War of the Wills

Dear Spuds,

You are late. I will pretend that you don't know that and your lateness is only due to being comfy and not a trend you are already setting. If you could work on your timeliness, I would really appreciate it. You have until Wednesday (or Tuesday night), to have things be on your own terms.

Love,
 Your Impatient Mother.

I am beginning to think that all those old wives tales are in fact, tales with very little based on truth. For anybody who had one of them work, I think is more due to pure coincidence than anything else. The one thing I will not try is castor oil, as I do not feel like continuously pooping.  

Chris has been very patient with me and willing to walk with me, even if "we already did that" today. I am getting antsy and don't like sitting for long, which takes itself out in more cleaning and more walking. I was able to run up to 37 weeks, but at that point my back (or Spuds) said that's enough. Fortunately, this past week I think he has moved off my sciatic so things aren't nearly as painful, which makes it easier to go for all these walks!  If anything, even if they don't help bring upon labor, the walks help me feel better about myself so I will take the mental boost.

Spuds' tardiness has given me more time to learn baby things- like how to use a prefold diaper!  I was shown once when I went into the store, but that was over a month ago.  Thank goodness for UTube!
So far, I think I have it mastered, at least on inanimate objects.

Hooray, no pins!

This is with the cover over the prefold

 I even made Chris practice, but he wouldn't let me take his picture.

My mother-in-law has decided that we should call him Gandolf, as he will arrive exactly when he intends to. "A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to."  So if we start chanting Gandolf Wolverine Floro, maybe he will be more excited and mean to come sooner than later. At the same time, I sometimes find myself looking down at my large stomach with the realization that he's supposed to fit through where?!?! And then I wonder, what's the hurry? And then I remind myself he will only get bigger the longer he stays. crap.