I have a basement!

Another weekend has passed and tomorrow will be week 29!  It's funny how "full term" actually seems like a possibility, when at week 21 when this all started my doctor didn't expect me to get to week 28.  Now it's "been there, done that" and onto another week :)  I was telling my doctor on Wednesday that this would be a CRUEL JOKE if this baby goes PAST the due date after all the scare and worry.... Not to mention 19 weeks of bed rest shouldn't even be physically possible?!?!?!  One day at a time, and I guess it's clearly not up to me what will happen, so we'll see.

It was a good weekend.  We had a sleep-in day on Saturday and then my mom arrived mid-afternoon.  I know most of you are probably thinking, "Sleep-in?  Doesn't she do that every day??"  Although you would think that to be the case, I am actually up earlier on bed rest than for a typical day of work!  I have to wake up before Eric goes to work or no breakfast for me though, so I learned to adapt rather quickly..... We watched a few movies over the past few days (nothing worth mentioning unfortunately) and got some cleaning/ organizing done!  Eric brought several "teacher stuff" boxes up to the bed for me to sort through so that was fun!

In the middle of the sorting, I needed a specific file box that contained all of my lesson plans/ activities from this year.  As I was wanting to organize templates/ cut-outs/ ideas into this specific file box, I needed Eric to bring it upstairs for me.  Only no matter how well I described it and told him EXACTLY where I remembered it to be downstairs, it was nowhere to be seen.  For those of you who don't know this about me, one of my biggest pet peeves EVER is not being able to find something I am looking for.  It's the kind of thing that keeps me up at night and I absolutely cannot stand.  Poor Eric would go downstairs and look, only to come up with the wrong file box.... Then he'd go downstairs and call me and I'd tell him again only to realize it WASN'T WHERE I THOUGHT IT WAS.  Grrrrrrrrrr.... Frustrating!  I finally made an announcement that I was going downstairs to look for it.... Which was of course met with not only Eric's NO WAY, but my mom trying to jump in my way to stop me.  It took some coaxing/ bribing, but after promising not to so much as pick up a piece of paper downstairs, they "escorted me" to the basement to supervise my movements.  First of all.... YAY I GOT TO VISIT THE LOWER LEVEL OF MY HOUSE!  I haven't been downstairs in the past 8 weeks of bed rest, and since bed rest began for me only 2 weeks after moving INTO this house, I had totally forgotten what it even looks like down there.  It looks great!!!  Yay!  A basement!  Needless to say, it was the highlight of the last 2 months for me.... Oh, and I DID find what I was looking for :)  Don't worry though, I won't make a habit out of sneaking downstairs, and I came RIGHT back up to my bed where I am supposed to be.

I have a doctor's appointment this Wednesday, but will (hopefully) otherwise have a  fairly quiet week.  My mom will be here until Wednesday afternoon and I believe I might have some play dates towards the end of the week.... Then it's WEEK 30 and I'm almost down to single digit weeks remaining!!  That is crazy to digest!

Below is a picture of me at 28 weeks.  He's getting bigger every day and I officially have NO belly button....

Hope all is well with everyone... Take care :)