Unbelievable!

This morning I woke up and immediately turned on ESPN just to make sure that I was not dreaming yesterday. Nate and I are absolutely shocked that the Superbowl is going to be the San Francisco 49ers vs. the Baltimore Ravens! So, my prediction from all the way back in October is absolutely coming true. It's kind of eerie, but super great at the same time too. We had so much fun on Sunday just enjoying each others company and just hanging out. We started off Sunday morning by cooking ourselves some awesome football breakfast!

Cooking the french toast!

We had nutella french toast, bacon and watermelon.
Nathan's plate is the one with only french toast, he hates watermelon!

Action shot pouring the coffee.

Our reactions to the games were hilarious. When the Niners stopped the Falcons on their last drive on a 4th and 4 with only a few minutes left, Nathan got up and yelled, "Superbowl!!!" He was so excited. When the Ravens stopped the Patriots by catching an interception in the end zone I just got up and jumped around and cried a few tears of joy. Probably wasn't the best thing to be jumping around the living room, but it was genuine and so exciting I didn't care if it made Lincoln want to come out. My logic was that if my jumping caused me to go into labor it would of been even better, so a bit of jumping never hurt anybody.
Nathan was also very sweet last night because he said, "He's so happy because no matter who wins he will be happy, but of course he prefers the Niners." I have no mercy and said, "Oh I won't be happy if the Ravens lose and Niners win." Now who is the better fan? I would like to say me!

Beer and gear. Ready to go!

This was us prior to the games in all of our gear.

This was us after the game!
Don't worry domestic violence does not really occur in the household :)

I'm hoping Lincoln will come before February 3rd though because I would really like to not be pregnant when watching this epic game but alas, babies don't care. Maybe I will get my wish and not technically be pregnant on the 3rd because I will actually birth him. Either way, Nate and I are just waiting it out for him to come.

I have to say that I am getting extremely uncomfortable and I would be happy if I went into labor today or in the near future. I know the chances of this happening are slim, but heck I can hope! Every morning I wake up, I feel larger than I did the day before. Now some might say this is an exaggeration, but I seriously think its true. Each night gets harder to get out of bed and I know that it has to do with my daily expanding stomach. I'm not going to be a big baby and complain, but the two things that are really putting a dent in my day would be that I'm having really tough time sleeping and the 'practice' contractions that I have daily are really not the cats' meow. I know that these are all symptoms of a soon to be laboring woman so I guess its ok....

One other thing I have noticed that is kinda creeping me out is that my stomach is no longer cute and round. It has taken on a more square shape and it makes it really easy to identify body parts. I know where his butt, feet, knees, and shoulders are at all times. I cannot find his head because that's right its in my hips. Nate and I can actually identify where his shoulders are and where his head disappears into my hips. It's cool but creepy!

We will call this my 37.5 week photo.
 I'll be 38 weeks pregnant on Wednesday technically

All in all, things are all done for Lincoln's arrival and we are good to go. Our hospital bag is packed, Lincoln's room is complete, all the clothes are washed, we have prepped about two weeks worth of meals, we have everything we need for the first month, and now we're just waiting it out for our son! Which for me, makes time creep by ever so slowly. I'm trying to keep busy though.

Here are the cats enjoying Lincoln's new bed in his room:

They are allowed on the bed.
They are not allowed in the crib, bassinet, or any other item Lincoln will be using.

Here is a picture of all the laundry I got to do last week. Ironically my mom and I were joking that it will be the smallest load of laundry I have ever done. Well....not exactly. I had forgotten how much clothing items he had gotten from others between all the baby showers! It took me three loads to wash all the linens and clothes in our front loading high capacity washer and dryer!

Every time he pukes I'm going to throw him in a new outfit.
The couch is there for reference. 

I have another doctors appointment on Thursday so we shall see what they say. I'm not putting too much emphasis on what my doctor says because I know Lincoln is going to come when he wants to come, no matter how dilated I am and what not. I will however be putting emphasis on his weekly growth for the obvious reason of the larger the baby the larger my you know what has to get. I know it doesn't help thinking about it but I don't know how you can't!!

~Julia