Still no Bristol

Just a quick update - no baby!!! I went back and looked at my blog entries when I was awaiting Peyton's arrival and they are very similar to these. Except - I was five days late with her so they were really waiting for her arrival.

I'm convinced now that I am not going into labor until next week. I'm thinking Tuesday's check-up with the doctor and then maybe that evening or the next day. An August 5th birthday. That sounds good.

I have to admit that by not having her yet has been kind of good. I had this weird thing about Peyton and Bristol both having birthdays during the month of July. As long as I can hold out another 6 hours then they will not share a birthday month.

I promise to keep everyone posted, but don't expect an arrival until early next week. We plan on enjoying our weekend with Peyton!

Peyton's 2 year appointment

Can you say white coat syndrome? Holy Moly. Out of nowhere, Peyton has become deathly afraid of the doctor's office. She refused to get on the scale to be weighed, forget being measured without us holding her down and the idea of having a light shined in her ears was terrifying. We even worked all week on going to see Dr. Shekar. She would not say hello to her, but she immediately started saying goodbye when she walked through the door. My theory is that she still remembers when she hurt her foot and had to do xrays and give blood. That was very traumatic for all of us and wasn't that long ago.

Here are her 2 year stats:
weight - 28 pounds
height - 36 inches (if you do the "crazy" math, she'll be about 5'11 as an adult)

Funny comments by Peyton:
1. As she was crying from all the trauma of seeing Dr. Shekar she yelled out "Goodbye Dr. Shekar" with a huge smile when she started to walk out of the room. Dr. Shekar laughed so hard. It was pretty funny.
2. After her shots (which again was uncontrollable crying as we pinned her down on the table), I scooper her up and she had her head embedded in my shoulder and she yelled out "thank you, thank you, thank you." So we know she even has her manners during stressful times! Rob and I could not help but laugh at that point.
3. Yesterday she was flipping through her book and saw a Rainbow and said "Dr. Shekar." I was amazed because the name of Dr. Shekar's office is Rainbow Pediatrics and that's their symbol.

No Baby Yet

Bristol seems to be holding out. Dr said on Tuesday that I was dilated to 2/3 so he thinks we’ll go this week. Dr. asked if I wanted to be induced this week and I said no. I figured I am close enough at this point why rush nature! Next week may be a different story if she hasn’t made her arrival. I figure that if I am still pregnant on August 4th (which is my next appointment) then I will probably see what steps we can take to get things moving a bit.

I think the hardest part is anticipation. You just don't know from moment to moment if she's going to start her arrival process. I show up to work everyday and they're like "seriously!" It's kind of funny.

So, we will keep you posted. My latest fear is that I'm still dilating and don't really know it. Then all of the sudden I'm going to have the urge to push. If I went to 2/3 without any symptoms then what's happening now? I didn't dilate at all with Peyton until my contractions began. It took about 12-14 hours before I was at 4 cm. They say the 2nd baby goes faster - yikes!