Summer has ended. Don’t get me wrong, the weather hasn’t changed, but Alyssa has gone back to school. I wonder if she realizes that she will be doing this for 15+ years. She did great today. She woke up excited and it lasted all the way to the classroom. She gave her teacher a hug (she had her last year) and kissed me, kissed Megan and waved “bye”. It was pretty much that easy. I think she will have great teachers this year and I am looking forward to another year.

While Alyssa was hitting the books, or maybe just the playground, Megan and I went for 36 week check. Same routine: ultrasound, NST and checkup with doctor. Megan again scored perfect for her movement, breathing, tone – test and was estimated by her incredibly talented doctor to be around 6lb 3oz. The plan stands to check me next week and then the following week, 20th, schedule the amnio and start induction. So basically 2 weeks from tonight, I could be holding little miss Megan in my arms. AH! What a wonderful thought. The family has been visiting all day, Alyssa held and loved on her new sister and has now gone to bed, the nurses have checked Megan over and everything is perfect, and now I, her mother, have all night long to hold her, kiss her and look at her beauty. To enjoy the beautiful gift God has given us again. . .

or I could be asleep and Megan in the nursery.

My first thought was that this post would be boring, not much changed since last week. But I think boring is good. Boring means everything is fine, Megan is healthy and I don’t need to go into any long-winded explanations about the pregnancy. We did not do measurements today, but she scored an 8 out of 8 again on the ultrasound testing – muscle tone, movement and breathing. I asked the tech how they score tone from an ultrasound and she said by looking at fists — clenched or not — and watching movements. She is still head down and has moved lower. So I guess you can say “I knew it!” for those who kept saying I looked lower. Still on schedule to meet Megan Elizabeth Sept 21.

Alyssa is going to Abilene this weekend with Nana and Papa for Tate’s 1st Birthday. She is so excited. And we are too. We will have most of Friday -Monday with nothing to do, enjoying our last free weekend for a while.

“…Thank you God for the baby in mommy’s tummy.
Thank you God for the baby to pop out.
Thank you God for the car seat to buckle the baby so he does not fall out of the door and get hit by a car….”

We have been praying with Alyssa everynight for the baby. It is so sweet to hear her own words to God. I told her one day that when the baby is born (or pops out) he/she will sit next to her in the car in their own car seat. I guess she took it from there.

As for me, things are fine. I have 2 weeks before my next appointment. The first few weeks were “easy”, I guess I was just excited for the baby. I think now, the fear, the anticipation, the unknown is starting to creep in on me. Wondering if I am eating enough of this? Should I not be eating this? Does everything feel right? We still have not seen the obvious “baby” on the ultrasound, so I am anxious just to see that. That will give me a little reassurance that things are on track. More after my appointment…