Nesting

Is it possible to be nesting when I'm still four weeks from my due date? Hmm, it feels like nesting. I went in to see my doctor on Thursday and NEWSFLASH: Mercer turned! She is now head down and ready to come out the right way. We are so relieved. Of course, she also told me that she has not dropped at all and I am not dialated at all, and my blood pressure is starting to creep up to that unhealthy place that it reached with Langley. She recommended I stop work now, but I assured her that I would do more physical work at home than I do at work and that I would go crazy. So she approved four hours a day. I now see her once a week, and our countdown is at 27 days, which is finally sounding like it's just around the corner! She also told me, at this point, I would not be put on bedrest like I was with Langley for my blood pressure. If it gets too high at this point, they will induce. As she reminded me to drink lots of water and avoid sodium, I thought to myself "so, if I went home and ate a bag of chips, would that make it so I had to be induced early?" Just kidding, I won't do that....I'm just really uncomfortable (and to top it off, I think I might have the flu...spiked a temperature this afternoon that put me out on the couch for a few hours).

The pictures above show my mom, Bill, and Langley putting the crib together. My mom is the only person I know who can "feel" her way through lots of parts with no instructions and somehow make it work. As Langley has said, "she can fix anything". We are thankful for her because Bill and I are clueless with things like that. As we put it together, it was so hard to believe that it was five and a half years ago that Cory and I picked out this crib for Langley. Since then, it has been used by Sulli and Ben, and now Mercer will be number four to sleep in it. It seems like a lifetime ago that I was pregnant with Langley, especially as I watch her help Grammy put together the crib like such a big kid! I am excited, nervous, and emotional as I think about adding this new person to our lives. As we put her room together, I can't help but think about Langley as a newborn and how amazing AND challenging that time was, all at once!