It's the final countdown...

But first a shout out to my wonderful husband - Happy 31st Birthday! My how times have changed, it was just a year ago he was celebrating in Cancun with tequila shots. This year it will be some dinner and figuring out how to play MLB 2K9 for the Wii.

As of today I have two weeks of work left and three weeks until our due date (so I'd say realistically about 4 weeks until he's for sure going to be here). I can't wait for work to be over, just in the last two days I've hit a wall in the afternoon and could sure use a nap! I think we're pretty chill about what's coming up and trying to enjoy our moments together as a family of two. Bri's been a trooper - I haven't been in the best of moods since the move but hopefully as the house comes together that's changing.

We're still unpacking but we really hope to make some huge jumps this weekend and have most of it organized and put away. On Monday we're going to get our closet redone and have an organizer installed - which should make a huge difference. Special thanks to Rick for having the house painted before we moved in - it totally makes it feel like our home even though we're still living out of boxes!

I haven't blogged in two weeks just because there hasn't been much going on other than the move, work and trying to unpack a little each night. Our friend Gina gave me the best compliment last week, she said I was a very unpregnant pregnant person (something to that effect). It made me so happy, I want to still be Dawn!

I'll take a little bit of time to address some of the more recent frequently asked questions:

• Are you two getting excited?

Yes, of course!

• Are you going to insist on drugs? What's your birth plan etc...

These are very personal questions and I would like to keep them to myself for the time being. In the future I may decide to share, but until then I appreciate the questions and can certainly understand the curiosity.

• Are you guys ready?

Ha! I'm not sure if we'll be 100% ready or even know. We're crossing our fingers we are!

We'll play catch up on the produce from last week. At 36 weeks he was the weight of a crenshaw melon (6 lbs) and this week at 37 weeks is the length of a stalk of swiss chard (heel to head 19 inches or so). Like the past few weeks his main job at this point is to put on weight - let's hope not too much more!

36 weeks - weight of a crenshaw melon

37 weeks - length of a stalk of swiss chard

We've moved!

We're now officially living in the suburbs. It was a rough move to say the least, so we'll leave it at that and one day I just might be able to look back and laugh as it really has been a comedy of errors, just without the comedy. I did not do any of the work - except cleaning up here and there and have started to unpack. Brian has been fantastic and has really worked his tail off. I do owe him big time as I was not the best wife in the world this weekend, hey I'm admitting it. Now I know why being 8 months pregnant and moving is NOT a good idea. To make matters worse someone also told me I had cankles!!!! Hmmm well if you were carrying around a baby in your belly, moving, stressing out and in general on your feet for a long period of time you too would possibly have a cankle. Geez at least they are not permanent. Ahh I'm putting the memories/nightmare of this weekend behind me and just moving forward.

On a fun note, Brian put the crib together and it looks great. Once we get done organizing all of our stuff we'll be able to focus on the kids rooms. Evita is enjoying the new digs - especially the HUGE backyard.

I had a doctor's appointment on Friday. That was interesting. For some reason she has the same due date (April 24th) but her and the nurse kept referring to me being in my 36th week. Odd, considering everywhere else says I am now in my 35th week. I don't want to rush things, nor do I want to get to my due date and they feel the need for induction or something. I figure I'll ask about the discrepancy at my next appointment, as we've always been on the same page.

This week Baby Birkett's weight is comparable to a honeydew melon. Just over 5 lbs. I'm hoping he doesn't gain too much more weight for purely selfish reasons - I need to use these thoughts to help stay clear off all the Easter candy going around.

34 weeks 1 day

He's yawning cause he had an awesome but jam packed weekend. I'll write about it in a little bit, but for now enjoy the cuteness that is Baby Birkett in the womb.

cute pic

I think this was taken last week. Ashley is 20 weeks pregnant and we try to walk home whenever possible. As we walked by our local pub, Danny Coyles, we bumped into someone who wanted to take a pic of the two preggies - we obligied.

T.G.I.F!!!

Whew, I didn't know if I'd make it through this week. It was a comedy of errors for sure, peaking on Wednesday and getting better ever since. Luckily, nothing had to do with the pregnancy, just those weird occurrences. You know, one thing happens such as hitting off instead of snooze, you think to yourself ok not the best way to start the day, but hey at least I got some extra sleep! But finding out you overslept when a fire alarm awoke you - not a good jolt to the system - and Wednesday went on and on and on from there...

Pregnancy-wise I'm still doing great. Starting to feel a bit tired, but I attribute that to my week and the stress of moving/packing. I'll let you know in about two weeks if that wears off. Although I've gotten some great compliments this week from people I know. I guess I have a lot more energy that most people do at my stage in the game, am "carrying well" (not sure what this meant), and don't waddle. :-)

This weekend is a bit hectic, but should be really fun. Some of Brian's aunties are throwing a shower for the little guy tomorrow (thank you!) and because of it it my mom and Abby flew into town for the weekend, and Jamie and Erin will also be in town. With Cindy came some Taylor Ham and Tastykakes...mmmmmm. We're also going for a 3D/4D ultrasound tomorrow - yeah places now exist for you to go and pay out of pocket for an optional ultrasound. I'm excited because they last time we had one like this was at around 18 weeks.

The weekly emails are getting downright scary now. It say he now weighs about 4 3/4 lbs - like your average cantaloupe! YIKES. At least they didn't say he was the size of a cantaloupe, but I can't get the vision out of my head.

Another Mai Thai please!

I've been thinking about the deliciousness of a Mai Thai ever since I saw our weekly email this morning. Apparently our boy is as heavy as a pineapple. The only thing I like pineapple in is a Mai Thai, and boy do I wish I had one now. Soon enough! Bri and I, ok just Bri, are busy packing up for our move. At my doctor's appointment today the nurse asked me if I had any plans for the weekend, when I said packing she mentioned that it seems like all pregnant women move. Well I'm glad to know it's just not me. If you'd like to volunteer your muscles to help us move...just give us a call. (all you can eat pizza and beer!!) We're hee'ing and haw'ing about having to pay for movers.

I'm excited for the upcoming week as Cindy and my sis Abby will be flying out here on Thursday evening for the weekend. Abby will be bringing our niece Emma with her and we can't wait to see her in person again. We get to see some pictures, but she's got to be much bigger and more active than when we saw her at 2 months old in October. I wish we could have made it out to Jersey one more time, but alas it won't be happening for me at least. I'm itching to go somewhere.

Oh and to answer a question I've been getting since my "We have a Name..." post - we're going to try and keep his name to ourselves until we introduce him to the world after he arrives. More just so there's one thing to look forward to and obviously there's a bit of apprehension of getting an odd look after saying his name.

If you need a quick laugh

So Bri and I met with a potential pediatrician this morning and I think it went well. I really liked him, but we want to interview at least one more before we make a decision. So at one point he is asking us some questions, ie., do you smoke, where do/will you live and then do you own any guns? I immediately say no to the gun question, but Bri looks at him and deadpans - "unless you count these guns", and proceeds to flex his arm muscles - he may have even kissed one. Yep, he went there. Cheesiest joke ever. It was hysterical and the doc seemed to appreciate the humor.