36 and 2

Those are my numbers for today. I have now reached 36 weeks and the doctor tells me I am 2 cm dilated. Today was the first time that he checked my cervix. I have to say...that wasn't the most pleasant experience of my life. It's not really painful or anything; but not so comfortable, either. It is neat to hear that things are progressing normally, though! Here's a picture of me, now. I am really starting to feel huge and unwieldy! Over the weekend, some of my friends and I got together to celebrate Christmas and also the upcoming arrival of baby Schrant. We had such a good time! Here is a picture of Laura, me, Melinda, Lauren, and Teresa. Then, we took a corny pregnant lady picture. Lauren is due about 7 weeks after I am, at the end of February--so yes...I am WAY bigger than she is...don't judge me!

For other news around the Schrant house--Ben and I...well, honestly, mostly it was just me...I decided that we needed a new computer for Christmas this year. Ben's is about 7 years old and it is just moving so slowly. It can't even keep up with you typing. It's really ridiculous, but Ben says that it does everything that he needs it to do. Anyway, I told him that I would be using the computer a lot more now that I was planning to stay home with the baby, so we really should invest in something a little more up-to-date. Ben gave in and here's our newest purchase--a laptop, so Ben can still keep his old computer and we can have one that actually works ;-)