(im)patiently waiting

It's three days from Nathan's due date, and we just can't wait to meet him. My doctor was all about scheduling an induction this week, which we agreed to. But then we had a wave of minor but annoying illnesses hit our house, so we decided to give him another week to come on his own. Serg came down with pink eye (its kinda gross how pink eye is a common affliction again once you have kids). Thankfully he caught it right away and got some drops and it didn't spread to anyone else like it did last time around here. I also made him get an eye patch. Of course then I had to make Andrew an eye patch so he could be like his "pirate daddy" and say "arrrrr!" Anyway.... we also all got some form of a cold/sinus infection type of thing. I am the only one left with it and hopefully only have a day or two left.

So today we went back to the doctor for my weekly checkup and found there was not really any progress, so we are scheduled to be induced Monday the 16th if he doesn't come on his own before then. We also had tomorrow (Friday the 13th) as an option, and even though we're not superstitious that just didn't feel right. This way we're at least giving it until his due date and time for us all to get healthy. I never even gave induction a thought since Andrew came 10 days early, and I'm still not sure of my feelings about it, but little baby man will have grown in there a full 40 weeks and my doctor thinks everything is ready to go, so at this point I'm good with it. He'll be nestled in between my grandpa's birthday on the 15th and Serg's birthday on the 17th. We are just so ready to see his sweet face and start our life as a family of four!

I'll leave you with a picture of a big boy who was very happy about his chocolate ice cream cone. He got to spend a fun day with his Mimi topped off by dinner at Braums!