41 weeks

two days later and still no baby. one of my girlfriends handed me a great comment earlier today, so great i must share, "she's still being perfected." i guess if there's anyway to flip how i'm feeling, that comment made it possible. ben and my mother thought today might be the day. (i told them no way). their thought was that i would be in labor, thus missing my favorite show on tv. but, when i checked my phone this morning for all the daily updates, i quickly jumped on their wagon of wanting to go today: i found out it was vincent van gogh's birthday. always loved his paintings but more than that - here's a little known fact - jack was born on picasso's birthday. how fun to have both babies share such incredibly talented birthdays with our history's most talented artists. but here i am, typing and proofreading at 8 pm. this girl would really have to get on it - not that i'd mind!

i continue to get phone calls (thank you) and emails (thank you), and i've been pretty good about answering individually but let me do an overall recap:

- yes, i'm still pregnant.

- no, i have not had the baby.

- yes, i'm hanging in there.

- yes, i will call you and you will know before i post anything on facebook. promise.

-yes, the baby is ok and no, i am not being induced.

i am passed the point of being frustrated or sad or any of the other emotions i was feeling a week ago. i have moved onto being excited and overwhelmed to practically tearing up, thinking of holding her precious baby body in my arms. i'm excited to nurse her, kiss her heels and even change her poopy diapers. i want to see ben smooch her nose and swaddle her and call her a "burrito!" like he did with jackie. i flip through magazines and show him pictures of babies and all he wants to do is kiss them. so yes, i'm even ready for big brother to meet little sister. he even calls my belly "seeees" when asked where his sister is, followed by a smooch and little love tap.

so again, if you don't hear from us, please don't get nervous. we will make calls or have our people call your people. promise.