This has been the countdown month to meeting Baby Girl!
Cameron continues to be an admiring big brother who likes to kiss and snuggle next to my tummy, as well as lifting up my shirt frequently and talking to baby. Lately, we've been cheering baby girl on by her name, trying to encourage her to come out! So far, it hasn't worked...
I've had weekly appointments this month and have made a little progress! I had my 39 week appointment today and am dilated to a two and 50% effaced. Although it sounds like good progress so far, I've been at this point for almost two weeks. I'm doing what I can to try to speed things up, but she just wants to stay inside and cozy where it's warm - away from all of this bitter cold weather we're having! I'm crossing my fingers that it isn't the same case as Cameron where I go a week late and have to be induced. Only 5 days to our due date, so we'll see when she decides to make her debut! I'm ready for her when she's ready - I'm ready to not have swollen calves and feet and having her kick my bladder all day long!
Now that the holidays and birthdays are behind us, we've tried to settle back into a routine of work, daycare, and relaxing for Ryan while he's off (and before baby gets here :)). Just when we thought things would settle down, Ryan came down with Influenza A on a Sunday night and I got struck with a wicked stomach flu bug just 3 days later! Thank goodness for my parents who took Cameron for a few nights and our daycare provider, Bridget, who also took Cameron for a night so Ryan and I could rest, get better, and keep Cameron away from all of the germs!!
Cameron is busy as aways! He loves coloring and putting stickers on everything! This includes his face, feet, our slippers, the top of his night stand, his wall, etc. We try to keep them on the paper, but we'll just have to keep practicing :)
His other latest thing that is super cute is snuggling. He likes to tuck his blankie around his feet and sit on the couch with his stuffed animals. Or the other thing is that he will line up his stuffed animals along the side of his bed and then tuck them in with his blankies. Then he tells me in a whisper that "shhhhhh.... bear/Frankie/Jingle/Buttercup (the name of his animals) seepin'". He'll also read them books after they're tucked in. It's so cute! Because we drop him off at Bridget's so early, they snuggle in the morning while their other friends arrive, which is where he learned to snuggle so well - he absolutely loves it :))
Two weekends ago, Cameron and I ran errands and got the car wash. It was his first car wash experience and he wasn't a fan at all. He sat hunched over in his car seat and stared mysteriously out the window, watching the bubbles and water hit the car. Afterwards though, he wouldn't stop talking about the car wash. In fact, two weeks later, he's still talking about it... The day after the car wash, we were up at my parents house and he told Papa a very fabricated story about the car wash - about how the water hit his face, cheeks and his back. He also used his arms to show Papa how the car wash made swooshing noises and that it was a very scary, noisy and naughty car wash :) Fortunately, I was able to get a great video of this story - I can't wait to show him some day!
Another imagination story that cracked us up was tonight he dug his diaper rash cream, or butt medicine he calls it, out of his diaper bag. He laid his bear on the couch and pretended to put butt medicine on bear. He told us the whole story as he did it - how bear had an owie butt, needed butt medicine and then a few seconds later he picks up bear, gives him a hug and says "all better!". Maybe he'll be a doctor some day? I absolutely love his stories and watching how his imagination soars!
Stay tuned... the next blog post should be the introduction Baby Girl Manke! We can't wait!!!
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