36 Weeks!

Wow. Any day now. And I have SO MUCH left to do. The house is a disaster. The nursery isn't finished. I'm totally overwhelmed. I'd better make myself some lists:

Nursery:
1) Touch-up paint walls and dresser
2) Finish seaming bumpers and throw pillow
3) Hang shelving
4) Find paper to match bedding and cut to fit inside clocks b/c the clock face isn't flowing in the room.
5) Find print for large picture frame, buy and get matted
6) Name letters, paint and hang (which will actually have to wait until she officially has a name)

Sewing:
1) Make extra Boppy covers
2) Finish the flannel sleep gowns I started
3) Hem curtains for nursery (again, this will probably be waiting a while)
4) Design and sew a cover for the swing

House:
1) Find somewhere to put all the baby stuff that has accumulated in the living room
2) Pick up/organize all our stuff that gets left lying around the living and bedrooms. (Ahem, and by that I mean Justin's stuff)
3) Deep clean kitchen and bathrooms
4) Vacuum and Steam clean all floors with new Shark Deluxe

That list may look short, but trust me, it's a WHOLE LOT to do and just thinking about it makes me feel like melting jello and makes me want to take a week of vacation to get it all done. I did manage to finally get my haircut yesterday. It was looking SO bad I chanced it and went to Master Cuts. The girl that I got was sort of stand-offish and akward. But she ended up doing a pretty good job. My hair always ends up longer on the left side because of the way I part my hair. She totally understood and was able to compensate for it when I showed her what I meant. Most other stylists just look at me like I'm too much of a perfectionist. I've still got to touch it up a little on my own with my thinning shears, but overall I'm glad I took the risk.

I've been bouncing on my exercise ball at work in an attempt to get monkey's head engaged in my pelvis and to hopefully prevent her from turning out of position again. And hopefully it's also putting her head down on my cervix so some progress can be made! It better be anyway b/c it makes me sort of nauseated and I want that nausea to be worth it.
If the ultrasound says she's looking to be a big baby I'm going to ask the Doc if he can sweep my membranes next week. Although with the way he was feeling me up in there yesterday he might have already done it and not told me. He's pretty stingy with information.
I've been having lots of contractions, some have been pretty strong but they don't exactly hurt so I'm thinking that they aren't getting any dilating or effacing done.
I've also been a little dizzy and short of breath lately. When the scale said I'd gained 5 lbs last week I freaked that it might be Pre-eclampsia. But Doc says my BP and urine look fine so it doesn't look like pre-E. And for ONCE he didn't mention my weight gain. I'm really hoping it's just from swelling. All of the sudden my rings and shoes don't fit anymore. I'm talking shoes that just earlier this week were comfortable are now so tight my heels hang off the backs!

Wow. I really can't believe I'm actually going to have a baby. All that I've been waiting for is finally on my doorstep. Just hold on thru the weekend baby girl so I can get the majority of that list knocked out and then we'll be as ready as we can be for you to join us.