Big Belly!

20 days and counting! Not much to do now but wait for Isabel to decide it is time to make her debut.

We completed our childbirth classes this week and I feel that we are well prepared for what is to come. I have our bags packed, one to take into the labor and delivery room and one that Geoffrey will retrieve once Isabel and I have moved in the family care area. I have plenty of snacks packed for Geoffrey and hopefully have thought of everything we might need. I have a few outfits for Isabel, depending on big or small she is (the Schaeffer kids were all BIG babies, the Buescher kids not as large). We still need to install the carseats and have that on our list of things to do for the week.

Isabel continues to be growing right on track as far as my belly measurements go. They haven't given me any estimates on her weight, which is just fine as it seems those usually have quite an error associated with it. From here on out until the birth I'll be seeing the doctor weekly.

Heather's Belly @ 37 weeks.

It seems the pugs are also finally sensing that something is going on. They have both become quite clingly, especially General who is usually very content doing his own thing. All of a sudden he demands our attention and is constantly trying to crawl onto one of our laps. I'm sure they will take to the baby though, as pugs are a breed known to be good with children. And I'll be home more, which means less time in the crate and more time they can spend sunning themselves in the dining room...like below. No, the pug hasn't grown or turned into a "pugsund" as Geoffrey calls this picture, but I was amused that he was able to captue the 2 pugs sitting such that it looks like one.