Countdown. Sort Of.

On Sunday, July 20th, we hit the 30-day mark. If Devlin bakes until his expected due date of August 20th, we are counting down from the 30-days now. Of course, Amy (as well as myself) are hoping he decides to pop out early, but we shall see. Currently, Amy is in her 36th official week of pregnancy (well, as of tomorrow, at least). A baby can be considered "full-term" if they arrive anytime between 37 weeks and 42 weeks (most doctors base their estimate on a 40-week pregnancy, which is why we always hear "weeks" instead of "months", really). On Friday we had one of our regular check-up visits and found out that Little D is "in position" (i.e. head down toward the birth canal with a very very slim chance he will move from that position, as Amy and her kicks to her ribs can attest to.....). Also found out that Amy's tests for Group B strep came back as "negative", which is very cool because it means she won't have to have any meds or antibiotics administered during delivery to protect Little D (check out info here if you are curious about this). So, over all, thus far, this has been a pretty uneventful pregnancy, no morning sickness, no real discomfort except perhaps some minor aches and pains and a wee bit of normal fatigue (mainly in the first trimester and now in the final trimester). We have converted a good portion of our bedroom to accomodate the space we will need for Devlin (thankfully our bedroom is about the size of a studio apartment, so that works out well; will take some pictures tonight or this week to give everyone more of an idea). All in all.....everything has been very cool.

Work is work, getting progressively busier as we slowly but surely grind our way toward the fourth quarter. Obviously I plan on taking some days off immediately following Little D's arrival, but my bigger time frame off will come in October (I will have at leas three full weeks of paid time off available and will try to arrange to work from home the other days if I can.....). We have CrueFest coming up on the 6th and I think we are both alternately between keeping our fingers crossed Devlin will wait until AFTER that date and actually sort of wondering and slightly hoping that he might arrive on that day (think of how cool a story THAT would be....."Yeah, your mom went into labor at a Motley Crue show while she was rocking out to Buckcherry.....").

Here's some amusing pictures for ya. I laid out all of the cool onesies we have purchased on our own or received from friends who know our style and took some shots. Devlin s gonna look so cool in these:



I just get a kick out of these, even though he won't be able to wear most of them for a little bit. Maybe we should see if they have something like a onesie when we are at CrueFest.....

Be sure to check out Amy's blog by going here.

See ya ~