Pitter Patter of Little Ater: 37 Weeks

How far along? 37 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 36 lbs

Maternity clothes? Yup!

Stretch marks? Just a few

Best moment this week: Finding out the true meaning of the term "nesting."

Miss Anything? Oddly enough...lunch meat. I had never really been that big of a fan but I guess when you're banned from something for 9 months, you start to want it. lol

Movement: Oh yes.

Food cravings: Frozen fruit, tea and ice

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope!

Have you started to show yet: We passed that point a long time ago. lol

Gender: BOY

Labor Signs: Well, I started having contractions yesterday which lasted from about 5 or 6 PM until I went to bed that night, but they stopped sometime in the night. Although I did have some again today, nothing was consistent enough to be called labor.

Belly Button in or out? Out

Happy or Moody most of the time: I've been getting moodier as the days go on. I think I'm just over being pregnant.

Looking forward to: Meeting this precious little boy!

Sooooo... Still no baby. It has been almost 2 weeks since I found out I was dilated 3cm and 70% effaced and Eli is just being so stubborn (He's already acting like his father)! I went to the doctor yesterday and had another ultrasound to measure his growth. He is now 6lbs 11oz so he has gained a bit of weight, which Mommy and Daddy are very happy about. Above all else, we want him to be healthy. Yesterday I was 4cm dilated and that was before my contractions began so I have no clue how far I am now... All I know is that Eli must be pretty stinkin' comfortable in there because he just refuses to come out!

Well, like I said above, I have truly begun to understand the term "nesting." Since I have been confined to the house to do absolutely nothing because Josh doesn't want me to go into labor just yet, I have cleaned every spare inch of this apartment...multiple times! It has become an obsession really. I have also been working on my "honey-do" list (which serves him right for making me sit around all day) so we have been doing a little home improvement lately. We hung shelves and pictures in the kitchen and he and I made a sign for Eli's room out of old barn wood Joshua got from the farm. We got some cloth drawers for the changing table to aid in organization and we still have to put up the deer pictures my aunt Christina had made for us! It's still a work in progress, but we're almost finished!