We Did It!!!! We made it to 40 Weeks!!!!!!!!! :)

Glory Glory! What a momentous day! Our little girl turned 3 and Sweet Pea reached 40 weeks.

For all of you who doubted Sweet Pea and I in making it this far and through Nya's birthday....nah nah nah nah nah nah!!!! Loool

I got so many texts today from friends and family congratulating me on making it this far. Even into the evening I was getting texts asking 'are you still pregnant?'. Lol

I knew in my heart God would honour my prayers in making it past Nya's birthday and into my 40th week. Never doubt the power of prayer!!!! I am SO grateful!!

Today was a fantastic day! My best friend and her family surprised me at church today and her husband preached for us. What a treat!!!

Dennard has had me on bed rest the last two days trying to keep Sweet Pea in as long as possible to see past Sunday. He asked that I come to church this AM only to play for worship and then head back home to lay back down. I couldn't very well get all dressed up, go to church, play and go back home right after; that just wouldn't feel right. I wanted to hear his sermon, visit with my church family, etc.

Because I was feeling so great this morning, he was ok with the idea of me staying the whole service :)

My friend and her husband were suppose to be back up for us at church in case Sweet Pea happened to come today, so I didn't expect to see them this morning seeing that Sweet Pea didn't come.

When my husband called me on my way to church and told me they were still going to come, I was so excited to see them :) Nya was just as thrilled as she got to celebrate her birthday with her close friends in Sunday school today; they couldn't have come on a better day!!!

After AM service we took Nya out to East Side Mario's for her birthday. I FINALLY got my appetite back after a week of force feeding, and ate like a queen today! Lol I made up for lost time!!! Lol

After lunch, between services, the three of us crawled into bed and snuggled until we had to head back out to PM service. It was a sweet time together and even sweeter when Dennard said we could all drive to church together tonight :) It's the small things like this that are easily taken for granted when pioneering a church.

Every Sunday we take two seperate cars in order to pick people up for church.

Boy how I miss our car rides together. It will probably be a long time before we get to do it again.

On our way home from evening service I started to get major cramping. It was like my body was finally saying 'we made it past Sunday and Nya's birthday, now it's time to get things in gear to have this baby'. Lol

It blows my mind and many others as well, how I could be 4cms on Thursday and STILL be pregnant come Sunday!!! I had Drs telling me all last week that I was 'hours away' from labour.

I can't equate it to anything more than God's abounding grace and favor in our lives to take a prayer as simple as mine and honour it for us.

It's now 11:35pm; Nya's in bed, a load of laundry is on, my floors swept, and I'm showered and relaxing for the night. I feel fantastic still; aside from some sharp head jabs to my lower region. Lol

Dennard and I were dying with laughter today because he was adamant I was having the baby last week. He told all his coworkers and boss that last week was probably 'the week'. He had been telling them that since my hosptial visit on Monday.

He said he's almost embarrassed to go into work tomorrow as he worked it up to such a big deal last week that he probably wouldn't see them for a while with the baby coming. Lol
Now tomorrow he's got to go back into work and face everyone knowing that the baby still hasn't come. Ha ha ha

My next OB appt is Tuesday. Again I have a strong feeling I will make it to that appointment. If anything,  I can see myself going into labour on either Canada Day or July 2nd. That's just my assumption.

With all the 'it's almost time!!!!' scares to family and friends last week, I think I'm just going to keep my mouth shut this week until we are actually on route to the hospital in labour. Lol

I think I've put people through enough anticipation thinking that it was anytime last week; I don't want the same thing to happen this week. Lol

So, my plan is to try and keep Sweet Pea in until Wednesday. Once Wednesday hits, if there is no Sweet Pea by then, Dennard and I plan to do a lot of walking!! Ha ha

Symptoms this past week/weekend:

- MAJOR heart burn. Mostly at night. I've been digesting Tums like candy

- I just can't sleep! I don't know if it's because I've been in bed for two days or rest or what, but the last several days I just haven't been tired at bedtime to sleep. I lay there tossing and turning for hours before actually falling asleep. Not fun :/

- Major lack of appetite since Mondays food poisoning. Thank goodness for my Similac Mom drinks. My thoughtful mom dropped off two cases for me this past week so I wouldn't run low.