38 Weeks: A Fortnight Left

Yes, Brian needs glasses.

It was pretty difficult to get a picture this time.  He kept trying to make a run for it. 

Babycenter.com: 
Your baby has really plumped up. He weighs about 6.8 pounds and he's over 19 1/2 inches long (like a leek). He has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold his hand for the first time! His organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb. Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If he's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If he's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time he's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after he's born, but they usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)

Alphamom.com: 
Your baby is officially a little chunkin, at well over six pounds and 19 1/2 inches long. He is also officially considered “full term.” In other words, he or she is STRAIGHT UP FREELOADING from here on out.  He is practicing making fists and fetal breathing in anticipation of life outside the womb.
You have probably had enough of this magical special time, thank you very much.  Backaches, joint aches, heartburn, indigestion, constipation, Braxton-Hicks contractions, painful kicks, bladder pressure, stretch marks, itchy skin, swollen ankles, fatigue, dry mouth, mood swings, did I miss anything else in this cavalcade of late-pregnancy hilarity?  You are alternating between crazy excitement about finally meeting your baby and crazy panic about oh my God, you’re finally going to meet your baby and they’re going to expect that you take it home and like, keep it alive and stuff.


What's New This Week? 
Exams! No matter how many I have in my lifetime they will never NOT be awkward.  :)  But I'm 1 cm dilated and 60% effaced.  Things are progressing.  Very happy with this news.  My body seems to know what to do which is good. So it could be any time from here on out.  Exciting and terrifying at the same time. 

The Nursery
Finally right? Here are the pictures I've been promising to put up.  It's not totally complete but this is the best we're going to do at this time.  So take it or leave it!

 The crib with our brown and blue turtles.  (But every time I hear the word Turtles, I think of this kid.)

 The changing table with the softest blue bear keeping it company.

Baby Thornburg's first sports uniforms on display.

Changing table, hamper, dresser

Closet! Look at all those clothes!

Baby T's first piggy bank

Sweet shades, man!

I love how fun these stuffed animals are.

Look at the cute little footied PJs!!!  Bulldogs and polar bears and monkeys, OH MY!

Just a portion of our vast book collection for him.

His awesome Purdue gear!

It's all coming together! We're buying all the last minute items.  I'm finishing up things at work.  It's really happening.  Now... we wait....