23 days....

but who's counting!? :) 36 weeks and 5 days today. The baby is two days away from being "full term" and according to the doctor, it could be any day now. Yeah right. No first time mom (FTM) is that lucky. Good news...the baby has stopped measuring so far ahead - we're right on schedule and she's hoping for an 8 lb-er vs the 10 lb-er I was convinced we'd have. I'm 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced which pretty much means nothing. It could be tomorrow, it could be three weeks. I did pack most of my hospital bag tonight just in case and basically let Tyler know that tonight was his last "rowdy" night as after this, he's on call. He took the boat to Silverdale to watch the fireworks with Roxie and our friend Jason - hopefully he's having fun.

Earlier this week the waiting was almost unbearable - partially because I was starting to get sick and feeling rotten, but also because I think I was expected to feel that way. I realized how completely stupid I was acting and on Wednesday, had a pep talk with my self. A few good things came out of it:

• three weeks is incredibly short if applied to any other part of my life - work, home project, vacation...it's a flash in the pan
• three weeks is all I have left to be completely selfish - after that...it's gone.
• three weeks for Tyler and I to be just a couple and not a family - life is going to change and how
• three weeks means baby bob gets bigger, healthier and a better chance at sleeping through the night (that's good!)
• If I had to listen to myself whine for three weeks -I'd kill myself (or leave me). ;)

So...I wait, I walk, I live and I'm going to enjoy the next few weeks as best I can until Baby Bob is ready to join us.