The Waiting Game and Other Updates

Can't believe it's already April 13th!  Where has the month gone?  Only 2 more weeks as of today until the official due date.  Unfortunately, it's only a 50-50 shot whether the baby will be born before or after this magic date!  Saw the OB today - not much change from last week, so all of these Braxton-Hicks contractions have been just a tease.  An uncomfortable tease at that.  So the waiting game continues...  I'm trying to stay busy by doing silly things like working 10-12 hour days and writing research papers.  Otherwise, I think we are as ready as we will ever be (although we have to put that car seat in the car!), and if I think about it all too much, I go crazy with both anticipation and fear that I am going to completely screw up this whole parenthood thing!

Oh well, here are so pictures from the last few weeks...

We had a lovely baby shower thrown by Brian's colleagues at Jefferson Hosp last weekend.  This is the really cool "diaper cake" they created - such a brilliant idea!  It had all sorts of fun toys and bibs and onesies and receiving blankets, etc... tucked into it:

My parents came up to visit this past weekend for Easter - it was chilly but beautifully sunny, and as you can see, the trees are starting to bloom - yea Spring!

Above is me with my also very preggo friend Katherine doing the belly bump.

Below is me doing the contemplation pose:

And so we wait...  I'll keep you posted!