Yep.

Jess exclaimed numerous times today, “I’m BORED!” as she continues to monitor her 10-minute-apart contractions. She finally said, “Is there any movie out that we want to see?”

I literally laughed, thinking she was joking, but knowing that deep down I would LOVE to go to the movies.

I told her the couple of movies we were wanting to see that were currently in theaters and she plugged in her hot rollers to do her hair!

So, we’re on our way to see “The Sentinel” this afternoon here in town and I just have this recurring thought of just how cool it would be to tell the theater manager, “I’m sorry about the wet seat!” as we ran out to head to the hospital.

Thank you for those who continue to check in here at stevansheets.com to get the latest updates on our very own “Baby Story”! We’ll continue to keep you updated!

Contractions continue to disrupt my wife’s life. (and mine when she grunts)

Doctor’s visit this morning gave us the same 1 centimeter, 70% effacement news.

The visit ALSO gave us the news, however, that Jess is no longer able to go back to school to work.

This, of course, saddens her.

We are thankful, though, that since she has been “taking it easier” here at home, she has lost 4 pounds due to the intense swelling that is now mostly gone.

We are anticipating the hospital-run anytime!

Nesting (v.) nes-ting
1. My wife continuing to put things away.
2. My wife cutting coupons for the first time in our married life (for diapers!)
3. My wife baking 2 batches of chocolate-chip cookies.
4. My wife walking back and forth in and from the baby’s room.
5. My wife washing all of the dishes and complaining about the cups that I washed and didn’t stack correctly to allow “optimal drying”.

No baby yet. No water breakage. No hospital run. Just pain – every 10-minutes or so.

If I had abs as hard as my wife’s tummy right now, I would be ab-alicious.

Do you think dads “nest” before a baby?

I spent 6-hours outside today. 5.5 of those hours were spent working on our soon-to-be garden. I tilled, I pounded on some of the biggest roots in North America with my new axe – I even picked out numerous “baby roots” with my hands to make the dirt look better! (dirt look better?)

Jess DID NOT go to school this morning – a good sign that baby is near, I think.

She got her blood-test results (they took her blood on Tuesday) and everything is normal. However, since she has been having constant contractions, the Doctor wants to see her tomorrow morning. We’ll be there at 8:30AM.

One last thing –

Timing contractions – definitely one of those things that seemed easier in movies and on paper than it has been in real-life.

Tonight we timed three contractions in a row.

9:30PM – 9:40PM – 10:00PM

I think I will sleep with one eye open (and with my rainsuit on!) tonight.

Jess is doing absolutely amazing. She is able to talk to me throughout the contractions and gives me the play-by-play about where she’s feeling the pain.

Tomorrow’s plan (if there is no baby birthing…) – get up “early-ish” and get out to the freshly tilled garden. I purchased an axe tonight at Lowe’s and am ready to swing and remove those pesky roots from our yard. Once the roots are clear, I will continue to till until we’ve got a garden full of loose dirt!