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and probably won't for a while. so, what is new with drake? well, let's see. we will be 4 months on oct 15. right now we have 2 teeth and counting. we can roll over both ways, laugh, smile at everything, chew on anything and everything (fingers are most favorite), raspberry (most favorite thing to do!!!), reach for and grab things (his shirt and legs are a favorite), scream for fun, stand supported, etc. he has passed a toy to his other hand once. he also wants to sit up so bad but can't yet. he has lots of toys. his favorites are monkey man, lamby lamb, eyore, tigger, and a crinkley pooh book. what else? oh, we're about 14 lbs now. next doc appointment is the 26th so we'll see how tall he is but i know it will be very! he just grows and grows!!!!! here is a picture taken a couple weeks ago. he is too cute!!!!

Introducing Drake Emmett

He is the cutest little man ever! Course I am quite biased. Anyway. He came into the outside world on June 15 at 1:20 PM. He was 7 lbs 2.2 oz and 20 in. Born with red hair, but as you can see it darkened. He is an absolute doll. He barely cried at first. Course now he fights sleep and doesn't like sleeping in his bassinet. But that's okay! I cannot believe how much I love this little guy! On a different note, it is so strange to not be pregnant after all this time. My belly is so soft and squishy after being so taught. It's still kind of round. I still am not used to not going to work. I keep thinking I'll have to go in, but then I don't, and it's kind of weird. And not going to bed early like I had been when I was pregnant. I usually end up staying up a bit because Drake gets up around midnight to eat. And gets up at 6 AM and stays up to play. What a sweet little guy though!!!

Another lazy day watching 16 Candles

And feeling The Little Man in the belly pushing with all his little might on the side of my abdomen.

I am two days past my original due date.  Course I am still two weeks from the one they gave at the first ultrasound.

Course that doesn't stop me from being ready to meet The Little Man.

Oh my.

I cannot wait to stop working.  Course we'll see what happens down the road.  I'll probably be begging to go back.  We'll see.

The weird thing is I'm already off the schedule.  They've got me replaced (as best they can) and I'm just there.  I'm worried about tomorrow.  I fear there will be too many of us there.  And I'll get sent home or some other bull like that.  But then, I guess it won't bother me so bad, but the money would be nice.

I've got to finish the husband's cookies.  And laundry.  I'm so ready for My Little Man.

Why am I updating?

Because there is nothing better to do and I really should go to bed.  I'm having pains.  I think it's false labor.  It stops when I lay down.  Unfortunately I cannot lay down at work, so I end up being in pain practically all day.  I get up to get away from the computer every once in a while and talk to my favorite coworkers (techs and assistants in the back).  I was told today by my dad that when I call him or my ma to first say that its not THE CALL if I'm not in labor yet.  They're excited and ready to jump in the car and head down here.  Talking to him today he was watching a guy walk a little rat that passes for a dog these days.  It was so little the curb was taller.  Two pounds at most.  I like small dogs (certain breeds really.  Poodles and Yorkies....ew.) but that tiny and it's a freaking rat that yips.  Give me a fat, snorting little Pug.  Maybe even a Pekingese or a Shih-Tzu.  Even better!  An English or a French Bulldog!  Speaking of, Bella is about to go into heat again.  Time for them to get their AI on.  Woo!  I'll update you guys tomorrow after my appointment.  Maybe I'll have dilated more since I've been having all these weird pains that maybe are false labor....

Full Term!

The little man is now considered full term (37 weeks).  Which is good, considering that I'm at 75% effacement and 1 cm dilated as of last Tuesday's appointment.  My next appointment is Wednesday.  Starting Thursday I won't be on the schedule at work but I'll keep showing up so long as I'm not having any problems.  They're trying to see if they'll run into any problems and see if the schedule needs tuning.  We'll I guess it's time to get back to cleaning and packing.  This house will be ready for my boy and for my parents to come.

^_^ An Update

Yes yes yes.

33 weeks.  Had the birthing class today.  Wasn't so bad.  I put the bassinet together.  Now the only thing is keeping Bruce out of it.  We were laying in bed last night and kept hearing the mobile's music start up by it self for a second.  After a few times of that I had a thought and turned the light on.  Sure enough, the cat hopped out of the bassinet and took off, knowing he was in the wrong.  I don't want him thinking he can just jump in there!  There isn't really a whole lot else that's new.  Things are progressing as normal, I guess.  I have some Braxton Hicks sometimes.  I leak colostrum sometimes.  No problems at all.  I miss my parents a lot and do want to go back to Chatty now.  I don't have that much time left so I don't mind waiting.  Besides, I will miss some people down here.  Tomorrow I'm going to start washing baby clothes!  I'm excited about that!  Not sure, really, where I'll put it after that.  Especially since we really have no room for our own clothes!  We have too many clothes, even though I've packed up most of my pre-pregnancy stuff.  Right now I am REALLY craving a caffeine free Coke.  It's from the garlic that was on my Vinnie's pizza....

On various

I have slacked off on a couple of things lately (exercise and vitamins...oops) and now I believe I am paying for it.  I am having more back pain and there is a pain in my neck that has been there a couple of days now.  I need to get back on the ball!

I never really thought of myself having those pregnancy hormones where I just end up crying for no reason.  Until now.  I think it started when I was in Chattanooga recently.  I spent and evening with my parents and it was nice, but I suddenly realized my friends had moved on.  Things are going to change for me, and quickly.  It's almost like when I first moved to Savannah and was very homesick.  Last night I was going through some baby clothes my sister in law gave me and I came across some cute stuff and the tears tried to come as I cooed over some to the husband.  I also came across several of the pinstripe overalls, a la train conductor style.  The tears almost broke through that time (my grandfather had a pair of those he wore sometimes.  I do miss him a lot).

Still don't really have a name for Peanut.  When the husband asked last night what we're going to name him (this is a nightly thing: what?  who?  when?  where?  and his favorite: why?) I replied "Peanut" and he said we are not going to pull a Sean Penn.  ^_^  Why not?  Over the years I have thought Drake would be our son's name.  But with reality hitting me like a brick I know that's not a name I'd want him to live with.  Dante isn't so bad though.  I really like it.

Picture will be coming soon.  We've skipped a few weeks (oops) but we're trying to catch up.  While I'm getting bigger we really should take them but I really am starting to dislike that outfit we had picked out to take them in.  More so the shirt than the pants.  Though the pants do make my thighs and ass look huge...