Belly Shots

Well, here I am in the last week before my due date, anticipating the arrival of my little Elizabeth. Dave and I are both very anxious and ready for her to be born! Over the past two weeks I have had continuous prelabor contractions and even my doctor is surprised that she has not been born yet! Apparently strong contractions every 4 minutes for 1 min length over hour long periods does NOT mean for me that the baby is coming!

Despite our anticipation for her arrival, I am very happy that she did not come too early. So, until she's ready I will continue to prepare for her coming. 3 more days til D-Day!! However, I am not holding my breath that it will happen by that date!

In these last few weeks of pregnancy I have been more uncomfortable, my appearance has changed rapidly, and my appetite is continually fluctuating.

So, Dave has taken on some similar sympathy trials brought on by braces!! So now we can suffer together! He has definitely been uncomfortable with sore teeth, his appearance and smile was rapidly changed, and the poor guy's appetite fluctuates after each appt. when they tighten the bands.

If you take a close look at his teeth you will notice they are perfectly straight. He actually had braces in high school, stopped wearing his retainer, and since then his back teeth have moved into a non- functional, pain causing relationship. So, the only solution was a second round of braces! So when he gets them off in a year, his teeth will appear exactly the same. BUT he will be free of tooth pain and chronic problems!

I think he looks great with braces! He looks pretty excited about it though, huh?