The Bergman Bunch!

No baby yet. Although I was up from 3:30 am - 5 am with contractions. And oh yeah, they went away. Will write later....I'm at work.

No baby yet! I'm sure most of you are like, "Well Yeah!" But hopfully soon! My midwife is still strippin' my membranes on Friday though!

I just saw Ehlan at the clinic because I had to drop off some paperwork for my Leave after the baby. I've been feeling icky all morning (sore throat...achy) and fluctuating contractions. But then they became a little mor intense, not the real deal, but enough to make me wonder. So since I had to drop off the paperwork, I thought I'd see if Susan would check me. She was still in lunch, so I chatted with Ehlan and cutie pie Olivia! So I went back and Susan checked it out and I'm dilated to a a 1 1/2. So nothing major, but things are rollin'! I'm still having contractions, so I'll keep everyone updated! :)

Tomorrow! I am wil be full term, and I am soooooo excited. Because now I think, "Anytime!" I know those of you have gone past your due date might be thinking I'm in for a shock if I go over mine, but for right now I choose to blissfully unaware that it may happen to me! Deal?!! Tomorrow I go in for my doctor's appointment, so I'll try and give you an update then. I must say though, I am really feeling the pregnancy aches today! I woke up with my back all out of whack and the baby keeps moving on something that makes me want to keel over every time! But, we'll work it out, I'll just give him/her a firm talking to and problem solved! Wait. That doesn't even work with my 3 year old, so we'll just let it slide for now.

Aaaagh...Castaway! Isn't it gorgeous! I had the most wonderful time in this beautiful green, watery area! But...here's what you've all been waiting for...the day I swam from the middle of the lake to shore. So, here it goes. One beautiful, slightly over cast, early morning (5:30 am), the parasail crew headed out on to the lake to start a day of parasail launches. We started earlier than usual to get in other groups that had missed their scheduled times the previous day due to rain! So, we get all of the stuff sorted, the first anxous group strolls down to the dock, and away we go! We get out in to the middle of the lake, and shut off the boat as usual, and me and another guy start getting the parasail ready to launch. It's all ready and the driver starts the boat.... I said, the driver starts the boat, wait, one more time...the driver starts the boat? Yeah, the boat wouldn't start! So we drift for awhile hoping to see some early fisherman out on the lake, but no l...

I am getting my membranes stripped on May 30th...so we'll see what happens! And, I have a few things to check off my list: -Baby clothes are out from under the stairs AND cleaned! -Bought some Dreft -baby toys are accessible -bassinet ready -carseats are in sight... -Nursery is almost clean -BUT...still freakin' out! Oh, and thanks for all the encouragment and support through your words during this last half of my pregnancy, it means a lot to me!

So, I won't go in depth, but MAN! I have been just an emotional wreck the last couple of days! I swear, I did not know that my eyes could produce that many tears in two days, and by the way, where in the world do they all come from? I could probably cry right now about absolutely anything and nothing all at the same time. I am at work today (by the way, we got rid of our internet at home, so I may have fewer posts...) and they are still thinking it is just fine for me to be galavanting all over Central Minnesota, and hanging out with clients who in a moments notice could kick my butt, if they wanted. I have a resonating headache from all of the crying Sunday and Monday, and a lot of aches! But, for the most part, I really do feel good. My body dealt really well with this pregnancy and as for the crying spells, it's nothing in particular. Maybe it's some type of cleansing??? So anyway, trying to get back on track today with my positive thinking goal, because the last two day...

"Oh what a beautiful day, I've got a beautiful feeling, everything's going my way..." I love sunny, fresh mornings, it totally puts me in a beautiful mood. Crisp mornings like these remind me of when I spent a month as a summer staff at the YoungLife Castaway Camp. I knew I was going to be on the waterfront and I was so excited. I was thinking..."Awww, lifeguard for a month. Piece of cake!! I'll sit up there in that chair all day, get a nice tan, smile a lot and be lovin' life." So I get there, get situated in my room with my bunk and head down to the waterfront. I was like a day or two late, becasue by the grace of God, this whole thing fell in to place for me (thanks to Mr. YoungLife Hinkle), and there I was in this gorgeous place, with smiling beautiful people from all over the U.S. So, then, my lead staff Joe, tells me what I'll be doing. "We are sooooo glad you're here! We thought we were going to be short for the month of June and ...

