New Baby Update

Hey all! My Doctor's appointment yesterday afternoon showed that my blood pressure is great - better than it has been for months! I suppose sitting around and reading is good for you...? I am 1-2 centimeters dilated and 30-40% effaced, which just basically means I'm progressing, but there's no guarantee of when I will deliver. The nice Nurse said I could deliver today, and there are women four centimeters dilated who wander around for two weeks. I don't think we will ever know exactly what causes labor in women, no matter how technologically advanced we become. It is a "God-Area," like anti-matter (oxymoron, anyone?), the platypus, and Washington weather.

I did transplant a few tulips this morning, and planted some Sweet Pea seeds. I love sweet peas. I look out at my garden and lament not loving and caring for it as I should. In addition, my parents are finalizing plans for their addition, and instead of it it going to the left of the current house - as we had thought it would - it is going to the right, as you're facing the old house. That means a number of beds I've worked on, thinking they were permanent, will be lost. Many trees will be coming down in the next month, as well, and I'm somewhat desperate to transplant all the plants I want to save! Oh well, hopefully when Andy takes a few days off with Baby's arrival he can work on that...?

Thank you all so much for your prayers and calls and thoughts. It's times like this I realize how much I love the Church, not to mention just socially *seeing* people. I miss you all a lot, A LOT, and I'm fighting impatience and anxiety about Baby coming. However, I'm enjoying reading, trying to hold my classes together and provide encouragement to students dealing with different professors, and grading papers. I love you all!