Sunday, June 1, 2008

Contractions, laundry, & haircuts

Been contracting for almost an hour now....every 3-5 minutes. It reminds me of when I contracted with Molly from midnight to 6 a.m. before finally heading to the hospital. They are definitely uncomfortable, but nothing like waking up at 4 a.m. with Max. I knew right away I was in labor. No question about it. So I'll keep writing down the time and we'll see how I do once I sit down and rest today after laundry, walks, dishes, & making dinner. I'm not too worried yet...I would like her to stay in there at least until Thursday, but know she'll be just fine if she comes in the next couple of days. She probably won't arrive until well into July!
June started off a little cloudy, but the kids spent a chunk of the afternoon outside with Aaron weeding around our little crabgrass out front. We had a nice dinner which means the kids ate every last bite on their plates. That usually doesn't happen very often. The not-so-nice part of dinner was that the kids were making some "noises" during dinner. At one point Aaron turned to Max and raised his eyebrows at him as if to say "what do you say?" Instead, Max looked at Aaron and said, "daddy why do you look at me and do this?" and he proceeded to raise his eyebrows right back at Aaron. It was hard to keep the laughter in b/c he was dead serious and looked just like Aaron when he did it.
Later on, Max came over and gave my belly a hug and a kiss. We asked him what we were going to name her.
He said, "how 'bout Marlee?"
Aaron said, "what about Maggie?"
"Oh yeah, Maggie"
Molly pipes up across the table, ice cream running down her hands and arms, "How 'bout Morgan?"
We'll see. The front runner seems to be Maggie right now, but we'll see what strikes me when they bring the birth certificate in to fill out.
I'm getting really excited to meet her. I think the kids are too. Molly found a burp cloth today and asked what it was for. So we got a real baby blanket, the burp cloth, & a real baby bottle and I showed her. She spent 20 minutes doing the drill. Too precious...we'll see how she is with her new sister.
Well Aaron gave Max the haircut and baths to both so I should probably go help get them dressed.

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