36 weeks and a trial run

I've made it to 36 weeks...and my c-section is 3 weeks from today. On one hand the time is just flying, and on the other, I'm VERY ready to not be pregnant anymore! The contractions have definitely started - I spent Saturday night in L&D at the hospital because my contractions were down to 5-7 minutes apart. All is well, and I came back home in the morning. It definitely made me stop and realize that as much as I'd like to not be pregnant anymore, I'm not QUITE ready for this little peanut to make his appearance - guess I'd better get that hospital bag packed...just in case!

Nathan is definitely ready to have the baby arrive, although he has NO idea what he's in store for when he does arrive. He doesn't say "baby" yet, but we've taught him the sign for it, so he'll sign that he wants to "see" the baby and he'll lay on my belly to give him snuggles or give my belly kisses. These days he won't go to sleep without a snuggle from the baby first. He has tried to scoop the baby out with his dump truck, and has taken to telling me he wants me to "open" my tummy so the baby can come out. It's all very cute and we're glad he's so excited :-) I'm a little bit nervous about how he's going to do once the baby's actually here, but we'll just have to take it one day at a time (and know some are going to be much worse than others!)