the calm before the storm??

as previously stated, last week was a hectic one for me. my contractions were frequent and i was basically just a big pile of pregnancy complaints for most of the week. this week, however, has significantly slowed down. i hardly had any contractions throughout the weekend (despite some semi-legitimate attempts to bring them on) and in general, i just feel pretty good right now. REALLY BIG, but good. :-)

this week, the main focus is now on my energy levels. let's see...friday night, i fell asleep on the couch around 8:30, woke up long enough to move to the bed around 11ish, and then kept right on sleeping until 9AM the next morning! we went out for hot wings saturday for lunch, in a small attempt to see what all the fuss about eating "spicy foods" would do for my contractions (answer: they did SQUAT!!!). then we took a long walk down to the art museum later that afternoon and i dutifully climbed the front steps in an effort to walk this baby out! :-) the walk home was much less comfortable, but i still made it in one piece! oh, then tyler convinced me that we needed to see Iron Man 2 as our "last movie out" before the little guy comes. (although, if he decides to wait another week and a half, MY "last movie out" will definitely be Sex and the City 2.)

on sunday, i woke up with an incredible urge to bake and freeze 4 dozen muffins. i had planned on laying around and watching movies the rest of the afternoon, but all of a sudden my plans changed when i realized i HAD to make a baby quilt RIGHT NOW!!! i worked on the quilt for most of the afternoon and evening and it looks pretty darn good if i do say so myself. haven't gotten around to putting the back on it yet...my energy was pretty much depleted by the time the Desperate Housewives finale came on sunday night (how convenient!). :-)

and well, ever since then i've been sleeping really deeply through the nights (a total godsend after the past few months of crappy sleep!) and having some really intense dreams. no baby dreams lately though...mostly just about all my favorite shows' season finale plots (i'm so lame!) that are airing this week.

and so, the waiting game continues.