39 weeks...in utero

Hey! I'm 39 weeks along now...and my mom & dad (and everyone else who knows about me) are READY for me to make my arrival! But I'm hanging in there...not sure for how much longer, but while things are tighter in here than they were before...my mom is pretty comforting, warm, and she bounces me around a lot...so it is not like I'm bored or anything! Plus, it is kind of fun to keep all these adults guessing! -E.W.

From 3D Pregnancy: One uncomfortable complaint of late pregnancy is frequent hiccups. No, not you, your baby. Because there is no air around your baby, when he practices breathing, it can cause amniotic fluid to get into his windpipe, resulting in those regularly spaced thumps that make you think you're carrying a jumping bean in your belly.

From Cousin Vicki DeBoer: "Hey thought you'd like this.....I had a dream that we were all at Fennema Thanksgiving with ALL the new babies, and you kept calling your son "Boo" cuz he was born on Halloween. So good luck with that!!"

I already cast my vote for President...figuring that if I didn't he'd arrive on November 4th & I'd not get to vote at all...a tragedy for a Social Studies teacher!

36 weeks old...in utero

I decided to start a blog for Eli, even though he's still hanging out inside of mommy's womb yet. He's really been busy lately, lots of pushing on mommy's insides and he's getting pretty heavy to carry around. We've got everything basically ready for his arrival...and since we had been told that at 32 weeks he was a little over 5 lbs I'd say he's plenty big to arrive any day now.

His bag is packed. Mommy's bag is packed and ready to go. The car seat is going in the car today...anytime he wants to arrive is cool!

We'll be putting pictures and videos and all that good stuff on this blog...that way friends & family far away can all check in on the progress of our little guy! We hope you enjoy it!