Well, this is it. Today was our last day as a family of three (God willing I have a relatively short labor tomorrow and am not still laboring after midnight!). We had a lovely, low key day. It was just what Annika and I needed too. Annika was lethargic and not herself this morning. She spent a good two hours cuddled up on my lap while we watched cartoons. We still think it's just a cold so we're taking a wait and see approach to bringing her to the doctor at this point. This afternoon though she picked up some energy and was dancing and singing and playing and running around the house. It was good to see some life in her! And she took a long nap this afternoon too. Hopefully she'll get a good night's rest tonight. The last few nights have been broken up quite a bit. I think between Kris and I we were up about 8 times last night taking care of her. I also needed the down time today. I got oodles of Annika time and Kris time and I loved it all. We decided to stay home to watch the Super Bowl instead of going to Uncle Dusty's house. That was partly because we didn't wake up from our nap until almost 6pm along with the long drive and cold. I'm sure we'll get to see Uncle Dusty and Nana and Papa in the next couple days so I think it's okay.

I've been second guessing myself all weekend about our decision to have this baby tomorrow. One one hand it's nice to be able to prepare, have Auntie Krystle ready, have all my bags packed, etc. and on the other hand I worry that maybe he's just not ready to come out yet and I shouldn't be doing this. Kris assures me that he is ready and that he's just gaining weight at this point and that my body is obviously ready too. I'm just nervous that after they break my water I won't start having contractions and I'll end up with pitocin and an epidural and maybe other interventions. And then I think of Annika's cold and my cold and wonder if a couple more days of rest and healing wouldn't be a good thing. At this point thought, we're doing it. Tomorrow is the day. My midwife is on call from 7pm tonight through 10pm tomorrow before another midwife comes on call. Let's hope that he's born by 10pm so I don't have to switch caregivers midstream and that we're settling in for the night when she's done. Please pray for us and send lots of good thoughts our way tomorrow.

And one last thing - I think 02/05/07 is an awesome birthday. It's the math geek in me but come on: 2+5=7! It's a great birthday!