10 Days and Counting

Ten days until Baby J's due date... I had a Ob appointment this morning, and I am about 1 cm dilated, 30% effaced, and my cervix is pretty anterior (pointing toward the front of me instead of toward my tailbone, which is where it points through all pregnancy until the end). My doctor said this was more progress than he expected, though nothing that says labor is imminent. I reminded Baby J today that if he came tomorrow, he would have a very cool birthday (07/08/09), but that he would have a more stressed out daddy than if he waited a week. Then he gave me a good kick--only time will tell if he was feeling sympathetic for daddy, or showing that he wasn't going to be deterred from his plan...We shall see! I only hope he doesn't hang out inside of me after next week.

In other news, it was Jared's birthday on Sunday, and we had a casual little party that he enjoyed a lot. This year he got a new TV, after he saw our friends nice TV and decided he couldn't possibly have a newborn without a new TV. There went our (loose) plans for our kids not to be exposed to TV before they are two....

Here is our old TV: (29")

Here is Jared happily putting together the pieces for the new TV (notice he is wearing his suit pants--he didn't bother to change before he opened the box and got everything out).

And here is our new TV: It will get put on the wall as soon as we get the mounting brackets, but for now, it is taking the place of our fireplace. It is a 50" 1080p Panasonic Plasma, if anyone reading this cares. The biggest purchase of our married life so far, surprisingly, besides the house. I am glad Jared feels like he gets a reward for all the work he does.