38 weeks, 3 days

today is a challenging day! i have all 4 kids (well, cohen's at kindergarten but will be home in about 30 minutes) today, until ian gets out of bed at 2pm. i'm feeling SO uncomfortable... but i forced myself to "pretend" i wasn't pregnant and get some stuff done this morning, and that has made a huge difference in my mental status!

i have to admit, i am loving spending so much time with lili. it's such a great age, and she's such a sweet kid. cohen and i, on the other hand, have been engaged in a battle royale all week. hopefully we'll be able to work it out this week - it's a lot of changes for a 5 year old to deal with, i know, so i'm trying to be patient.

today, i got to bake... which is something i love to do and have basically given up for the last 2 years. lili and i made oatmeal chocolate chip muffins. yum. i would have preferred to make cookies, but alas, my baking "staples" are no longer part of my shopping list, so i was short a few items for cookies. next week!

baby-wise... yesterday i was having contractions for most of the morning... and i though perhaps ian and i could help things along with a little lovin'.... yeah, no. that stopped the contractions all together. worth it though ;)

today, a little crampy. nothing else. i swear i feel like it's a month away still, argh. well, cohen has soccer tonight, which means a nice long (well, it feels long to me dammit) walk. can't hurt.

dr's appointment on wednesday... unfortunately, i'm not seeing my regular doc, which is too bad. i don't know how i'll feel asking a total stranger to "check me" or "rough me up a little" (that's what we did with Lili, and as unpleasant as it was, it worked... if you don't know what i'm talking about, consider yourself lucky). so i may end up just doing the "no, i'm not in labour yet" appointment and hope i don't make it to my 40 week appointment.

frankly, i still have plenty to do! laundry, for one. i have to compile a phone list (a short one... i'm afraid most everyone will be hearing via email/blog/facebook ... what a world), finish packing my bag, and find somewhere to take my 2 kids! they were originally supposed to stay with my brother dale, but they're moving into a new house on the 15th, so i imagine that it won't be convenient for them to take cohen and lili now... our back up plan was my neighbors, but they're going out of town, next week i believe.

so, yeah. guess i should get on that one, eh? i think we'll probably send them to my brothers, since he's only 5 minutes away, and then make arrangements for someone else to pick them up from there.

yikes, time to pick up cohen! only a few more hours until ian gets up YAY!