37 Weeks

We have offically made it to 37 weeks now. Praise God!!! Today at the doctor they said I was 1 cm dialated, 50% effaced and she is at a negative 2 station (which basically means they can feel the top of her head). This doctor thinks I'll still hold out for a few more days, if not to the end. I have just prayed to God to either give me the endurance to make it all the way to 40+ weeks, or just go ahead and let things happen. I am uncomfy and not sleeping well - but all is manageable and typical for this far into pregnancy combined with record high temperatures here in NC. So all is good news!!

And even more good news. Back in the middle of May I was super anxious that things would not be "in place" before MacKenna came. It took me about a week after being home from the hospital to come to terms with the fact that much might have to go undone and I would need to be OK with that. As a person who makes tons of lists, plans way ahead and thrives on organization and order - this was a lot for me to deal with. But I did and I came to the point of realizing that many babies are born and families are unprepared, babies can sleep just about wherever you need them to (they never see the "pretty" nursery anyways), and many people survive this chaos with no harm done to anyone. So I packed my hospital bag and went on bed rest content that all would fall into place when it needed to. And it has...
Last Saturday night Camden's room got curtains (thanks Debbie!!) and he began sleeping in it right away. Besides a few minor complaints at night time about "but I love my old room" he has done well and is adjusting to the new room. Kevin finished some shelves in there last night and it is complete.
Last Sunday (depsite really not having a good feeling day) I put all Camden's clothes in the new room and put all MacKenna's clothes in her closet and drawers. I also set up a bassinett and felt like her room was "OK for baby".
Yesterday Kevin converted the toddler bed back to a crib and all the linens got washed, so that should be completed tonight.
Yesterday, my wonderful and very talented friend Gina, brought by 4 paintings of sunflowers and ladybugs to complete MacKenna's room. She also made a really nice painted wood name plaque for her. She has even offerred to come hang all the pictures and put the finishing touches on the room onece the furniture is in place.
Today Kevin pulled out the car seat to install in the car and he got a new car seat to put for Camden in the truck, so now Camden can safely ride in either car (for 3+ years) he has ONLY been able to ride in the Honda and we have had to coordinate many things because of this, so now it will be much easier.
So - it seems we are much more ready now than I ever expected to be. Funny how when you release things, the Lord answers your obediance by putting things in order.