YAY!!!!

Okay, so I went to the doctor today and found out a few things...
#1 - SO did NOT know they did some kind of swab test at 35/36 weeks - that was REALLY not cool!
#2 - found out what a contraction feels like! I've been having them for the past 2 or so weeks and since it was more intense pressure than pain, I figured it wasn't a contraction - she told me that if it feels like he is completely up in a ball at the top of my stomach and he is pushing out, that's a contraction - I've had like 2-4 a day on and off for the past couple of weeks and didn't know what it was!! I thought he was just attempting to make room - she said they would get more and more painful.....great....
#3 - the best one! I'M 1 WHOLE CM DILATED!!! I'm about 30% effaced!! I hope when I go back next Friday I'm progressing rather than doing nothing like a sitting duck :(

I've been pretty productive this Spring break - Haven't really slept late - may do that tomorrow...I have done:

• Washed ALL of my stinky man's clothes that are 0-3 sizes
  
• Washed his burp cloths, towels, washrags, and cloth diapers - well, I'm on wash #2 of 3 on the cloth diapers - gotta get them ready for him!!!
• Ordered his diaper pail liners, two more diaper covers, diaper pail deodorizer disks, and garment extenders
• Bought some of the random nick nacks that I haven't gotten from showers
• Returned the duplicates/wrong sized stuff - had an interesting experience at Target - didn't know they had a new policy where if you don't have a receipt, you can only make 2 returns per calendar year for a total of $25 or less per return....Luckily, everything had been taken off of my registry, so I printed out the purchased items page of my registry and they had to take the stuff back....
• Painted his name on canvases - yes, we have a name, and no I won't tell :) You'll know when my parents know and that'll be after he's born :)
• Washed and put his crib bedding on his bed

Yes, I have a little bit of the whole nesting syndrome! I'm getting a little stir crazy cause I still don't have my changing table - daddy said he'd have it ready by the end of the week - but since I don't have the changing table, I have no where except baskets and canvas bins to put his clothes and stuff like that....the changing table has 2 drawers and 2 shelves, so it has a lot of storage in it...but, I can't store anything in it till it's here!

I may go to VBurg tomorrow - I want to get him one more little outfit - they have the cutest plaid shorts and tshirt combos there! I have one and I want the other one!! HAHA!! I'm going to be so broke and this little boy is going to be so spoiled!!!!!

still omg

This is my favorite picture of my son!!!

Yeah, I think OMG pretty much sums up how I feel right now. That, and tired. I HATE this time change!!! I need that hour of sleep that was taken from me!! It's not like I can sleep that much anyways now, so why must I lose an HOUR, a precious hour of sleep?!!? So not fair.... Anyways, yeah, our little man is due on April 11th, which is exactly 5 weeks from yesterday. 5 WEEKS. That's just barely a month away! I'm ready for Spring Break so I will be able to take an entire week to prepare for him and get things ready. I plan to have the following things done (like my bullet list! HAHA!)

• Wash his cloth diapers and put them up
  
• Wash his bedding and make up the crib
• Start washing his onsies and socks and stuff like that - how much do onsies shrink?? Please someone tell me cause I don't want to ruin them, but I don't really want to be hanging up onsies all the time!!
• Paint the last couple of canvases that I'm making for his room - I'm going to attempt to paint monkeys - haven't done this yet, but I'm pretty good at flamingoes, so he may get one of those instead! j/k I can draw a monkey, so I should be able to paint one!
• Return the duplicates to Babies R Us, Target, and Wal-Mart AND attempt to reduce the number of things that are still needing to be purchased, like another carseat dock....prolly need on of those!!
• Go to the auction in Hattiesburg to possibly get a new car! :)

Oh yeah, I still need to finish my plans for my long term sub and the stuff that Christie will need for Student Council - plan to work on this stuff this coming week while kiddies are taking my exam. And work on it tomorrow while I'm off, assuming that I don't have to stay at the courthouse all day - yeah, I have jury duty tomorrow...has anyone ever had this before? What do I have to do? Ugh, I don't really want to go AT ALL... I start going tomorrow for weekly doctors appointments. Yeah, she's gonna start "checking" me. Not really looking forward to it, but that means that I'm getting closer to having this baby :) YAY!! I need to go and write thank you notes for the gifts that I've gotten. I'm actually doing really well with thank you notes this time - I was horrible at them when I got married, but I had 15 billion things going on when I got married and I don't really have that much going on now, so maybe that's why it's so much easier!