Today is the day

The last 9(ish) months have been such a blur. Not to sound like I'm speaking cliché but it literally seems like yesterday that Erika was telling me that she's probably pregnant and now as I'm writing this she's in the midsts of the labors that will bring us our son.

It's really hard to form the words to describe all of the emotions, fears, hopes, and thoughts I'm having right now.

So I'll just say this:

Otto,

I hope we do a good job being your parents. We promise to do our best and I hope that you can forgive us when we do the things you don't like but we feel are in your best interest.

You are loved, loved, loved.

see you soon

Daddy

Otto Watch 2011: 38 Week Check Up

This week's update is pretty simple.

Tuesday (8/23) was my 38 week check up. She listened to Otto's heartbeat on the monitor and everything sounds great with him.

I took a 24 hours test on Sunday to make sure I didn't have Preeclampsia... and I DON'T!!!! *Yay!* However, there is some concern with my blood pressure being a little high. So, if Otto doesn't show up before next Tuesday (8/30) then Dr. Rupe will schedule my induction to make sure I don't develop it.

8/30 just so happens to be my birthday. I told Otto if he wanted to have his own birthday he needed to show up before then. So we will see what he choses to do.

If Jef had his way I would go into labor Friday night or Saturday so he could have a full week off of work without having to break it up into 2 weeks. He knows it's a long shot, but here's hoping!!