At 36 Weeks

The days are ticking by.

Physically:

- Minimal heartburn
- Occasional painful contractions
- Crazy baby boy trying to stretch in all the wrong directions in belly
- Two other crazy boys sitting / climbing / jumping / snuggling on and around belly
- Serious consideration given to whether something on the floor truly needs to be picked up. By me. Until May.

All in all, no room to complain.

Baby preparations:

- Baby room cleaned. Check.
- Two boys sleeping in same room. Check.
- Diapers purchased for next 6 months or so. Check.
- Location of carseat known. Check.
- Registered for hospital; baby sleepers, carseat cover, pack-n-play sheets, and sundry other newborn items washed; hospital bag packed; space cleared to put newborn clothes. Uh, nope.

So, probably need to hop to it on those remaining items of importance...

Otherwise:

- Baby is head down.
- Carrying lower and nominally closer to delivery action than at this stage with other boys, per doctor's appointment on Friday.

It's "birthday week" (Josiah on Tuesday, Ben on Friday), and I am definitely at the just-doing-what-I-can-do stage. Which is why we ate chicken nuggets for the last 2 nights (since Daddy's gone) and Josiah's "birthday cake" was leftover from Saturday.

Glad for grace that comes one day at a time, and not looking too far ahead just yet...