Monday I went to the nail salon for a little retirement celebration (no, not my own retirement) with a few ladies from Lyngblomsten. I figured this was the last opportunity to get my toenails done. I certainly can't paint them myself at this point. It was nice and relaxing. I picked out a nice purple color because I thought that purple would give me power during labor. I am not usually very adventurous with my toenail color -- but the purple is pretty fun!
The sparkly went straight to my head - ok, it wasn't real
Purple power - purple pampering
Tuesday was a really fun day for us. James had the day off and I had no clients. We had a bunch of stuff planned, but had just the nicest day of coffee and errands. I'm not sure we accomplished a ton, but that was ok. We woke up to a very rainy morning, which turned out to last the entire day.
We had another doctor appointment in the afternoon which went well. Jamie had only one question, "When will the baby come?" Oh, if it were only that easy. I continue to make progress in the whole dilating and thinning process. Could still be weeks -- could be tomorrow. Baby calls the shots at this point. Our midwife said that she is small to average in size and her position is good - head down and ready to go. I didn't gain any weight this week, so maybe that means she's now taking fat from my rear end or other places it has accumulated in the past few months. One can only hope!
Last night we met up with some of my most favorite women in the world -- my hockey team! Happy hour shower -- what a fabulous idea. It was so great to see everyone and they have now determined that the baby's name will be Fern Soderquist MacDonald. Fern, for Fern's (our locale) and Soderquist for the fact that the only Soderquist to carry on the name is a full-blooded Korean boy. He's darn cute, but doesn't exactly look like a Soderquist. We will update the baby book. Here are pictures from the shower - I will wait on updating on the rest of the week. We might have to run out and do something crazy just to have something to write about.
Good thing Jamie was there to help with all these gifts
The whole gang
Aimee, Schrof, Devie, Karen & Tracy
These grape-scented boogie wipes are sure to come in handy
Well, we'll save the rest of the weeks updates for Sunday.
2 comments:
we should swap massage for photography.... hurry up and have that baby girl!
Yes, Annette! I would do that!
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