False Labor Scare

Wednesday evening I started having true contractions that continued through the night. At a point they were coming about 6 minutes apart. I thought for sure that our little one was going to be born on Thursday. The first thing I said to Andres when he opened his eyes was that he needed to install the car seat in his car and pack his bag for the hospital. He nodded sleepily. "This morning," I emphasized. His eyes opened wide. He was ready to call in to work, but I was less convinced that it was going to be imminent. I was thinking in the afternoon at the earliest or maybe not until the wee hours of Friday morning, but it was only a scare. Once I was open and moving around getting the girls ready and off to school they became more sporadic and stopped entirely. I can only hope that it will mean a slightly easier or faster labor when the day does come.

In addition to the panic I was feeling at not having Andres' parents here yet to stay with the girls, or my bag packed for the hospital I was super stressed about not having had "belly photos" with my amazing photographer friend, Lindsay. So early Thursday morning I called her and asked for an emergency photo session just in case we didn't make it to our scheduled family session for Saturday (today as I write). She came and did just an amazing job. Way more then what I had in mind or could have expected. I'll post a few samples here, although Lindsay doesn't like that these are the completely untouched photos. They'll be even more spectacular once they take a turn through Photoshop.

Since it turned out to be a false alarm, we went ahead with our plan today and she met us bright and early for family photos. Again, a really spectacular experience. Just a taste for you.

So until Tuesday, when Andres' parents arrive, I am on light duty. No cleaning, stooping, lugging groceries or children or running marathons. Darn. But come Tuesday.....