38 Weeks and We Have a Baby Date...

**In lieu of the "weekly" baby post, here is what is really going on!  

We had a weekly checkup yesterday with a growth/fluid ultrasound and now officially have a date that baby will (hopefully) be here!  If all goes as planned, Avery's birthday will be October 27, 2011.  I can hardly contain myself. 

Our ultrasound was confirmed that we are having a baby on the larger size, so my specialist suggested a lung maturity amnio to confirm lung development.  I have done a lot of research on the matter and the only major risk is that I go into labor, which is going to happen anyways!  The specialist said that this is a routine procedure that he performs all the time.  He's even offered to let Justin do it...just kidding here but those were words straight out of his mouth.  He knows how to keep the humor in sweaty situations.  So, please no "amnio" horror stories of a friend's, friend's, cousin's sister.  Thanks.

After the amnio we go to L&D for a bit to be monitored to see if it does put me into labor.  If everything looks good we get to go home for the afternoon and wait for the lung results.  I am praying at this point that her lungs are ready and that she is able to make her debut.  If they nice and ready, we go into the hospital at 5 pm for the start of our induction.  They will start the Cervadil that evening and Pitocin in the morning.  We cannot believe how close we are to meeting our baby girl.  

I feel like I am against the clock to get everything finished.  We still need to put up the window treatments, pick up the chair, put together the bookshelf and have some art work hung BUT it's all going to be okay if it's not done (repeat to self 20 times).  The important things are done and for that I am so happy.  She has clothes, diapers, sleepers, wipes and the big stuff.  And for now, I am okay with that.  

This baby will be born before Halloween now, so I am very happy that I purchased a few pumpkin things that she can wear to be festive.  We cannot wait to dress our sweet little pumpkin up for her first Halloween.  

So, there is my baby brain dump.  I feel a bit out of sorts that everything is moving so fast now.  I would like to ask for prayer for a friend if you would please take a moment to lift her up.  A dear friend from church, who I am in the praise band with, lost her mother very unexpectedly this morning.  I cannot imagine such a loss, so I ask you to pray for her and her family.  They are dear Christians and I'm assured her mother is rejoicing in heaven (what a wonderful day that must be), but a sad loss for the family members.  Thank you for keeping her in your prayers!