The home stretch.

   Here's the belly at 36 weeks. She has since dropped a little and my belly sags. It looks really funny cause my belly has not grown side to side, only out front. Now that it is getting so big, it is starting to sag under the weight. From the front though, my belly looks the same. Weird. Anyway, much has happened! We are trying to get all the last minute things done before she comes, but at this point, I am ready for her whenever she decides to get here. Good news! We are almost done with the nursery! We finally got a nice crib, glider and other things. I will post pics when it is finally finished. We have been loving our lamaze classes that we have been taking for the last few weeks. It's a 6 week class and is so informational and has brought us even closer together as we prepare for the big day. I have been having a lot of Braxton-Hicks contractions and regularly wake up in the night to them. For the last couple months, I have not been able to sleep more than about 2 hours at a time and very lightly when I do. It's a bit frustrating and tiring, but I am feeling more prepared to be up all night and sleep in short spurts. It's feels like my body is training for those first few weeks. With only 3 weeks or so left, I am so excited to finally meet her! 

In other news, WE GOT NEW TENANTS!!! YAY!!! From what I understand, it's a nice military family with 2 children. They sound perfect for our neighborhood and I hope they will be there to stay. They move in November 1st. Finally, we will have some relief from the cost of a double mortgage. 

Also, Kevin's parents were here this last weekend and we took them around some of the local sights. We went by Notre Dame, spent time in Chicago, and went to the Studebaker museum since Kevin's dad loves cars. 

       Us in front of an old Packard car.

   Me in front of the car from "The Muppet Movie" I love that movie!

By the way, thanks for welcoming Kevin to the blog. I didn't know he had posted! He said he wanted to contribute, but I didn't know he was going to post something so soon. He is a very eloquent writer and I hope he will post more in the future.  As you can hear, he is VERY excited about being a dad. He answers his phone in the middle of meetings if it's me, just to make sure I am ok and it's not time yet. He frequently asks if anything feels different yet and cries every time he sees a birth on TV or in our class. He may be even more anxious than me! He will be such a cute father!