My parents have headed home until Thursday night for my dad’s chemo and a bunch of other stuff. They stayed for over 2 weeks and it was awesome! The only way it could have been better is if we were able to give them a new grandbaby before they left. My mom cooked, cleaned, walked our dogs, did my laundry and looked after the boy. I’ve had so much rest that my feet aren’t even swollen anymore. It’s like I’m getting un-pregnant.

So now, to pay them back, I need to put a plug in it and keep this baby in until Thursday night when they get back.

Which? Would be perfect timing.

Because if baby doesn’t arrive of it’s own accord before Friday at 7 am my water gets broken. If nothing happens by 9 am I get a slight induction drip. Then if nothing happens I have a cesarean. Which could happen even if I labour because we don’t know for sure that this baby can get out through my pelvis because the boy got stuck so hard. At 42 weeks this one’s probably bigger than he was too. We’re still hoping though!

At least we know now that this baby will be born no later than Saturday, and that’s if I have another long labour. We’re going to go for Thursday night or Friday before supper.

My mother in law is coming tonight and staying until Saturday so I’ll still get some rest because she kicks butt and will help with everything. It’s great to know that no matter when everything happens the boy will have a Grandma with him when we’re not here. We have many friends who offered to help as well, and we certainly would have taken them up on it if we needed to but it’s great that we likely won’t have to. (Except Leah, who is going to have a slumber party with me at the hospital if I have to stay over Sunday night after my parents go back home. You wish you could be there, right?)

Let me leave you with some incredible cuteness. I picked the boy up a jersey on Boxing Day and yesterday my parents & I got him a new hat, ball, sticks & net for driveway/basement hockey and he’s addicted. Here’s a pic from this morning of the two biggest hockey fans I know.