Crazy nesting!

What a productive morning I've had! I didn't necessarily feel like cleaning when I woke up this morning, but after my coffee and breakfast I figured it was about time I swept and washed my kitchen floor. It wasn't easy to do with a belly my size but it had been bugging me for a while so I strapped Noah into his chair with a few books and got to it.
After that I thought, "Hmm, that looks so good the rest of the kitchen should match!" So I proceeded to wipe down the counters and the kitchen table. Then I noticed a few hand marks on the TV stand, so I wiped that down too. And the ottomon. And the piano. And a few other random peices of furniture. I only just dusted a day or so ago, but I saw a thin layer already forming again in various places so out came my dusting mitt and I proceeded to dust my entire house. The downstairs tile and bathroom was looking a little dingy too, so while Noah played with his toys in the den I got down on my hands and knees and scrubbed it all. Then Noah and I went upstairs and folded and put away laundry. And tidied his room.

Yeah, I know. I'm a crazy woman. You'd think I'd be exhausted now but I'm actually not. As I sit here eating my lunch I could list off to you another half dozen things I'd like to do, but I'm a little scared that I will already regret all this activity later today. At least now if my energy suddenly disappears before the baby comes I'll know that my house has had a decent clean in the past month.

What makes this whole situation even more funny is that on Sunday I was in so much pain in my pelvic area that I could barely move without tears. Seriously. But by 8pm he moved a bit and the pressure changed and I could function again, praise The Lord!

By the way, can I just say how happy I am to use norwex products to clean my house? It gets the job done well without me having to worry about what I am inhaling or about Noah getting into some kind of chemicals. So awesome!

Anyways, that was my morning. Hope you are all having happy productive days as well!

How low can you go

Holy moly... this baby is so low now that I think he may just fall out.

I know I don't look my usual chipper self - but my energy is zero today!

So at Thursdays prenatal appointment my doctor asked me how I was feeling compared to last week. I told her I was actually feeling fantastic! I could breathe again, eat, the heartburn was at a minimum and I was sleeping more comfortably. She figured baby must have moved into a better position, since a lot of second babies don't actually drop till much closer to their delivery date. I laid down on the table and she began to measure my fundal height starting from the top. "Wow... where'd he go?" She said. Well, she confirmed our suspicions. Baby has dropped into my pelvis!

Thankfully I was still able to move fairly easily... that is until yesterday. My only guess is that sitting/bouncing on my yoga ball for a majority of the afternoon helped him move down more, because last night I seem to have dropped substantially lower. We went to Walmart to pick up a few of the last things we needed for the hospital bags (disposable newborn diapers for meconium poops, breast pads and what my husband calls 'industrial sized' panty liners) and walking was super difficult! I came home and got straight into the tub for a warm soak. When I got out and looked in the mirror I couldn't believe what my belly looked like. I could just see the outline of this baby hanging over my hip bones and my belly button was pointing downward. I don't remember ever having that with Noah!

I'm hoping this is a good sign that baby is getting good and ready earlier, but I'm trying not to tease myself. It could still be 5 weeks if they had to induce me. I'm eager for my 38 week appointment to find out if I'm dilated at all, cause based on how I'm feeling right now I don't see him staying in too much past my due date.

PS - A big congrats to our friends Jasmin and Kimbal on the arrival of their baby boy this morning! She had a successful vbac!!!

PPS - There are 4 of us girls due in the next 4 weeks now. I am super curious how it's all going to play out!!!