The Waiting Game

Blessings on the four people who voted that baby would arrive on or before her due date, but unfortunately that possibility has come and gone. We had a doctor's appointment on Monday (at which my OB politely asked me NOT to go into labor as she had three other patients in labor at that very moment), and we have another one scheduled for this Friday. I think if nothing has happened by that day my OB will talk about scheduling an induction. I don't really want an induction so I'm hoping things progress naturally before then, but I'm not completely against the idea either, especially since Peter's paternity leave starts tomorrow and it would be nice if he got to spend as much time home with the baby as possible. I'm still holding out hope for a July baby actually - but that means things need to start happening very soon! At the same time I'm trying to have a good attitude and not hold too tightly to my preferences. I know we'll have our baby very soon one way or the other.

We had a nice little earthquake here yesterday morning. The interesting thing about earthquakes (as opposed to other natural disasters like floods, I suppose) is that when they don't do any damage, they're actually kind of fun. Yesterday's quake, my sixth since moving to Southern California, was the strongest one I've felt so far and one of the longest. I actually scooted back from the table I was sitting at and told myself that if the shaking got any stronger I would go under the table just to be safe. But it didn't get any stronger, and it was really all over very quickly. The windows made a rather alarming popping sound at one point and a couple of small things fell over, but that was it. I tried to tell baby that God Himself was trying to shake her out, but apparently she remains unconvinced.

Well, that's all the news for now! I'm going to go clean my house (again) just in case I get my wish and baby comes today or tomorrow. One plus to this waiting game is that I just finished reading a book for fun - something I haven't been able to do in a long time. It's called Before Green Gables and is supposed to be the prequel to the Anne of Green Gables series. I recommend it, although I would also remind potential readers that Anne led a pretty miserable life before arriving at the Cuthberts on PEI. The author tries to keep the story in the same positive, upbeat tone as the rest of the series, but that's a bit of a challenge in light of Anne's history. However, although it's not 100% cheerful, I would still consider it an enjoyable read.