35 days til Baby Salmon's Due Date

i am 35 weeks pregnant today and it is only 35 days until baby's due date. as of yesterday, i began my weekly doctor's appointments (which continue until baby arrives). my fundal measurement is 35 cm for 35 weeks so i'm right on target. all my other tests have been good which i am so thankful for.

i have been feeling absolutely wiped out lately. i have been having evening naps most days and have even had some near naps at lunch time at work. driving has been tiring me out so i'm going to try to carpool as much as possible to work and back. when i have to drive derek to and from work, it makes for a really long day.

we had our second prenatal class on tuesday night. it was about massage :D mmmm. it was really nice, derek got to practice massaging my back. i also had to practice massaging his back (well not practice, but the facilitator said maybe if we massage then they will get up with us once in the middle of the night). anyway, we watched a birth which was pretty uncomfortable to see. i am getting a bit nervous about labor and delivery but am still trying to stick with my plan to have confidence and a good attitude when the time comes. we'll see how that all goes, i guess.

derek and i have been working at sanding the baby change table, which takes a long time b/c of all the bumpy parts on it. it has a nice pine wood underneath, so we think it will look nice when finished. derek closed in the baby room (it used to have a doorway joining two rooms). He made a bookshelf to cover the doorway. it looks really good. (pictures will go up once its all complete, right now there is dust everywhere b/c of the sanding we are doing...i really really hope that we finish soon so we can get stuff back into that room).

there has been some freak flooding around here that i'm sure most have heard about. it has not affected us too much other than slowing down the driving. i'm really thankful that we live in a house with no basement and that it has a raised floor. i don't think i would have had the energy if we'd had to mop up water.

we took chelsie out to Krispy Kreme for a little birthday celebration on sunday. we can't believe she's 15 now. its pretty crazy. she has been such a neat person to watch grow up the last 3 years.

andrew, heather, miles, derek and i are going to Courtney to visit Poppa and Diane for "Christmas." this is the second year in a row we are doing the january Christmas. i guess this year we should try for December!

peace