Smooshy

Over the past few nights, my sleep pattern has made me a little hostile. However, last night was a good night. I don't know if it was the fact that I was so tired from not sleeping the past three nights, or if it was the warm bath that I took earlier in the night, or if it was that I was bored the whole day, or if it was the "tickles" that I asked Tyler to give to me on my arm before I rolled over to go to sleep. Maybe a combination of them all, but I slept hard last night. No dreams, only getting up a few times to use the restroom and take my Thyroid medication. It was blissful to be able to wake up this morning and feel like I was refreshed.

Tyler and I turned on our Wii console again for the first time in months this morning to play a little bowling and golf, then decided we would take a little stroll down the "train park's" bike path. We walked for a quite some time, but had to turn around before we got too far, because I had to pee like crazy. It was a pretty busy morning for that little bike path too. Along side the path there are sporadically little playgrounds and while all those were full, there were also a good fifteen bikers that passed us. It was nice to see so many people utilizing the Fargo Parks.

After our little stroll we came home to frantically search for Tyler's wallet that he's apparently been missing since Tuesday. We tore the house apart and still have yet to find it. We've completely run out of places to look now, as we've begun searching in shoes, cupboards and even contemplating searching in the fridge/freezer. I've been praying to Saint Anthony that he help us find it, but I don't think he's listening to me now.

After mom arrived in town around 12:30 or so, we meandered over to Qudoba and had a tasty lunch, that was followed up by TCBY's white chocolate mousse -- oh how I love that stuff. After stuffing my face with goodies, it was time for our doctor's appointment.

Mom and Tyler accompanied me, knowing that there wasn't going to be enough room in the exam room for all of us, Mom was kind enough to wait out in the waiting room and catch up on a little "Parenting" magazine. My weight went down 3/10 of a pound so I am now at 202.6. Which to me is A LOT! But apparently it isn't that big of a deal to Terri. My Group B Strep test came back negative. My thyroid is looking a little low but they are going to keep me at the prescription amount that I am currently at. Terri did an internal exam and my cervix is still closed, but I am soft and mushy which he said is a good thing. The baby apparently has not settled into my pelvis though so he was unable to do anything to help the labor progress. He told me I am measuring at 40 weeks, which is two weeks ahead of schedule. That sounds hopeful and since the little one is still just floating around up there, he said that if next Friday, she hasn't progressed down then he's going to look into "doing something a little sooner than they normally would." I don't really know what that means, but Tyler and I think he means induction. I think he may also do an ultrasound then to see what size the baby is 'cause he asked us about when our last U.S. was and looked a little concerned. Baby's heart rate was good, it started at 136 and progressed to 140 right away.

Now all we can do is hope that I have more contractions and that this little one settles down sometime soon. I've given up hope that she may come before July 1 for financial aid purposes. I am now thinking with the way things have been going she may be a late baby. We just might have an Independence Day baby after all. We are headed to Eddie and Megan's tonight for dinner and then who knows what from there. We'll see how the week progresses I suppose.