34 weeks and an update

I had my 34 week appointment today.  All is well, and baby Luther is preparing for his/her arrival.  For the past week or so, I have (on occasion) had some pretty sharp pains down low.  When I expressed this to Dr. Johnston, she decided to "check" me.  Much to my surprise, as of today, I am 50% effaced and dilated between a 1 and 2...being closer to a 2.  I asked what this meant, and Dr. Johnston said it meant I needed to take things easy....pretty much try to do as little as possible.  For me, this is very hard.  I am so used to going full speed pretty much all the time.  I always feel like there are things to do, and I have a hard time relaxing until those things are done.  Plus, I am a slight control freak, so I like to do things my way.  None the less, I plan to really take it easy for the next couple of weeks.  Since I am only 34 and a half weeks, I am not quite ready to have baby Luther.  I would feel much better if we got closer to 36 or 37 weeks.

Luckily, yesterday, I got quite of bit of work done in the baby's room.  I washed all the linens and blankets and gender neutral clothes.  I got everything put on the crib and got all the clothes in the drawers.  The only thing left to do is wall art which I can't really do until the baby is born and has a name.

Speaking of baby names, I think we have finally narrowed down our choices.  They are not definitely choices, but we are much closer than we were a couple of weeks ago.  There are several things left to do on our list but nothing really pressing.  I should be able to work on things a little at a time.  We are getting excited about baby's arrival, but we would definitely prefer for baby to be a little further along.

I am not a fan of self portraits such as this, but I took this pic while in Virginia last weekend.  I am exactly 34 weeks in this picture.