Due Dates and Orange Pumpkins!

We finally took our week 40 pictures! We got to take my awesome orange pumpkin pictures, which makes me so happy! He can come any time now! Haha. The pictures turned out great, too.  I got a side picture taken where I held the giant (and very heavy) pumpkin alongside my belly – I was surprised at how accurate that size is compared to my belly and makes me feel even more huge than I already do! That pumpkin is BIG and my belly is just a tiny bit bigger! Holy cow! Right now it’s like there’s a little mountain taped onto my front and I can’t see hardly anything past it! 

40 weeks along! Happy Halloween!!

Little man is constantly moving and  beating me up! I can’t help but wonder if he’s going to be as feisty and ornery as he has been inside of me. He’s always beating up on me, he gets sassy when my kitty sits against my belly – I can’t tell if it’s playful and happy or annoyed, but he always gives her a pop or a shove.

Today I was looking over at the cradle, which is all cleaned and emptied and ready for him, and I thought about how in a matter of days/weeks I will have a little baby to lay in that cradle. I’ve gotten so used to seeing the crib, cradle, dressers, car seat, all the baby stuff we have and it’s just started to be part of the home décor… But to think that really soon we’ll have a baby to finally use/put in the stuff is crazy. But the other part of me is appreciating this time I have to myself – being on official maternity leave or whatever – and the evenings being a little bit normal still with Luke and I… I need to just enjoy this while I have it because he’ll come when he comes and it’ll be here before I know it, whether it’s tomorrow or in two weeks.

It's gotten harder and harder to see Luke off to work every morning. I enjoy my time at home, don’t get me wrong, but I really wish he could be here with me. I've joked about faking going into labor so he could work from home – lots of women have ‘false labor’, right? Additionally, my family has started to anxiously await my texts and calls, no doubt wondering if it's THE call every time their phone rings.

While a small part of me remains reserved and not sure if I’m ready, the rest of me is getting more excited and ok with the idea of it happening really soon – even today. Let’s get this show on the road and meet him already! Instead he seems very preoccupied with trying to get comfy inside of me and just hanging around for a little while longer.