Our Grapefruit-Craving, Large Cantaloupe

Dear loved ones,

Yay, it's Friday! And I just got home from the dr's office. Oddly enough, I love going to the doctor. The staff is amazing, Dr. Philpott is a joy to work with and they are kind in these last few weeks as "pregnancy brain" has really kicked in. To embarrassing proportions, might I add. I went in last Friday thinking I had a 3:15 appointment. Nope! Had it confused with today, bless my heart. Then today the nurse asked me to step on the scale...never a favorite. I took off my boots and climbed on. "Oh, you should definitely put your boots down! That's defeating the whole purpose!," says the nurse. I was holding them in my hands. She saved me an extra pound. What is my problem?! And yes, they continue to let me work at the office and seem to trust what I am doing. Oy. David will be handling our taxes for sure.

Baby Morgan is officially due in 2 weeks and 2 days. Wowsa! And according to my pregnancy app, he is about the size of a large cantaloupe. I'm feeling it! This sweet baby loves to push his bottom into his mom's right ribcage. He also craves grapefruit, oranges, chocolate and 2% milk. Oh, and Starburst. And Starburst jelly beans.

Great progress so far. My blood pressure is normal, his heartbeat is strong and he has remained in the head-down position. For those of you who don't know, God answered our prayers. This baby turned the day before we were scheduled to get the external version (i.e. the baby-turning procedure that hurts!). I was a delighted mess during that ultrasound and the sweet ultrasound tech just celebrated right along with me, the shrieking, crazy mama. Woo hoo! And thank you so much for praying!

I'm not dilated yet and I've only had a few random contractions. So my stress level about getting the car seat installed has slowed a bit.

 Here's the bump from about two weeks ago. I'll send another one soon. Popular comments include a sweet "Wow, he's really dropped!" to my favorite blunder, "Goodness, you've really gotten fat...I mean, all of a sudden you just really popped out." I got a really good laugh out of that second one! To my credit, I was wearing a light-colored dress...

David has his rock climbing competition tomorrow and we are both pretty pumped about it. Stay tuned - I'll take pictures and provide a recap. I know he really enjoys the people that climb there and the competitive atmosphere. I haven't seen him climb in about a year and can't wait to see how much he's progressed. Fun! We are also strongly considering a movie over the weekend. Any recommendations?

Other than that, we don't have much else happening. Unless you count a basement and master bath reno two weeks before our first baby is due as "much." Yes, we are insane. I keep my eyes focused on the end result. And we are both incredibly thankful for the help from family!

I'm going to go rest this belly on the couch with a snack. We love all of you! And we pray for you.

Hugs,
Missy, David and Baby Morgan (recently referred to as Braxton Hicks Morgan)