Ohhh baby!!!

Well, tomorrow I will be heading to the hospital to deliver/meet our new baby! We are all super excited - I keep thinking that I should be feeling more nervous, but the reality hasn't set in yet.  I guess perhaps that will happen about the time they put the IV in?

Abram has had severe seperation anxiety for the last two weeks and he is very nervous about having Shawn and I go - he has a terrible time when either one of us goes anywhere, and when we go at the same time he goes completely berserk. Today Maddie said, "Abram, how about if I am your mom on Monday?"  He said, "Okay!"  And seems very happy with that arrangement.  He came and told me, "Mom, I will have a skinny mom while Maddie is my mom."

So here is a picture I took today:

Tomorrow my mom will head over to help out for a week, give or take.  It's always great to have her here to help get a new baby going!

Generally I NEVER take pictures of myself when I am pregnant, but I always end up wondering just what  I looked like, so this time I decided that I would take a picture every so often:

I think that in reality I  look a lot bigger than these pictures show - or maybe I just feel so huge that they don't look accurate to me. However, I actually ended up doing great on my weight - for me- this time.  I gained 36 pounds.  Once I figured out how to eat, these last two pregnancies have gone so much better!  I have felt so much better and more energetic, haven't had the "border-line gestational diabetes" not as much pain walking, etc. Sure beats the 50-60 lbs I gained with my first five.

Well, hopefully by this time tomorrow, our new baby will be here!  I will post about him as soon as I can:)