Dear Baby: Week 36

DEAR BABY,

YOU'RE GETTING SO BIG THAT SOME NIGHTS YOU MAKE MY BELLY HEART SHAPED WHEN YOU'RE SQUIRMING AROUND IN THERE. YOUR HEAD AND YOUR KNEES POP OUT AND YOUR LITTLE BUM PUSHES INWARD TOWARD MY BACK MAKING IT SOMETIMES HARD TO BREATH. IT LOOKS NEAT THOUGH! WE DIDN'T GET TO TAKE THE HOSPITAL TOUR BECAUSE WHEN WE CALLED TO SCHEDULE IT THEY INFORMED US THAT THEY ONLY HAVE ONE A MONTH. THIS MONTHS HAS ALREADY COME AND GONE, AND YOU WILL ALREADY BE HERE BY NEXT MONTHS TOUR. INSTEAD WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A PRACTICE RUN TO THE HOSPITAL AND FIND OUR WAY ON OUR OWN, AND THEN PRE REGISTER AS PLANNED. IT'S GETTING SO CLOSE IT'S SCARY! LAST NIGHT WE WENT TO A LITTLE OLD FASHIONED DINER AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? MY BELLY WOULDN'T FIT BETWEEN THE BOOTH AND THE TABLE! I KNOW PEOPLE WERE TINIER BACK IN THE DAY, BUT STILL! I LOST TWO POUNDS AT THIS WEEKS DR. VISIT AND SHE WAS VERY PLEASED. EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD AS USUAL AND YOU'RE GROWING PERFECTLY ON TRACK. YOUR HEARTBEAT IS FAST AND STRONG EVERY TIME. SHE ALSO SAID THAT I LOST THE "MUCUS PLUG" AND WE'RE BOTH MAKING CHANGES TO PREPARE FOR LABOR. SOUNDS GROSS BUT I HAVE TO DOCUMENT THESE THINGS! SHE DIDN'T CHECK TO SEE IF I'VE DILATED ANYMORE, SHE'S GOING TO DO THAT EVERY OTHER WEEK, SO WE'LL SEE NEXT TIME! CAN I JUST TELL YOU THAT I'M OBSESSED WITH YOU AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN HERE YET? THE LAST THING I DO BEFORE I FALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT IS STARE AT YOUR 3D PHOTOS ON MY PHONE, AND THEN AGAIN IN THE MORNING AND EVERY TIME I PASS BY THE FRIDGE. YOU MAKE ME SMILE SO BIG EVERY TIME, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOU'LL DO TO ME WHEN YOU'RE OUT! WE LOVE YOU TOOTS! XOXO MAMABEAR