I am fine. I'll just put that out there first. However, yesterday was a little nerve-wracking. I've noticed I've been having more Braxton-Hicks contractions lately. Sunday I think I had 5-6 all day and Monday was the same. Yesterday I had my first one early in the morning and I decided that I'd start writing down when I had them for curiosity's sake. Curiosity turned into worry when I realized I was having them once an hour and had 6 by noon. I talked with Michelle and she encouraged me to call the doctor and go home and rest. Excellent advice I would have given her if the situation was reversed. My only problem was I was carpooling yesterday so I was without a car. I'm sure if I asked Brian, he would have driven me home as we are both capable of working from home. I was going to call my doctor but decided to call Kris first. I told him what was going on and that I was going to drink another big glass of water and hang out at my desk some more. At this time I had gone an hour and a half since the last contraction. I told him if I had another soon, I would call the doctor. I didn't have another until a couple hours later and then none for the rest of the day. So, I didn't call the doctor. And I'm fine and Baby Boy is moving around like crazy. I'll keep writing down when I have them and keeping an eye on this. If they speed up in frequency again I'll call my midwife. Now that the holiday weekend is here though I plan to rest whenever needed.

Annika has recently started saying "Yes." Before she had always said "yeah" or nodded her head. Now she enunciates that yes like crazy. It sounds so cute coming out of her little person.

At our hospital tour on Saturday, someone (a father-to-be) asked if the hospital had an internet connection. I expected the answer to be no`but guess what! They have wi-fi available in all the rooms. The tour guide (a nurse at the birth center) said it can be spotty and not that reliable. I turned to Kris and whispered "Hey, I can blog the birth!" He grinned and said "with your work laptop?" It is the only laptop I have with a wireless card. My personal laptop is too old to have one of those. So, I think I will add the laptop to my "hospital packing list." While I won't be blogging the birth, I can send an update when we get there and an announcement after the baby is born. Or maybe Kris can post the occasional update depending on how it's going. Wouldn't you all like a guest-blog from Kris! I think that sounds like an excellent idea!

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