late night with contractions

I really thought it was going to happen last night...I was having contractions every few minutes, but my water never broke, so here I am sitting at home with only NINE DAYS LEFT...

I still have a lot of cleaning up I have to do downstairs...I'm trying to get ready for the move back down to my bedroom.  We have been sleeping upstairs to see if that helps with the power bill, but now that it's getting warm again, it does not matter. I will steam clean the rest of the living room today (hopefully) and finish cleaning up some of the kitchen cabinets and counters...I'm okay with saying I'm "nesting," but to be honest with you, part of it is the baby but the other part of me realized that it's been awhile since I've deep cleaned.

Riley has been such a sweet boy lately, and he pee'd in the potty the other night without us prompting him or trying to show him how.  It was so cute how excited we both got.  He is talking up a storm now like you would not believe.  It's pretty amazing how, overnight, he has picked up more and more phrases.  I really think he is going to do well with his sister coming.  He loves to point to me and say mommy and then point to my belly and say sissy.  He will give my belly (sissy) a kiss before he even thinks about giving me one.  It's sweet, really.

Only 9 more days until my due date...I'm super excited and I'm ready for the break to sit at home with my children.  I sound like a broken record saying that, but I'm honestly ready.  I would be lying, though, if I said I was not nervous about the baby coming.  I'm super excited, but at the same time, scared because I always think about what could go wrong.  My anxiety issues are to blame for that, but oh well.  I will take it one stride at a time, and I'm very thankful I have bobby who will help me through every step of the process.

Riley had his 2 year check up yesterday with his new pediatrician who I am excited to go back to after all of the insurance issues the past 2 years...Hopefully, we will be able to stick with this doctor for good.  He got 4 shots, and even though he cried, he handled it VERY well.  he has welts on his legs today where the shots were, but it does not seem to be bothering him, thankfully.  I got a cream for his eczema on his neck, so hopefully that will be cleared up soon.

Things really are looking up, though.  I can't wait for the baby to come to get the rest of my divorce process finalized.  It would have been finalized in January, but being pregnant, there is a law that the divorce can not be finalized until after the baby is born.  It was very frustrating to find that out, but soon enough that chapter will be over and I can focus on my future with bobby, with my children, and with school.

I got my diploma the other day from tech...I'M SO EXCITED.  No one in my family has really said anything but a "congrats" on me graduating.  Because of the baby, I could not walk the stage, but that does not mean that I don't want to celebrate it some how.  It was almost as if they did not believe that I did it.  I kept saying that after my last class in december that I wanted to go out to dinner to celebrate, and they said that was a good idea, but it has not happened.  I feel like my sister and brother got more excitement when they graduated...but whatever...I'm tired of mentioning anything even though it hurt my feelings.  I have my diploma to show for it, so now no one can say "she can't do it."  I'm really excited about starting my next step to my career in August.

waiting for bobby to call on his lunch break...can't wait to talk to him.