Great check-up ..... 35 weeks....one CUTE story!!

Who had a great check up today?? That would be me and Cailynn!!! After the day we had the other day, that was SOOO exciting. I was afraid my blood pressure would be sky high but it wasn't! YEAH. So I'm down to the weekly appointments. I'll be going every Tuesday until she comes. My mom finally booked her ticket to come out for March 7th. I told my Dr. that today and he jokingly said, "Well that's good, she'll be here after the baby is born to help take care of her." WHAT?! I think I need a crystal ball. I just really want to know when this baby is going to come!! According to the doctor after next week, she could come at ANY time. So why don't we go ahead and start making some predictions. There is no money to be won here, but if you guess the date and time that Cailynn makes her debut you may get a prize. My original thought was March 11th at 4:00pm. I think she may come sooner but I'll stick with my original guess. What's yours????


Happy 35 weeks to me
Happy 35 weeks to me
Happy 35 weeeeeeeeeeks to meeeeee.
Only 5 more to go!!!!!

This is a HILARIOUS story that some of you may have read.....but I had to share it since it's so darn cute!

The 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher

I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back.

When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.

Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday'

'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'

She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.

'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)

'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.)

'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!)

'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe. They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center, (placenta) so there must be a lot of toys inside there.'

Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another 'Middle Wife' comes along.

Could you imagine??? I would have died laughing.