39 weeks and READY

Well, here we are at 39 1/2 weeks and still very much with child. At my appointment on Monday, I was still dilated to a 3, but effaced 75%. Doc said things are definitely in progress. I go back on Monday and will hopefully have progressed more.

A few quick things:
-- I decided today after school & talking with Ben...I'm done with working. I put in my sub job to start on Monday way back when I still had a while left. Teaching my little punks this week has been a big challenge and I've lost patience, so even if baby hasn't come by Monday, I'll officially be on my "maternity leave." I figure it will give me a few days to relax and sleep and get a few last minute things finished.
-- Baby still continues to move a ton, with the most active time still at night, right before bedtime. I wonder if this is a sign of what's to come. I feel bad saying this, but it's kind of past the point of being cute anymore. Sure, I still look at my wiggling belly in amazement that there is actually a human inside of me, but the pain is sometimes just really not cute! Of course, in a week or so after the baby arrives, I'll probably miss those painful movements.
-- The room is COMPLETE!!! Ben totally dedicated every spare moment over the last week to getting it done...with the help from Uncle Dan and Dad Hubert. I even helped a little with the carpet installation. We were both so excited that it was ready on Wednesday, we stayed up late setting things up and organizing stuff. We still need to buy a dresser, but the essentials are ready and I'm so pleased!
Zeus is utterly confused with the change because this used to be his room. Now, he can't go in unless one of us is with him and we've put up a little gate in front of the door so he doesn't get into anything in the room while we're not looking. Oh, and I look utterly piggish sitting in the rocking chair. I love, love, love the crib bedding. It was so fun to put it together. As you can see, it's really bright and happy...we've got red, blue, green, and yellow. Our changing table matches the crib, but it's covered in random stuff, so I didn't take a picture of it.

Ben put a really nifty light in the room that has 4 different light settings that go from really bright to very dim. He chose out the carpet without me and did a great job. The paint is a light, light green. We both love the final product so much--I woke last night to find Ben sitting on the rocking chair doing his homework! I have caught him just standing in the doorway a few times amazed that it's done and that he actually did it himself. I'm lucky that he's so handy and we didn't have to pay money to get it finished (though that probably wouldn't have taken so long!)

My best friend, Sadie, is taking some maternity pictures of me tomorrow. It will be fun to have some pictures to document this special first pregnancy. Hopefully the next time I post, I will have met our little one!!!