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That means we only have two weeks left! Audra, one of the midwives, tells us Abigail will most likely be late and no matter how anxious I am to meet Abby, I think Audra is right. She said all women get to the point where they are so uncomfortable that they are absolutely ready to "get it out." I am not there yet. Compared to when Niki was about to have Brendan, my belly is not even close to being a giant egg. However, I can tell that Abigail has dropped and my contractions are less comfortable. Only time will tell! At our appointment yesterday, Clarice guessed that Abigail is somewhere between 7 and 7.5 pounds already! I am constantly having dreams that I am playing with a little girl and it makes me more excited each day. Other than that, nothing new is really happening. Shawn and I have put the car seats in our cars, so all we need to do is pack our "having-a-baby" bag, and prepare my "things-to-help-Jaime-heal" basket. We have Abigail's outfit all p...

We have made it to less than one month! Only three more weeks if Abigail decides to wait that long. No, she's not showing any signs that she will be early, but I think she's ready to come out. She seems more antsy than usual and who could blame her? She should be over 19 inches long and about 6 1/3 pounds all crammed inside my watermelon of a belly. I'm going to the Birthing Center once a week now and I've submitted all of the information for the big day. Now we see the progress of Abigail and so far she's on time- not late or early. I had showers in both Ohio and Michigan and both were extremely special. Both were decorated beautifully and we were given soooooooooooo many gifts that have prepared us for our new life. All we need is our sweet baby now! Now it feels as if we are at a stand still because nothing new is really happening. I'm sleeping less and less every night which is good preparation, I guess : ) Also, when Shawn and I are playing Rock Band for a...