Family update 11/16

Wow it has been two weeks since my last post. It is the end of the semester and I have been extremely busy! Everybody got over their colds fairly quickly and luckily I didn't get it! We haven't been spending much time together as a family these past couple weeks. Mostly because I have been studying and doing homework, but also because Drake has been working. We eat dinner together when he is home, but that's about it.

Xavier has been spending a lot of time on his own (I feel terrible about it). But I still read to him when he brings me a book and play with him when he asks me to. I set aside one day of the week for mommy son time. We play, do art projects, and watch movies. This gives me a break and lets him know I haven't forgotten about him. I try to make this day on a weekend so that we get as much time as possible to do things between my studying. Last weeks art project was an "all about me book" that we made for daycare (they requested it). You can read more about it and see pictures here. This week we did a fall tree craft which can be seen here.

Baby girl is trying to escape! That's how it feels anyway. There is no more room for her in there. I am 38 weeks now, just 2 weeks away from the due date. She may come early, but I hope she waits until at least Thursday afternoon (after all my tests this week). I guess we will see. We got to check on her on Thursday. She is still head down and I am pretty sure she has dropped (the doctor didn't say anything about it, but I feel like I can breathe easier). Her heart beat was in the 130's and she is moving less. It takes about 40 mins for her to move 10 times now. I gained 2 more pounds from my previous visit. I still have not swelled at all with this one and the braxton hicks are getting stronger (I can actually feel them now). We are getting so close!

38 weeks