One year ago, today....(part 3)

One year ago, today....this was me:

Well....ok....I was a LOT bigger one year ago today, than I was when this photo was taken, but you get the idea.

It had been a busy day. The carpet guys left around 4pm after installing the carpet in Emma's new room. That meant that I could finally move all of her furniture out of the guest room, and into her room, making room for Mom to arrive! Yes, nine months pregnant I moved in her bed, dresser and bookshelf and got everything situated nicely. After that was done, I decided to go ahead and put the second coat of paint on the downstairs bathroom walls. From there it was clean-up time...time to get the house ready for company. I think I stopped working around 10pm and realized I had better go to bed. The contractions had been coming all afternoon (which was nothing new), but I was ready for them to stop and knew that laying down to get some rest would help.

Mom called as I was getting into bed to let me know that she had stopped for the night and was going to get some rest. She was about 4 hours away. We said good night, knowing that we would see each other the next day, and looked forward to having some last minute prep time before the baby came.

Things didn't exactly go according to plans....

One year ago, today....(part 2)

One year ago, today....I was getting a little nervous. With the other kids, I never really had any advance warning that labor was on its way. I just knew when the contractions got regular and stayed regular, it was probably time to think about having a baby. But one year ago this morning, I got a couple little hints that something might be happening soon. I was still 17 days from my due date though....surely I had a little time left...right?

One year ago, today....(part 1)

One year ago today, I was excited. I was still 18 days from my due date with our little "surprise." The anticipation is so much fun...who was this little guy going to be? Who would he look like? What would labor be like this time (I was praying it would be nothing like Nathan's!). Would I finally have the chance to experience an epidural? We were busy finishing Emma's new room downstairs, finishing the bathroom downstairs, starting swimming lessons, and keeping up with an active 17-month-old.

Maybe it was the contractions I'd been having since about 19 weeks...

Maybe it was all the physical work I'd been doing lately (painting 2 bedrooms, painting a bathroom, moving furniture, landscaping our empty yard, etc.)...

Maybe it was just a gut feeling....literally...

Whatever it was, on June 3rd, one year ago, I had convinced my wonderful Mom to start driving over here. She wasn't planning on coming until around the 10th. We planned on getting her here, getting her settled, and having at least a week to finish the baby preparations together. And FINALLY, she was going to be able to be in the delivery room with me. That was a definite!

One year ago, today...my wonderful Mom was busy making last minute preparations, so she could start the long drive tomorrow. Stay tuned for the rest of the story!