21 days to go until my due date!

It's crazy to think that in less than one month our baby girl will be born. I'm truly in the home stretch now. I feel surprisingly good but definitely more tired in the afternoons now. Though last weekend I spent the entire day outside at the Ericsson Open watching tennis and it was so much fun. I thought I would only make it an hour or so because it was so hot but we ended up staying all day, watching great matches. We tried to be in the shade as much as possible and hydrate drinking lots of water. The next two days I was exhausted. My feet and legs felt heavy. I was also drained because I presented my dissertation proposal two days after and passed! It's such an amazing feeling knowing that I'm half way there to my Ph.D and that I got a big chunk out of my way. After my presentation I took a few days off, ran lots of errands, did some shopping and lots of naps :). Today we went to Christina and Corey's engagement party which was wonderful. The food was delicious and the people so nice. We had a really good time. When we got back, the biggest storm hit us and brad, lucky and I snuggled up on the couch and took a long nap. Wonderful. I know those days are coming to an end soon. Naps won't be happening too much so I'm trying to get in as many as possible now. I have three more weeks until my date, possibly four if she's late. I will try to do as many edits as I can on my first three chapters and get my IRB in shape before I go into labor. It will be good, I can stay at home, don't have to walk too much and just focus on my computer. It would be great to get as much done as possible so I can enjoy the next couple of months without having to worry about my dissertation. So lets see what my little baby girl has in store for us...in terms of when she wants to make her presence known! I'm so curious to know how I will go into labor. Will it be in the middle of the night when I'm sleeping..or during the day? Will my water break? How much is it going to hurt? Ohhhh I can't wait to find out. I haven't had any braxton hicks contractions yet though there were two nights last week where I woke up with some cramping in my lower abdomen. I wasn't sure what it was, it worried me for a second but then in the morning I realized her but was sticking out pretty strongly and she had moved around a bit. Her foot was kicking me in my upper rib cage for almost the entire day - it was not comfortable. Right now she's in a good position and it feels comfortable again (except the constant pushing on my bladder). Phew. So you know ever, I just can't wait to find out how it's all going to go down. Brad thinks she is going to come a week early and I think she will come the week after my due date. Until then I will continue to enjoy the daily kicks, the kind words from everyone, and eating without watching my calories haha!