Everything's swell...

Or swelling... I should say. Ugh- this is unbelievable! My fingers and feet and ankles and hands and face have all started to morph into water balloons!

I wake up every morning and my hands ache like I've got rhumatoid arthritis and my feet hurt- just to walk to the bathroom!

GIVE ME THE BABY ALREADY!

Braxton Hicks continues to make its daily visits... which as uncomfortable and crampy and PMS-y as they are- I welcome them because each one brings me closer to the goal. I've recently picked back up my copy of Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy and it's actually been a delight to muse through again. Rob will attest that I was actually laughing so hard I was crying for a couple of hours today... so it was definitely helpful- if only to help me feel normal in all my grumpy and moodiness... They assure me that my insanity is complete warranted and expected. They also have affirmed to me that each Braxton Hicks contraction or "false labor" as some will call is in fact... complete crap. There is no such thing as false labor and every single cramp and contraction that I experience is beneficial and necessary and is actually preparing my body for the real deal... So excellent! Bring them on... I want this baby out, yester-month!

Also, on the good news front and something to look forward too... a little leasurely science experiment. I have my last final on Dec. 11th and since baby is NOT ALLOWED to show up before then (as much as I complain, this is the one little detail I hope he indulges me...) once the final is complete Rob has agreed to take me to dinner at Scalini's which is legendary (300 births) for its labor-inducing Eggplant Parmigiana! Eggplant is rich in Pitocin which is contraction stimulating drug that doctors will administer to start labor! So- if it works like I hope- I can have baby by Dec. 12th!!! I'm not going to bet the farm on this... but 2 good things happen... its something new to alieviate the mundanity AND I get to be taken out to eat!

In the meantime- I have to quit being a baby, suck it up and get through finals. I have no time to slack because both classes are going to take ALL of my energy if I want to escape with any sort of grade that I can post on the fridge.

Love to all!

Sarah

Happy Thanksgiving to All!!

Hey everyone! Just wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving. This is the beginning of the season where we are supposed to reflect on all that we have and are grateful for. I hope you know that I love you all and am grateful for all the things each of you bring to my life and the life of my family.
I'm so excited the SEASON is here!

Sarah

28 days 'til baby!!

Props to Mandy and Joe Smith for letting me in on the blogspot secret...

Rob and I are expecting our first baby on Dec. 18th- (although I'm secretly praying for the 11th or 12th because that conveniently puts him born right after finals and a week less of being pregnant than expected!)

It's a boy- we're naming him after his daddy- so he'll be Robert Walter Bolt II.
Pregnancy, in all honesty is not what its cracked up to be and I'm convinced that anyone who says they "LOVE" being pregnant is lying to herself and everyone else to make it through. I'm so done being pregnant... JUST GIVE ME THE BABY!

We're all prepared at the Bolt House for our little guy. The baby room is painted and his clothes and blankets are washed and waiting for him. The only thing that really still needs to be done is the wallpaper border has to come in- its been on backorder from the manufacturer... but all the painting is done and the crib and rocker are set up and ready to go! Sometimes I go in there at night just to rock in my comfy glider and get excited for the big day.

Anyway- we're all eager for him to arrive so now it's just a matter of time.

The pics below are of the baby shower my good friend Stevi Bagwell threw for me! It was such blast! Love her to death!

I've also included a pic that Rob took of me while we we're up in Helen.