Well, I am honestly bummed that I didn't live up to the name of the day and go into labor today! I was really hoping to...if for no other reason but the cheesiness of it all. I will say that I was pretty close though :)
We took Audrey up to spend the day with Ryan's mom (grandmommy) and grandpa clay. She was so excited to be there and I was excited to have a day with Ryan since those will be a little hard to come by for a while after Ava gets here. We went to breakfast at Chick-fil-A and then headed to the mall to shop for some pants for Ryan (and I was hoping the walking would send me into labor..)
Sure enough, just as we found some great deals on some pants...my contractions started picking up speed and intensity. This kept up for a while and they were close enough together that I didn't really even feel the need to time them. They were getting very uncomfortable and I was excited about it!! I called my mom just to make sure that she was in the general vicinity of the hospital "just in case" and just kept on walking hoping to encourage the process along. Then....we stopped to make a few other phone calls about something unrelated and my feet were tired so I sat down....and the STUPID contractions stopped. I was SO frustrated....but I know that if any change of pace affects the contractions then they just aren't real...so I got cranky and irritable. (poor Ryan) We decided to go to a movie and I had a few contractions but they were the basic Braxton Hicks variety...nothing out of the ordinary. They have picked up a few other times today but here it is....almost 11:00pm on labor day...and no labor. oh well.... there's always tomorrow!!
While we were shopping, Audrey had a blast! She played in her pool in their backyard and got to slide on the new slide they bought her. I'm so glad she was able to run around and get some of that energy out! I just don't have the energy to keep up with her these days and I'm not willing to sit in the heat like a beached whale at this point.... They must have really worn her out because she marched up to her grandmommy and asked to go down for her nap. (lately it hasn't been quite that easy since she now knows that playing is more fun than sleeping!!) She slept for over 3 hours and woke up in a great mood. We packed up and headed back to our neck of the woods to go out to eat with Ryan's dad (grandpa ted) and Nin and the rest of the family for Ted's birthday. We had a great time and Audrey entertained us all (as usual)
Tomorrow is her 1st day back to preschool and she's SO excited!! Hopefully the morning will be a smooth one for us and we'll get out the door without too many issues and a few cute pictures!!
Ryan just told me that he doesn't want to go to work tomorrow so he requested that I have the baby tonight....but to let him get a few hours of sleep first! ha ha! If only it were that easy!
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