A new countdown

Now that we have reached our due date, still without little Woody making his grand entrance, we now have a new date with which to countdown - next Thursday! I was relieved to hear that our doctor had not changed his mind about our induction. I am also happy to announce that there has been some progression - I dilated a whole ONE centimeter. And I am now effaced at 50%. Which basically means that I could be ready in a day or two.... or if left on my own, in a few weeks. I have been very happy with our doctor, who is as interested as I am in not going too far beyond our due date - so if any of you are up and about on Thursday morning before 5:30 - give us a call - we will be skipping our way over to Centerpoint Hospital then!

I have slept terribly the last two nights... four hours last night... and maybe three the night before. Too much on my mind, compounded by Woody wanting to use my uterus as a playgym, it has been very difficult settling down. Still, I slept hard enough to dream a couple nights ago. Here is my strange dream:

I dreamt that Woody had yet to be born, but I was holding him in my arms. He wanted to turn over and nurse and I was so distressed because... well, he wasn't yet born and there was no milk. Strange how I didn't question why he was on the outside of my body if he was still waiting to be born. I have been trying to decipher some wise message from my dream, but haven't been able to think of anything. Sleep deprivation is not helping. Any ideas?

Our friends Matt and Janna took the sweetest belly picture during her pregnancy. I thought it would be nice for us to do one of our own. Here is one similar of us, on Woody's due date.