37 weeks + 5 days

I swear Tyler knows there is a baby inside of there!!

So yesterday was a pretty interesting/exciting day. My back had starting 'hurting' about 4 days ago - just feeling a little crampy and uncomfortable. Nothing different than what happened a week or so before we had Tyler. So yesterday, when Nate got home from the firehouse, we had planned for him to finish up his truck (changing the ball joints and tie rod ends) and I would have my typical day with Tyler :)

I ran a couple errands during his first nap, and had 5 contractions while I was gone (which was a bit over an hour). I thought I better take it easy when I got home, but once monkey wakes up, that's not always easy to do... My back 'cramps' really kicked in, and would NOT go away. I was in the middle of feeding Tyler his snack before his 2nd nap, and got to the point that I knew there was no way I could get him down for a nap by myself. So with the combination of how much pain I was in, with the thought of being in labor two weeks early, combined with the fact that Nate's truck was in pieces in the garage, combined with feeling of not being able to take care of Tyler on my own, mixed with so many other feelings and hormones, I went out in the garage to get help from Nate, in tears. After that, things got a little crazy for a moment.

Nate took over with Ty until my mom could get here. Bless her heart - she was on the way out the door to have an evening with the girls... I went upstairs to lay down and try to relax. At that point we started timing them, just to see where they were. They were consistently 10 - 12 min. apart. My sister and the boys stopped by to pick up something Mags had dropped off for her, and to help out in any way. She went to the store for us, thank goodness, which desperately needed to be done! And, Nate got back out in the garage to get his truck put back together. Nate's mom got on the road to come down, so if I went into hard labor later in the evening or overnight, she would already be here and settled. So at the end of the evening... everyone came together to help out! We are truly blessed to have such a supportive and caring family! Thank you all for being in our lives and being there for us!!

We ate dinner and my contractions stayed consistent. 10-12 min apart, but not real strong. Then around 9:30 or so, they started to putter out. Once Joyce got here, we all went to bed. I got a typical night's sleep (up 3 or 4 times), until about 4:45 and then had some pretty strong contractions for a couple hours, then back to normal...

I guess we will just see what today brings...