Almost time

It's only a matter of time before this baby arrives. Last night I was having stronger contractions, an aching lower back, and lower abdominal pain. I thought "this is it...," but obviously I'm still here, so it wasn't. I'm praying that I am fortunate enough to inherit my mother's labors and will be done in about 4 hours. I can last 4 hours...now 24, that would be a stretch. Luckily, Joe is a big guy and withstand my punches and "why did you do this to me" comments. I do have to keep in mind that it's just one day, and then we'll have our baby. He/she is well worth the pain. Today we have our 39 week appointment with our midwife Amy. One more week and we will be at our due date. However, we are seriously hoping to have the baby between now and then, and that we can be home for Christmas.