I'm starting to have residual pain down my left leg. It is what it is...I go back on Friday this week so we'll see what they have to say then. In the meantime, I continue to attend physical therapy at least once a week. I go again tomorrow so we'll see if the therapist has any new information that they want me to pass along to the doc on Friday.

Other than that we're just twiddling our thumbs (which we don't mind at all). There are a few more things that I would like to get done in the nursery before Little Miss arrives so I think that will be this weekend's project. There are a few things to hang on the wall and I'm gonna see if I can convince Brett to install the ceiling fan :)

I PROMISE to post a belly pic after the doc on Friday (maybe if I promise I'll actually do it). Until then all...