39 weeks!

Well today is 39 weeks, 4 days.  Only 3 days until my due date... can't believe the time is already here.  Yep, we were hoping for an Easter baby, but I guess our little girl had other plans.  She still has not made her arrival.  No biggie really, but I do hope she decides to come soon!  I did have my weekly doctor's appointment on Monday.  My blood pressure is still good and I did not gain any weight since my last appointment.  He said that her size looks good as well.  So, all in all, I guess our little girl is just pretty content in my tummy.  After the doctor's appointment, my dad, Garrett, and I went out to breakfast and then off to get some work done from home.  It was a wonderful day.

This weekend was also Easter weekend.  Garrett and I went to Sunrise Service and then out to breakfast with our friends from church.  We had such a great time and enjoyed trying yet another little local restaurant that we had not yet made it out to.  Monday evening, Garrett and I decided to spoil ourselves, but also take it easy since I had to work from home and my day got started a little later than normal after the doctors appointment.  We went downtown and ate at his favorite authentic Mexican restaurant (Fiesta Grande) and spiced up our food as best we could, followed by a nice stroll around downtown Mount Dora.  We figured it wouldn't hurt to do some walking and spice up the foods to help Grace along, but guess she enjoyed it because she stayed on in there.  Garrett even bought me one of my favorite desserts, carrot cake, from a quaint bakery.  It was delicious!!

Other things this week, we got some new additions to the family... our hens hatched 5 little baby chicks yesterday.  They were absolutely adorable!  However, if you know chickens, you know that chickens can be quite mean... well, when we got home from work today, we learned that the hens had killed all but one little chick.  I was very sad and I know Garrett was pretty upset too because we actually were planning to separate them out today.  Now, I'm just hoping that this last little one survives.  Guess we'll have to wait and see.  Chickens are not my favorite animal... not sure why they have to be so cruel to their own offspring.  We also received some slightly older baby hens from a co-worker of Garrett's.  They are in a separate cage because they are an in between age and we knew for sure the older hens would not take well to them yet.  So, in all, we now have 11 hens, a rooster, 5 (-4) chicks, and potentially more chicks to hatch.  We absolutely love all our animals (except the mean big hens right now).  I can't wait for Grace to arrive and be blessed by all of them too!  Garrett also received his banjo this week... yep, Garrett is going to start trying to pick up playing the banjo.  We are both actually quite excited about it.  It is my favorite instrument and I'd love to be able to just sit around a fire and listen to my hubby play some songs on it.

Baby chicks Before losing 4 of them :(

That about sums up the latest and greatest with the Myers'.  We are doing wonderful and just enjoying our last little bit of time together simply as husband and wife before we also become mama and daddy.  We cannot wait for the new chapter of our lives that we are about to embark on.  We are both excited beyond words and cannot wait to provide our parents with their first grandchild.  This may very well be the last pregnancy blog, as Grace could arrive anytime now and doctor may have me induced next Tuesday if she hasn't arrived by then and if I am inducible.  Please keep us in your prayers and baby Grace in your prayers as well.  This coming week may be a big one for us.  We are very eager to meet our little girl!

I'll definitely be keeping you, my friends and family, posted.

Things I've been experiencing this past week:

• Extreme lack of sleep
• Sore back
• Ginormous cankles
• Baby brain... not thinking quite as clearly as I normally would
• Lower movement in my stomach... Grace is slowly making her way down

Even with all of that though, this has been one heck of a pregnancy up to now... I have actually enjoyed it very much!  I think Garrett might be able to have his baseball team of kids, haha.  We'll see after Grace arrives though to be sure.

TheBump.com says:

Your baby's the size of a wintermelon!

Baby keeps growing, despite being so crowded in there. She probably weighs around 6.2 to 9.2 pounds and measures about 18.9 to 20.9 inches

your baby at 39 weeks

• She's probably able to flex her limbs now.
• Her brain is still rapidly developing -- she's getting smarter by the week!
• Her nails may extend past his fingertips.