Post-Grad and Loving It: 37 Weeks and FULL TERM!

I can’t believe we are at 37 weeks already – and considered “full term!” The baby could really come ANY DAY now! I’m still 2½ weeks from my due date (July 6^th), but she could come early. My sister-in-law is due July 9th, and it's a race to the finish! Either of us could deliver our baby girls at any point! We are also on our “once-a-week” appointments where they check to see if I am dilating/effaced. Last Friday, they said I was already 1cm dilated and 70% effaced! By definition, effacement is, “the process by which the cervix prepares for delivery. After the baby has engaged in the pelvis, it gradually drops closer to the cervix; the cervix gradually softens, shortens and becomes thinner.” She also is sitting very low and is head-down (position for delivery). However, she could sit this way for another 3 weeks….just because she is progressing doesn’t mean she will continue to progress this quickly. We will find out on Thursday morning if she has progressed any further!

Anyways, I know I said I’d try and update the blog more…it looks like I’m slacking, since my last post was a month ago! But, here we go:

We have finished the nursery!! I will post pics at the bottom. We went with a grey, light pink and white theme. The room isn’t huge but it doesn’t need to be for someone so tiny! I want to give a shout out to my sorority sister, Yasaman Kazemi, for painting Olivia's monogram wall hanging! It looks so great!! Also, we also have finished the guest room, and we hung up our puzzles as pictures since Patrick and I love puzzles. Plus they are different places in the world and a world map so they aren’t too terrible. Hope our guests don’t mind them!

Patrick and I decided to do a little beach getaway for Memorial Day weekend, since it will be our last trip as just us two. We had SUCH a great time- we even met up with my college sorority sister, Sarah Baker, and her husband and their baby girl Madelyn since they moved to Norfolk/VA Beach area. We hung out at the rooftop pool and bar at our hotel, and we all went to see Jimmy Buffett in concert. Seeing little Madelyn made us so excited for Olivia Grace to get here!

We also had another WONDERFUL baby shower at the Laiti house. It was a pool party, and TWO of my best friends from college, Caroline Johnson and Jessica Salomon, came into town for it! It was so much fun, and so nice to see them both. A ton of Patrick’s friends came down for it as well. Being able to see all our family and friends in one place before the baby gets here was the best! We also went to see Patrick’s old roommate, Frank Keel, coach our old High School Lacrosse team to win the VA State tournament! Go Rams!

Last weekend, we celebrated Father's Day with my parents first then his parents. Even though Patrick is a "father-to-be," we still celebrated Father's Day with cards and gifts (yes, I got him Madden 25 and a new set of PS3 headphones to hold him over until the new Madden is out!). We then went to hang out with my parents at our community pool, then hung out with his family at their house and grilled. It is so nice to be so close to our families, and that our families get along so well.

Ok so enough rambling- here are the pics!