40 + 2

And I wouldn't come near me! I am miserable!! Not to mention I can cry at the drop of a hat! They should change the due date to whatever 42 weeks is so you don't get your hopes up! If I thought my due date was Sept. 11th, I know I wouldn't be so miserable right now!

Where is baby?

So... I'm officially overdue. I never thought that would happen in a million years!
I don't even feel like this baby will be coming out anytime soon. I mean sure, I've had a few contractions and a couple other signs that indicate that the baby could come at anytime... but in my gut, I know s/he will keep me waiting even longer. I really don't want to be induced this time. I would like to experience what it's like to go into labour naturally. My next appointment with Dr. Crumley isn't until September 3rd and she said we would discuss induction then. Keep your fingers crossed that baby comes out before then!

I measured the circumference of my belly last night, just for fun. 47"... 47"!!! What?! That's 1" shy of 4 feet!! I'm only 5'1" tall! No wonder I'm so off balance!

Here is a picture of me last night... 40 weeks.
I am "full of baby" as Dr. Crumley would say. She was guesstimating that baby is on the high end of average in terms of weight. But she was just doing that by feel with her hands on my tummy. She guess around 8lbs. I hope she is right! I'm nervous about how big this baby could potentially be since Rylan came 2 weeks early and weighed 8lbs, 40zs. I have only gained 16lbs with this pregnancy so far and gained 25lbs total with Rylan. So who knows!?

Anyway, Rylan is napping, so I'm going to follow her lead and sleep the days away until baby # 2 decides to come out and meet the world! I'm sure Tony will appreciate a few hours without me around... I am miserable!!

Baby Pool

I forgot to mention the baby pool in the last post!
www.expectnet.com and enter Sib4Rylan as the game name in the top left corner. Good luck!

11 days?? Really??

So I just thought I would log on here and give a bit of an update on life... and that's when it hit me. I just saw my pregnancy ticker on the side of the page that said, "11 days left". 11 days?!!! That's not enough time! I am ready, most days. Yesterday I was definitely ready, today I'm sort of ready and tomorrow I will probably be far from ready!! Ok, I think my heart rate is coming back down now... wow... 11 days!

My brother called this weekend. It was sooooo great to hear his voice!! The first words out of my mouth that morning to Tony were, "I miss my brother. I wish he would call." A few hours later, my wish came true! He has a scheduled date to leave Afghanistan on October 22! Hopefully it doesn't change. We are planning on taking another road trip out to see him when he gets off of the plane/bus. I CAN'T WAIT!! I think we may have to consider flying this time. We will have a 22 month old and an approximately 2 month old. 16 hours in the car might be a little too much to ask. Plus I don't know if I could handle it again so soon myself. I'm not sure how Kev does it! Rylan made Kevin a drawing and we both wrote him a little letter to send over to him. When I was talking to him I asked him if there was anything he needed... he said no and that his favourite part about receiving packages from us were the letters and notes. So I have decided that he will be getting a note/letter from this house every week! We will write them and send them weekly, but he could get 2-4 weeks worth all at once because we just send everything to Belleville and then a military plane brings it to Afghanistan. If anyone needs his address I will post it. Send him a letter!!

F82782989 Cpl McFarlane KJ
2R22R BG 51 ENGR SQN
EROC TF 1-09 OP ATHENA
PO BOX 5058 Station Forces
Belleville, ON K8N 5W6

Rylan has really been growing up quickly over the last few weeks it seems. She has started stringing sentences together. The first sentence she put together was, "Mommy e two elbas". Which translates to Mommy has two elbows! Just last night she held up two fingers in a peace sign and said, "two!". She has the best look on her face when she knows she has accomplished something really great.

We had a great weekend by the pool. Finally some great summer weather! We had a BBQ get-together on Friday night with a few friends and their children. It was pretty hectic but fun! All the babies got together for a photo op... thanks to Laura for catching a good one! Ours didn't turn out so great!
Aren't they the cutest?! From L-R we have Claudia (3.5 months), Kristopher & Aubrey (4.5 months), Michael (18.5 months), Rylan (19.5 months), Lauren (3) and David (14 months).

It was really cool to watch Rylan interact with everyone. She really seemed to look up to Lauren. They were giving each other high fives and jumping on the bed together... fun times!

Tony's picture is in the London Free Press today! Him and another colleague represented LIBA and donated 50 fleece blankets to the Rotholme Family Shelter. (He's on the left!)
Well, it's time to jump in the shower and hopefully distract Rylan with some Treehouse so I can shower alone! She likes to get in the shower with me... but wants to be held! It's tricky washing your hair with one hand while holding a 27lb child with a medicine ball as a belly! I am trying to get back on here more regularly. If I am still pregnant by Friday I will have Tony take another belly picture (@ 39 weeks). If not, I will get one right before I leave for the hospital like I did with Rylan. Here is the latest picture of my belly...

36 weeks (2 weeks ago)