September 19th - Pregnancy home stretch (literally)

Ok here is the inagural post for my new baby blog. I hope that you can all share in this online journal with me and keep checking in from time to time for updates. I am just shy of the 39 week mark and I am amazed at how much my body has changed since January. As my husband Chris said yesterday " we have come a long way from two pink stripes". I think the baby has dropped because I can breath easier and I can eat more food, but it still can reach my ribcage with its wee foot so it has to be getting the hint that I am running out of room!
As I enter the last few days or weeks of my pregnancy I am getting a serious bout of that "nesting instinct" that I read about in my pregnancy books. Apparently women get the urge to prepare their homes for their new arrival. It seems like some sort of evolutionary throwback to me but I did spent the better part of last saturday painting the nursery green with the help of my mom. The odd thing is I don't really think the baby will give a hoot about the appearance of the nursery but to me it was really urgent to get it done. Also I had the impulse to buy new smoke detectors, a CO detector, a fire extinguisher, and get my furnace and fireplace cleaned and serviced. I guess that nature has a purpose for this nesting impulse (and also the side effect of emptying my wallet). Ok thats it for the first post I will be updatign this blog regularly so keep ckeckign back for more in the life of Heather and baby (and Chris too).