Week 39 Update

First to the most important part of this update: no baby yet.

I am amazed at how little time I have to worry about when the McNugget will arrive. So much is going on in our house with improvements to the kitchen and elsewhere everyday that I haven't even thought about when the McNugget is going to appear. To be perfectly honest, I am hoping she is a little late so we can have a few more things ready for her when she gets here. But of course, we will take her whenever she comes!

Last night Jonathan and I went to see Stevie Wonder at the Hollywood Bowl. I wasn't sure how the McNugget was going to take it but I felt pretty good for the whole concert. And, fortunately, I was so tired by the end of the night that I actually slept for a while. Lately I have been getting up in the middle of the night and staying up for several hours. I assume this is to get my body adjusted to middle of the night feedings and no uninterrupted sleeping time in the near future? The only downside to last night's concert (outside of the two songs I wished Stevie would have performed) was a recurrence of Shrek Feet when I came home. I spent a lot of time walking and standing yesterday and my feet wanted to show me how they felt about it. Thank goodness today is back to normal (for now).

This week also marks my first week of official maternity leave which means I am trying not to think about work. It's sort of difficult to do but I'm trying to let go and focus on the McNugget (right now I am mainly focused on our house but I am sure thoughts of the McNugget will take over soon). I am thinking about going swimming today. I went swimming last week and it's a neat feeling to swim with the McNugget in tow.

This weekend we did some of the McNugget's laundry which means her entire closet now smells like "baby." It also made us think that soon all of those nightgowns and onesies will be filled out by an actual baby (which is frankly very hard to imagine).

I started packing a suitcase for the hospital a few weeks ago but have completely forgotten what's in it. I think I'll work on more packing this week. I am running out of things to do pre-McNugget so I guess that means the end is neigh. . .