Updates for 38 weeks...

Here are some more pictures. The room is mostly done, with only a few finishing touches here and there. I am planning on moving in all the furniture and organizing her stuff this week. I think the room turned out really adorable.

38 weeks

Two weeks to go! Khloe is about the length of a leek now, 19 1/2 inches long, and approximately 6.8 pounds. I don't know if she is really that big, but that is the average. By now she has a firm grasp and her organs are matured and ready for life outside! So it seems like now all we are really doing is waiting for her to be ready to be born.

The boys are replacing base boards and outlets as I am typing this, so her room is almost ready for her. Woohoo! I am very grateful for all the hard work they are doing.

Khloe's Room in progress.

Eric and his brother BJ have been working really hard to get the painting and texturing done in Khloe's room. Eric goes to work on Wednesday, so we are hoping to be able to move furniture in by tomorrow evening. In the room, there is one wall that is green with a white stripe, and the other walls are white with a green stripe. On the white walls, Eric decided to paint orange and yellow flowers in three different sizes above the stripe. It think it looks really adorable in her room.

Eric had one wisdom tooth pulled last week and another one pulled today, so I am amazed he has been wanting to work so much in her room. He is getting just as excited as I am.

If she is born on her due date, then in Eric's next set of days off, we'll have a baby! I am actually hoping that she will come early, like the 4th or 5th of February, since that is the beginning of Eric's seven days off. We'll see.

I am open to suggestions of not creepy or disgusting ways to help start labor. I have done some reading online, and some of the home remedies for trying to start labor have horrible side-effects, like severe diarrhea or hemorrhaging. No thanks...

I went to the doctor today, and he said nothing is going on yet...I'll be pregnant for at least another week. That is ok, but I am hoping for not too much longer than that.

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37 weeks

This week, Khloe is considered full-term! Yahoo! On average, she should weigh 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel, like a stalk of swiss chard. She could even have a full head of hair by now.

Eric and his brother BJ have been really working hard in her room, even to the point of starting painting this morning at 4am! That is dedication. Eric has decided that he wants to paint some orange and yellow flowers in her room, also, so I am expecting it to look really cute.

I was not surprised when I was bitten by the "cutsie little girl" bug, but it has caught me a little off guard that Eric is getting it so bad. We are both growing more and more excited with every day that passes.