So today I find it challenging to be on my "diet" of thinking only positive thoughts. My mom was late to watch the kids as usual, with a typical excuse. Halloran is not sleeping well (I think it's her teeth), and she was up at 6:15 am when I am trying to get ready for work. Then at work they are still putting me in with clients all over kingdom come, and it makes me nervous to be working with the clients directly when I'm getting so big, and also, I do not want to be far away if I go in to labor. *My thinking positively book would say I should not say things like "I do not want..." because it attracts the things I do not want, instead I should say "I want to stay in the office more..."* Anyway. So, I still try to remain positve, and usually on my way to work I'll blast my music (which the baby loves), and get happy. Well. I did not have my favorite cd, the radio stations were all talk, and my other cd with "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" ...

This pregnant belly was taken at 34 weeks! Funky shirt huh??

Here it is. I thought I was a fair minded person until I tried to do this seemingly simple task to change my life each and every day. The book claims that if you do this "seemingly" simple task your life will change drastically! I mean DRASTIC! So, I'm game right? I am.... However, easier said than done (or easier read than done I think). Ok, do you want to know what this easy task is, the one that I thought, "Hey, not a problem!" Ready? Ok, here goes... Think Happy. That's it. The catch...it literally means that...it means that, all the time. All the time. So I thought, "Hey, this will be really great for me, I need to think more positively, and all the time? Perfect!" My Goodness!! It is really, really, really difficult!!!!!!!!! You are not supposed to even have one shred of doubt because doubt will fuel more doubt; negative thoughts fuel more negative thoughts and so on and so forth. I was amazed at all the negative thoughts I think every day. ...

So, it couldn't get any better than chocolate right? I think this was my reward for trying to shop smart. I decided to buy the Sunday paper for the coupons (and the paper is great for painting time with the kids...) and one of the coupons was to try a bag of Hershey Bliss Chocolate , a whole bag, for free! So I put it in the envelope with all of my coupons and went grocery shopping a few days later. The weird thing is I totally forgot about the coupon until the strangest thing happened (strike up the eery music...) I was in a non candy aisle and there lay a lost bag of Hershey Bliss Chocolate, even, get this, in the kind I wanted-Milk Chocolate dream!! And it hit me, "Hey, I have a coupon for that!" So I picked it up, finished my grocery shopping (did I mention I only had Halloran with me and it was great), and purchased the chocolate with my free coupon! And you know what I found out? Free chocolate tastes way better than paid for chocolate!

36 days until my due date! So here are the things I think I have left to do... 1. Clean Nursery. 2. Wash my baby boy newborn clothes. 3. First, access the baby boy newborn clothes from under the stairs. 4. Help my Husband overcome his fear of spiders so that he will go under the stairs to retrieve them. 5. Make sure the storage bin with the baby girl newborn clothes is where I think it is....upstairs. 6. Find my breast pump and make sure it is cleaned and I have all the accessories for it 7. Buy some dreft. 8. Get the baby toys out. 9. Buy some diapers. 10. Get the bassinet out. 11. Make sure there is a full coffee container in the kitchen. 12. Find the whereabouts of my nursing bras and pj's. 13. Baby carseats cleaned. 14. Quit freaking out about the things I should be doing....... What did I miss?? Wow! Only 36 days or so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the names are..........Just kidding.

This stick picture totally sums up Halloran!! Ooooh, I just love em'!!

I miss my kids today while I sit here at work!! :( So this is for me...

It was definitely a busy weekend, but nice! The kids and I were outside alot, and it felt soooo good! I can tell that I am getting in to my nesting period before the baby comes, but it is not focused in the right areas. For instance. This weekend I cleaned both of our vehicles, inside and out. I re-raked the yard, basically meaning I moved piles around that I had raked a week earlier because I am waiting for my dear sweet husband to pick them up to load in to the truck to take to his parents house. Which I might add is just across the street (yes, little "Everybody Loves Raymond" type feel, but I do love my in-laws)! I've picked up sticks, pulled weeds and brushed the dog. I have not, however, done much with the nursery!!!! I did get one small task started, not finished, and that was moving most of Halloran's clothes out of the nursery in to her and Brady's room. But she still has many lingering items in her old room! I still have to convince my husband to go und...

I don't even have a title for this one. I am tired. I am still at work. Tired.

So with my first two children, I breastfed them until I went back to work (approx. 2 months) later, and felt pretty good about that! My work environment at the time wasn't a very private enough place to do the whole pumping thing there, and we couldn't take breaks off of campus. But now where I work, I've scoped out a place or two where I could pump and it would be quiet and private. So. My goal is to nurse my last little bundle of joy for at least 8 months. Can I achieve this? What about those of you who nursed to a year, anyone? What are the positives and negatives? It will be nice because I will be half bottle, half mommy. That was another thing I felt with nursing was that I couldn't have someone help, didn't have that free moment when something else needed to be done, I just felt very exhausted of my resources. So, I like the bottle because it gives other people some sweet bonding time with my child...especially daddy! So. It's just doing the pumping thing ...