For the past 6 weeks or so, Toby has been looking towards the 37-week mark as her due date.  Both Max and Lucy were born at 37 weeks, and so Toby had reason to believe that this one would be the same.  Today we hit 38 weeks completed.  This is uncharted territory for Toby. 

She is handling the reduction in mobility pretty well.  Since our bedroom is on the second floor, she plans out everything that she wants to do on the first floor so that she does not need to take any extra trips up the stairs.  We have a small refrigerator in the guest area on the second floor and she has stocked this with all the food stuffs she eats in the middle of the night.

With the baby so big inside of her, and her skin stretched so taut, it is very easy to feel all the wiggles and movements of baby #3 from the outside.  Often we can see that her abdomen has a portruding bump that distorts the usual roundness.  Since the head is down, according to Dr. Green, this must be the baby’s butt / hips that are bulging out.  After her appointment last Tuesday with Dr. Green, Toby was declared to be 85% effaced and 1 cm dialated.  She has another appoint today and I am excited to hear about the changes.

Gran and GranDon arrived in their motorhome last night.  They had driven from Portland in about 3 days.  The motorhome fits just perfectly in the back area.  We have water and power located close to the rig, but apparently the sewage clean out that I installed is too far away from motorhome to be used. 

Last time the kids were here, Gran took them for ice cream everyday.  The kids are especially looking forward to this 3-week stay.  🙂