2 Centimeters

The doctor told us today that Heather is now 2 centimeters and 50% effaced so we are moving in the right direction! Heather is quite uncomfortable now almost all of the time. I truly appreciate Heather's ability to continue working and still be an excellent wife all while dealing with the additional life she is carrying and caring for. :o)>

Gettin' Close!

We are seeing the doctors weekly now. The baby has dropped quite substantially this week. Heather is much more down and round. There is not much room to move around in there so, when she does move, Heather's stomach looks like a scene from Alien or something. Little quack has been doing the happy dance a lot and she looks like she's ready to bust out!

The nursery is in good shape, we have washed many, many loads of baby clothes now all we need to do is store up some sleep! I know you can't really do that but it sounds good.

Heather will be working right up until labor time and her boss and coworkers are very supportive and caring.

We are looking forward to Nana coming from Germany to stay with us for almost the entire month of September and Papa will join us for a week in mid September.

I hope the baby will some day appreciate that Heather kept her cool and healthy during the hottest August on record here in the Cincinnati area. 15 days in a row in the 90's and several days recently above 100. Heather is a furnace unto herself let alone carrying another little fire stoker!

The girls are getting excited about the arrival of their sister. Micaela is back at school and Jackie heads to college for the start of classes on Sept 19th. Good times....gooooood times.

Knock, Knock......
Who's there?
The bun!

We had a doctor visit today and the baby is definitely head down and in good position PLUS Heather is 1 whole centimeter dilated! OK....that could stay the same for awhile but hey, it's progress!

She is certainly crammed in there and H is feeling it. Considering the fact that the baby has dropped there is a little more room in the rib cage which gives the baby a tiny bit more room to wind up before she kicks the ribs! I have seen it and I have felt it but certainly not to the same degree as Heather.

We began our birthing classes last week. (Better late than never!) We will meet each Tuesday and the last class is set for the projected delivery week.

We are very happy to have had a shower at Heather's work and we received some fantastic items. Her division was most generous! Our furniture came in Friday so the nursery is almost ready and we have a small family shower in Michigan this weekend. We are just about ready to welcome our little girl into the world!

Thanks to all who have called/emailed/or otherwise communicated! We'll keep you posted. H&M