74 days and counting

It is hard to believe that Kylee is 5 and Jude is 3.5 and it 74 +/- days we will add a new little Fletcher to the mix!  When I think back to the Labor and delivery of Kylee and Jude I get more anxious for the arrival of this little one.  I have such sweet memories of both previous births.  They were quite different and this one will prove to be just as equally different!  This time around I have chosen a midwife to walk this beautiful path with us, Around the Circle Midwifery is in Olympia and both midwives in the practice are amazing!  They have a Birthing Inn where I can deliver or I can deliver at home.  I have also decided I would love to do a water birth.  Since my labor is relatively short- 6.5 hours with Kylee and just under 2 hours with Jude my goal is to be where ever I have chosen to be and in a birthing tub by the time this little guy makes his entrance.  Prayers would be appreciated to that end.  
As my belly expands and my shirts and pants shrink I can't help but marvel at the growth of this sweet one.  He should be around 3 lbs and 15 inches long right now.  In so many ways this pregnancy has stretched on and on and yet when I think about all his growth it is hard to believe we are this far along.  It is such an amazing miracle.  At 28 weeks I measured 31 weeks- which to be honest was a little overwhelming.  I am hoping we slow down a bit over the next 4 weeks to make up for that growth!  I expect that I will be bigger with him than I was with either Kylee or Jude.  Our last ultrasound predicted he should be about 8 lbs.  I wonder if an ultrasound now would give the same prediction?  Kylee was 7 lb 4 oz and Jude was 8 lb 11 oz. I think it would be great if this one was somewhere in between.
It has been such a joy to share this pregnancy with Kylee and Jude.  Their excitement and awe- their questions have all been such a gift, such a incredible blessing to me.  Jude who asks questions like, "Mama when you take a shower does the baby get wet too?" Or the look on Kylee's face when she felt the baby move for the first time- she was so amazed and he had the hiccups which was just so awesome for her to feel.  She couldn't get over it.  She saw him move before she felt him and again that look on her face...it was a reflection of the same awe I feel when I think about this little miracle growing inside me.