Waiting is interminable.

Our new baby boy (Creature #2) was due on Saturday. That means I am approximately 48 hours past "go time."

48 hours. Two days.

Yesterday and today.

It might as well be 500 yesterdays and todays for how impatient I feel.

Jason is even worse than me. When he is at work he tirelessly anticipates every call, every text, every point of contact as me about to tell him that The Time Has Come. Then when he is at home he sees every wince, every sigh as a sign that the moment has finally come, my labor will no doubt start in the next 30 seconds.

And still we wait - and I try to remind myself that many people wait much longer than this - my Mom was two weeks overdue with her first pregnancy - TWINS (my sister and I) - and my mother-in-law was two weeks overdue with Jason. How did they survive??!? I don't even want to think about it. I am counting on Creature #2 making his grand (or should I say painful and exhausting?) entrance in the next two days. At least I'm hoping and praying he does because, well, to put it bluntly I don't think my stomach can stretch much more than it already has: 

In the meantime I thought it would be fun to repost something from my husband's blog series "Creature Chronicles" that he wrote while we were pregnant with Creature #1 (i.e. Nolan). It turns out that we were pretty much just as impatient awaiting Nolan's arrival (despite the fact that he was born on his due date). Anyway, that's it for now, I've got to lay down now so I can get a good night's rest (and by rest I mean, hourly trips to the bathroom and long sessions of staring into the dark wishing I could sleep). ;D

p.s. For those of you who have nothing but time on your hands love to read, you might also enjoy Jason's LAST "Creature Chronicle," published on March 4th, 2010. Nolan was born the next day: Waiting Is Interminable.

p.p.s. Yes, I stole the title of Jason's post and used it as the title for this blog. Cheap? Yeah, a little, what can I say, I'm 40+ weeks pregnant and I can do whatever I want I'm running a little low on creative juices. ;D

 Thursday, February 18, 2010

Creature Chronicles: The End Draws Nigh!!

Week 34ish:
No, it hasn't quite gone the way I expected. In the perfect world, the one the good Lord intended us to have, I would have put up a blog for every single week of her pregnancy. This didn't happen, and you and I are just going to have to let bygones be bygones.

Week 21ish:
I missed the 21st week because these pictures were on a different camera that mysteriously disappeared for a few months.

 Week 29ish: That is such a good one! Formatting issues keep me from putting these in any kind of coherent order. The pictures were added in chaotic order, and so they remain, cutting and pasting seems to be disabled in this weird parallel web-browser I'm in.

Week 37ish:
Wow.
She's HUGE! And also beautiful (that's something you can't get away with saying about your wife too often: "Wow, you look huge and beautiful").

 Week 35ish: And now is when the title of this post becomes relevant: Here we stand at the beginning of week 38! I just can't take it anymore!!! (That's how badly I want little Nolan to poke his head into OUR part of the universe--I'm willing to use multiple exclamation points, something heretofore I have staunchly refused to do!!!!)
I'm being as controlled as I know how to be, but every grimace on her face means to me that her water has broken, or the REAL contractions have began. I've been wrong every time so far, but trust me that is no deterrent to believing.
Yes, I have to be controlled because if I had my way
Jess would be doing the following.
1. Jumping up and down five times before passing through any doorway in our apartment.

2. Eating ginger for dinner every night (it's known for being a labor stimulant).

3. I wish I knew more things that bring on labor.

I forced our OBGYN to guess at when our son will be here, and she said that most first time pregnancies are on time to late.
I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF PATIENCE.

We've got our route planned, our hospital bag packed, our baby seat in the car--we just need Creature to fulfill his end of the bargain, make like a baby and HEAD ON OUT!!!!!!!!

Posted by Jason Dean at 11:15 PM