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I was really hoping my next posting would include news that the baby arrived, but she has not made her way into this world yet. We went to the hospital tonight because my contractions were about 2 minutes apart and pretty painful. It brings a lot of emotions, excitement, anxiousness, doubt. We were surely having contractions. But I have made no change since my last doc visit, 3cm, 50% effaced and the head is -1. We walked around for an hour at the hospital, but that produced nothing but a tired momma. We were sent home. They did let me know that they would have induced if they had a room for me in Labor and Delivery. Was that supposed to make me feel better? I am not sure on that one. Anyways, I am still having painful contractions and I am very frustrated. This whole thing is physically, mentally, and emotionally tiring. I let the hospital staff know I would be back with a baby in my arms.
My mom is here now and it has been great. I have been able to relax a bit and the girls have clung to her like she is going to disappear if they blink. We have been able to take her to a few places around here. We still want to take her more places, but at this point we are afraid of getting too far from the hospital.
The past 2 days have been really chilly and rainy, which produced the termination dust on the tops of the mountains. Termination Dust is the snow fall that signals the end of summer and that snow will be on the ground within 30 days. It is really pretty to see the snow capped mountains and the golden trees. We went to the top of artic valley tonight to "play" in the snow. It was cold! The girls loved it. Now we need to get busy getting all of our snow stuff together. I do wish fall would last longer here, it is beautiful!