An unexpected morning

I woke up this morning having contractions. My anticipated liberation from the lazy-boy is seeming pretty slim today.

I keep having a recurring thought from a priesthood blessing Ryan gave me. The blessing happened a couple months ago. In the blessing it said, "Take care of yourself, so you will not regret the birth of your baby." At the time I thought, "What in the world?" I even asked Ryan, if he understood what that meant. Neither one of us had any idea since it was long before all of this craziness started happening....but the Lord knew this would happen.

The last twenty-four hours I have thought a lot about how if this baby is born early, in the hospital, on oxygen, being fed through a feeding tube because I thought my activities were more important than his health--yeah, I would regret that. It's been a good motivation to keep me down despite the fact that I have not effaced or dilated anymore at this point.

Luke and Suzanne have been awesome. We borrowed a bassinet from the Sheffers. Luke and Suzi have been playing "house." Luke is the dad, and Suzi is the baby that is put to bed in the bassinet. It's pretty funny comparing her body size to the bassinet. Surprisingly, she does fit in it. It is a body cast fit though.

Luke told me this morning, "I'll sit by you this morning. You need a best friend." Cute kids.