#19

No picture yet, but a new little niece arrived yesterday. Karee & Dave welcomed Jocelyn Sara(h?) at 7 pounds 9 ounces. Unfortunately my plan to have our baby on the same day they had theirs didn't pan out. I keep trying to go into labor but it just isn't happening! I tried to explain to the doctor last week that I really needed to be induced on the 29th so that Karee & I could deliver on the same day, but he didn't seem convinced that it was a good idea.

We have another dr. appt. tomorrow. I think I'll just send Jerel to this one and I'll stay home. When I go, they just tell me everything looks the same as last time, so I don't see why I should bother with going since it just makes me cranky. Or I guess I should say crankier, since my baseline mood is currently pretty cranky to start with.

On Saturday Jerel and I went to one of those little community events where they check to see if your carseat is installed properly. The best part was at the end when the top-level carseat inspector was trying to tell Jerel that he needed to change how tilted the seat was. Jerel explained that if he did what she said it would make the carseat level worse (as indicated by the little bubble level on the side) and she said "No, you're not understanding what I'm saying" and he tried his best to be patient as he rolled his eyes and said "No, you're not understanding what I'm saying." It turns out my backseat is designed weirdly but in the end everyone agreed that the carseat would be fine.

After that we went to Babies R Us to pick up the things we still needed from our registry. It was not all that fun. It didn't help that Jerel hadn't eaten. I kept reminding him that only one of us could be cranky and since I am 9 months pregnant I have dibs, but he still thought he could be cranky as well. My favorite part was about an hour into the shopping when I asked what was wrong with him and he said "Ugh. My back hurts, my feet hurt..." and I thought "Hm. That's how I've been feeling for SIX MONTHS NOW!" In the end we both survived and I think we have most of what we need now. We treated ourselves to a late lunch at Olive Garden on the way home and then the whole drive home I kept thinking about how weird it was that we have a carseat in our car and a shopping bag with diapers and pacifiers and such.