38 weeks

Not much news to report from here. We're still waiting for baby and I'm starting to get the feeling like this could be awhile. Being back at work has taken my mind off things a bit, but I'm still finding it really hard to get much done. My new rotation is in the international adoption clinic. It's a great rotation and not just because it's not too taxing and the hours are excellent. I spend most days reviewing documents from children that families are interested in adopting and trying to get an idea about the health of the child and the risk of medical, developmental and psychological problems if the child were adopted. It's a lot like putting together a puzzle with a lot of missing pieces, but I really enjoy it. We also spend time in the clinic seeing the kids after they arrive here. We work with psychologists, occupational, speech and physical therapy. All in all it's a lot of fun, but I'm still wishing for baby.

The weather around here took a turn for the better last weekend. After our snow on Friday, things really got a lot nicer and I've been able to walk to and from work every day. I'm sure that this is great for my health, but I'm not sure that it's been very effective in getting the baby to drop. I'm still getting kicked up by my ribs. It also makes me really tired and Matt's been tucking me into bed most nights by 8:30. What a life.

It was so nice yesterday that Matt took both dogs to the small dog park near the house. He said that they'd laid down new bark chips around and the boys had tons of fun playing fetch. Oscar, however, is not used to the warm yet and found the one and only mud puddle in the park in which to cool off. Matt said the puddle was at least a foot deep of thick mud. Oscar and Duncan both decided that it would be great to submerge their entire bodies in the mud. Needless to say they got their first baths of the season when they got home.

I'm off to the midwife today for another check up. Last week the midwife told me that we might be having a May baby after all because the baby and I don't seem to be making much progress towards labor. I'm hoping that maybe this week she'll change her tune again. I know that she can't really predict any of these things, but I look forward to hearing them anyway. Silly me. Luckily I'm still feeling really good and my peds preceptor told me that I didn't look nearly awful and uncomfortable enough for the baby to be coming any time soon. Here's a picture of me from today at 38 +2. It's amazing to think about just how big baby is getting.

We're also pretty much done with the nursery. There are still a few things that need to be hung on the walls, but otherwise I think that we're set. We even got the diapers delivered last week and Matt has the car seat base installed in the civic. I'm hoping that my frantic nesting period is over and I don't have to move on to scrubbing the windows and reorganizing the cupboards.

Matt's nesting has taken place in the yard. As soon as the weather warmed up, Matt was outside waging war against the rabbits. Apparently the last few mild winters have left us with tons of rabbits and they enjoyed eating the bark off of our plum tree and munching on our blueberries all winter. The blueberries should rebound, but I'm afraid that the plum tree may not. Matt has been working what he calls "the bunker" in the backyard to protect the blueberries and the veggie beds. Luckily it is not quite as obtrusive as the name suggests and it will keep Matt from taking up rabbit hunting.