Krista's Funny Story of the Day

Here's Krista's funny story of the day: I called my dad to say Happy Father's Day and my mom grabbed her purse and headed for the door thinking I was calling because the baby was coming!!!

T-30 days and counting

We now have 30 days left to our due date (note the count-down timer to the right). This is the home stretch. We have had a few hiccups here and there, but generally everything has gone fairly well. We have even bought a car seat (finally). We love our new car seat and have it in the car already. Now all we need is a baby! For those keeping track, Krista is still having contractions on a regular basis. Every day is filled with contractions such that they are now common place and Krista doesn't really mind most of them. By comparison, the strength of the latest contractions is much higher than when we went to the hospital the first time back at 29 weeks. Back then they felt really strong but they only made it to the 40's and 50's on the scale. The other day when we went to the hospital (for a few reasons that concerned us, but everything checked out perfect), Krista was having run of the mill contractions that she is used to and they were measuring between 100 and 112. Now this could be simply a scaling thing (different scales at different hospitals), but I'm taking it to mean Krista is now used to fairly strong contractions. That's it for now. Tonight we have the "big" class at the hospital that covers everything we need to know before/during/after delivery. I'll make sure update you if anything news worthy comes along.

Emma's Fun New Trick

Emma has a "fun" new trick today. For a long time she has used her foot to push out on my right side. Usually I just push against the foot and she brings it back in. Well now when I push the foot back in she hauls back and kicks my rib! Such a little attitude!

Emma needs to make up her mind!

This was an interesting weekend. Beginning probably Friday, Emma decided she wanted to start moving to get in position. As a result, Krista started having contractions again. We knew from the ultrasound that she was sitting really low with her head down. Most of the time, Emma has been head down and sort of sideways across Krista's belly. Well yesterday, Krista and I took a nap. When Krista woke up, she noticed that her stomach was a different shape than when she went to bed. It now projects more straight out than before and is narrower. Emma had completed her move to the "anterior" position. This is the name of the position babies take prior to delivery. Most babies get in this position around 35-37 weeks. We are a little ahead of schedule, but not bad. The fact that she turned doesn't she is coming this week (or next). It just means she is in her final position. As a result of all this movement, Krista started have contractions again. This is not labor, just contractions. Basically her uterus is just contracting to help Emma get moved around. Things are fine now, but at the time we were a little worried. She was having moderate contractions at about 8 per hour. When we tried to call the doctor, we couldn't get ahold of anyone. I had to try every number I could find on the internet and then just called the hospital and got ahold of a doctor at that point. As it turns out, the OB practice decided to change their phone system to a new one Friday night. It didn't work. Great timing. Anyway, everything looks good again. No worries. Oh, except for a quick trip to Houston I have to make. I am in the airport right now. I will be back on Tuesday morning and Emma is under strict orders to stay put until I get back. For those that are worried, Krista is in good hands. She has some phone numbers of some local people from church that have agreed to take care of her if there is a problem. In addition, I know when the flights are leaving Houston tomorrow afternoon if I get an emergency call. This adventure also reminded us that we never got our car carrier. We decided it was probably a good idea to go ahead and order one ;-)