My boys

So it is only 2 and half days until our baby boy is here.  We have been trying to talk to Micah about Baby a lot.  He knows that baby is in my belly, he will say Hi baby and rub my belly.  He has also given my belly kisses.  It could be a challenge that after baby boy is born for him to realize and understand that my belly is not baby anymore.  Anyway, recently an interesting thing has been happening between my boys.  Whenever Micah and I snuggle on the couch, baby boy will move to the side of the stomach that Micah is sitting on.  He tends to hang out on my right side, but if Micah is on my left side then he will move to the left side.  The boys have already started fighting too.  The other day Micah was sitting on my left side snuggled up to me and baby moved to that side.  Baby kicked Micah and Micah sat up, glared at my belly and then pushed on it.  Then baby pushed back and started going crazy in there.  Micah was not impressed and said "no no mommy!" like I had some control over it :).  I can't wait to see how the two interact once he is born.  I know it will be quite an adjustment and I am nervous on how Micah will be about sharing me.  He is not clingy to me at all, but I am always there and always available to him, so there is no need for him to be clingy.  When his time starts being shared, it could get interesting.  But here is a picture my friend Robin took the other day of Micah, baby and me.

I am just going to enjoy these next two days of my small family.

37 Weeks 5 days..

Well the past week has been quite interesting. Auntie Shannon came and visited us for a few days during her Spring Break, which was a lot of fun.  Micah loved having Nan Nan here.  On Thursday Brandon woke up incredibly sick and ended up having to go to the Emergency Room.  Luckily Shannon was still here, so she watched Micah for us while I was at the hospital with him for hours.  Brandon had the Norovirus, so the next few days were us staying far away from Brandon so we didn't catch it as well.  We seemed to have been lucky enough to avoid it.
A few pictures from our week..
Staying away from Daddy while knowing that he was home and hiding in a bedroom was hard, so Micah and I found a new playground to play on last Friday.  We had a little picnic and then some fun on slides and the horse.

After Daddy was feeling better, it was time for Micah and Daddy to clean all the germs out.

He loves vacuuming!
And then he also found Daddy's beret the other day and was so proud that he looked like Daddy...this is him practicing being a Drill Sergeant.

In pregnancy world, I had a doctor's appointment today and it went really well.  I only have one more appointment and then my repeat c-section!  It is so crazy to me that it is so close.  Only 9 more days or less until there are 2 little boys here.  The doctor kept saying "if you make it to next week, you'll have an appointment on Wednesday then the section on Friday."  If I make it..sounds very hopeful.  My big goal right now is to make it until Saturday.  Robin flies in Friday night and then I can breathe easy.  She will be staying with us for the next few weeks and will be here to take care of Micah and the dogs while Brandon and I are in the hospital.  I'm so thankful for my amazing friend, so thankful that she loves my little family and I completely trust her in taking care of my little man.  Friends that amazing aren't easy to find.
Since I doubt I will find time on Friday to do a 38 week update, I'll go ahead and do it now.  This was me a few days ago..

He feels so incredibly low now.  It is painful to walk or move around at all.  My hips are killing me and so is my back.  I had no idea how exciting and painful putting on pants could be.  On Friday he will be the size of a pumpkin or as long as a leek! He will be about 18.9 to 20.9 inches long.  He weighs somewhere between 6.2 and 9.2 pounds!  His head is about the same size as his abdomen.  He also might have about an inch of hair.  His organs are now mature and ready for life outside.  He now has a firm grasp too.
I am still in complete denial that he will really be born in the next week or so.  I'm so excited to meet him, but also nervous about the change he will bring in our lives.  As of the time that I am posting this...I am more pregnant than I have ever been!!  I have officially passed Micah's birth time! I had him at 37 weeks 5 days at 3:06pm.  We are in new territory now.  It also means I can now vividly remember how big Micah was on this birth day, how alert he was and realize that this baby is now as big as Micah was that day.  9 more days!

36 Weeks

Well today I am 36 weeks pregnant.  I can't believe that it is almost done.  Only 3 weeks or 21 days or less until I will already be holding my baby boy.  Daily life has become a lot more difficult.  It is hard for me to get on the floor and play all day with Micah.  We have been watching more TV than I like to admit and he has been playing by himself a lot more.  He will also bring me toys as I lay on the couch or he will bring me books and we will read them together.
Update on baby...
He is somewhere around 18 inches long and weighs almost 6 pounds now!  He is the size of a honeydew or as long as a head of romaine lettuce.  He should be able to breathe on his own at this point.  He is gaining about an ounce a day.  When this week ends, he will be considered early term.  The new thing is any earlier than 37 weeks is a pre-term baby, 37-39 is early term, 39-40 is full-term and 41 weeks is late term and after 42 weeks is post-term.  So confusing now, but if he stays put one more week, he won't be considered a pre-term baby!
This is my picture earlier this week..

I liked how Micah was staring up at me and my stomach.  And below is 36 weeks with Micah.

I had Micah at 37 weeks 5 days, but hopefully that doesn't happen this time.  Robin is coming to visit and help out in 2 weeks, at exactly 38 weeks.  I just need him to hang out until she is here.
In other news, it appears we will be moving in October, but we don't know exactly where.  The next 6 months is going to be crazy and have tons of change.
Also, we have been cloth diapering Micah for a few weeks now and I really like it.  We have gotten a rhythm with it and Micah really likes them too.  I went to the grocery store last week and it was amazing to not have to pick up diapers!  We have a good little supply built up now, we have 9 diapers and 2 more that we need to pick up (already paid, just need to actually get them).  I will post about the different types and what we think of them another day, but they have actually been quite easy.
Only 21 more days or less!