The Home Stretch

5 weeks from today and I will arrive at my due date.

I have no clue if I'll make it to Feb. 21st before going in to labor or not but I suppose that is part of the excitement of having a baby. At the same time the not knowing is scary.

The nursery is almost completely finished and ready to be shown off during the baby shower. The changing table needs to be painted and put back together and we're set. I'm going to start washing her clothes and getting those put away so they're all ready for her to wear them when we get home from the hospital. After that its all about the waiting for labor to start. Which I'm really more freaked out about than anything. LOL.

I have a hard time believing that I'm 35 weeks and that she could make her grand debut in a couple short weeks. I sometimes feel like I just found out that I'm pregnant a couple weeks ago and then I feel her kick or roll and I marvel at how strong she is and utterly stubborn already. She moves like crazy when I'm alone but as soon as I'm around any other person she stops. She's so still I wonder if she's figured out how to hold her breath. LOL. Then when I'm alone or people are a good distance away from me she starts moving again. But forget someone else even see my stomach jump around with her movements because the moment someone begins to pay attention to me she stops again. Its almost like she has a 6th sense that alerts her when she's the center of attention. I'm wondering how this is going to influence her personality as she grows. I'm a little worried actually. LOL.

As scared as I am of giving birth I'm a little sad that this phase has passed so quickly. It's just that much more of a reminder how fast time goes by and before I know it she'll be turning 1 and then 2 and so on. How quickly she'll go from being my baby to my toddler and then to my kid and on to my teenager. Ugh. I have to stop thinking about that. It's too much!

I have to go now and think of something other than how fast she's going to grow!