2 days or 2 weeks?

The question of the minute...Is it time yet?? 2 more days until my predicted due date. I will be 40 weeks. My current days consist of a lot of chilling at the house, reading, stretching, trying to sleep, and catching up on a lot of movies (thanks to the free HBO weekend). A little swimming when I can. I think my next post will be a photo of our new daughter.

Completely lost focus on anything else

I can't sleep, I can't get comfortable, I can hardly focus on work, and I still have about 2 weeks left. I have been hiding out in my house during these last few weeks. A) Because none of my maternity clothes fit me anymore and I refuse to buy more....and B)It's been too hot to bother leaving my air conditioning. So here you have it. You are amongst the few who will see these photos. The rest will be buried in my hard drive for years to come.

One pic is of my baby shower (thanks to my family and friends for coming!) and the other pic was an early anniversary gift from my husband. I night in Bend, OR to see Ray LaMontagne.

5 weeks left....but I hope it's more like 4

Daily comments from people:

"Look at you! You look like you are ready to POP!"

"Wow, that's impressive."

"You should be thankful we haven't had a hot summer."

"I can still see your ankles, it can't be that bad."

"You aren't going to go into labor now, are you?"

6 week litmus test

(Caution: This post is not funny or cute or upbeat.)

I am bored. On top of my boredom, I am uncomfortable and hot. I have 6 weeks left and am literally counting the minutes. Everything about me is being tested right now. My physical pain threshold, my heat tolerance, my sitting-around patience, my mental anxiety, my self-esteem extinction and my sleep deprivation. I don't know how or why any women would want to do this more than once.

On the bright side, I am working from home full-time now, my husband is around more to help me, my stepson is doing great, and I don't have any swelling.......(yet).

T minus 8 weeks

In my mind, the countdown is on. My airline travel days are over for awhile and I am looking forward to the next 2 months of grilling, chilling, and waddling around. We just got back from Maine, which proved to be a bit much for my pregnancy stamina. Next time, my friends and family will just have to come here to visit!

Here are some recent baby-on-board photos...

Not happy about the Rainbow Connection

Our beloved Gifford Pinchot National Forest has been infiltrated with the Rainbow Gathering! This is not good. There is an influx of THOUSANDS of people squatting in our pristine wilderness. Trampling the land, filling trenches with human waste, threatening our forests with fires and blocking our passage to our favorite hiking, biking and camping spots. They call themselve peace loving hippies that lack any sort of structure, organization or real cause to fight. Somebody needs to tell them that begging, drug-use, and a complete lack of social & medical structure doesn't make you a lovable hippie...it makes you a burden on the rest of us.

Gold Beach Oregon 2011 trip