Due Date! (a day late)

Took this photo yesterday, 03/26/13, on the due date! Check out that belly button nub!

Pretend there's no snot on his face. This poor boy has been sick with a cold since Friday or Saturday. Get well, Big Brother! And don't get Mom and Dad sick! Photo of us playing in the backyard yesterday, collecting acorns.

Ford got to spend time with Uncle Roy and Aunt Cheryl yesterday so Brad and I could have a "due date date." We got sushi to help take the sting out of going past the due date, and Ford got to play with Ellie the dog, run around in the backyard, find Easter eggs and watch a little bit of Toy Story!

Well the due date has come and gone with no baby in our arms! Unlike when I was pregnant with Ford and TRULY content to wait as long as he needed (he arrived at 40 weeks + 6 days), I was actually a little down yesterday. Not sad, not throwing a pity party, but I guess like my doctor, I expected SOMETHING to be happening, since this was the second baby and not the first. Not like I thought she'd BE here yesterday, but I thought I might have at least had some contractions at this point, or that I could feel myself carrying low (see photo above... could she BE any higher?!). And I've started having people say things like, "Maybe your due date was off and she's actually due a lot later," which I just don't think is true... If anything, I think she was "due" a few days earlier. And I had one person ask me a couple of days ago why I was still "so small" if I am 40 weeks, and was I sure my "fluid level" was okay. I just think comments like that aren't helpful. And yes, I've gotten at least a couple of texts from well-meaning people who have asked "Where is the baby?!" and I don't like feeling like I'm late on something.

So while my heart tells me that this waiting period is right and good and just to be grateful, my head is causing me to doubt, "Is this normal?" I can't think of anything else I can be doing to get some progress going that I'm not already trying (and I'm not really looking for suggestions :). I AM cherishing these days with Ford, although he's got a full-blown cold AND he's getting ALL FOUR canines at once, and I've heard those are the most painful teeth to erupt. Makes it a little hard to do things like go on "field trips" when a meltdown is always imminent and he has a scary-sounding cough (I'm not worried about it, but it sounds bad!). And finally, Brad has a broken foot... I don't think I've mentioned that here, but he broke it a couple of days after he ran the half marathon on February 17. Needless to say, our daily family walks have not happened for a while, and we're not doing things like going to Northpark Center or White Rock Lake together like we often do. Maybe I have to take back what I said a minute ago... Am I throwing a pity party?! Ha. I guess I just expected these days to look a little different, that's all, and I'm having to adjust my expectations. 

Still, like I posted a few days ago, we have TONS of people blessing us in really wonderful ways. Roy and Cheryl have watched Ford once a week for the past THREE WEEKS so Brad and I can go on a date. We had a fun time splurging on sushi last night and just enjoying what may be one of our last dates for a while! It was really sweet (and delicious!).

Overall, everything is great and we are so fortunate to be where we are, waiting to welcome a new baby into our family. I am still nervous about HOW she's going to get here, praying that she's not OP, that the delivery is quicker than last time, smooth and uncomplicated, that C-section will be avoided (and induction, too! Why not?), for a healthy baby and that everyone will adjust well to the changes.

More soon. Sorry if this seemed like a big complaint... I don't mean for it to, just trying to share the state of my heart and where we're all at! In the meantime, I'm going to take Ford for a vigorous walk! :)