Hey there little Elijah -
We were on our own this weekend. Your dad & cousin Andrew were in KC at Worlds of Fun & the Chiefs game. It is nice to have the house to myself but it is hard because (if possible) it makes me more lazy. I cleaned the bathroom and we had to take a several hour rest. Apparently, you didn't like me leaning over in the position I was in and it caused us some havoc. You were so low and making such weird sensations that I almost started to panic. But, even before that, you were a WILD MAN Saturday. You were so active I could hardly believe it. It wasn't due to sugar or to music - you were just boogeying in there. Maybe you were celebrating our biggest milestone to date -
28 weeks my little man....
28 weeks...
The week where Bonehead said anxiety can lesson. The week where you have an 80% survival rate and a drop to 35% medical complication rate. The week where your dad and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Like I tell you every week, I don't want you to come yet. You would have to spend too much time in the NICU but this truly is the week where we have been counting down to. I read somewhere on the internet that for each day you stay in their cooking, it reduces your NICU time by 3 days. I am sure that is not scientific but I want you to cook in there long enough that you have NO NICU time. I want you to come home and torture me with no sleep immediately. I will have to get you a new photo because your mom's tummy sure is sticking out now.
I am still getting headaches but I have been checking my blood pressure and it is well within the normal range. I have also tried to see if it is during a time where I would be having a natural "sugar spike" and it isn't happening then either. I guess it just must be another awesome side affect of pregnancy - like all those aches in my hips I was telling you about the other day. But, I think that God has some sort of spell that comes over mom's when they see their new babies that blacks out all of the morning sickness, nausea, vomiting, aches, pains, weight gain and labor. Otherwise, I don't think anyone would ever have more than one baby - EVER :)
We are definitely in the single digit week count down now. I know that you could come at 40 or even 40+ weeks but hearing that we are in single digits makes me happy so we are just going to continue to say that. :) Your baby shower is in 3 weeks - can you believe that? Then, we have Thanksgiving and Christmas then a little bouncing Elijah. I think time is going to fly by so quick that I won't believe it!
Other than that, not much to report. Your dad & I did really good - we didn't eat out once last week. That has to be a record for us. We have plenty of food left over for this week too. I have a few new recipes to try but I am not sure that I will get to them this weekend. Might have to be Monday night again. It requires a trip to the store and a clean kitchen :)
