32 WEEKS!

Whew! We've made it to our first really good goal of 32 weeks and that's great news! However, it has hit me with a huge sledgehammer. Yesterday I started feeling a lot of mild contractions that just progressed and grew stronger throughout the night. I woke up this morning still experiencing the contractions, but by drinking tons of fluids and barely moving at all, I've managed to keep the contractions down to about 4 an hour. We have a doctor's appointment in the morning so as long as I can hold out until tomorrow, I will be fine. If I end up going in there sometime today, then I know I will just be ambulanced back up to Charleston and that's just one nasty fiasco I would like to avoid until absolutely necessary. Hopefully tomorrow at the doctor's office, she will tell me that everything is still looking good and there has been no change. I know it's this full moon! The last full moon I ended up at MUSC and the full moon before that was spent in the hospital in Hilton Head. Weird.

So, the holidays are officially over for us now. My aunt and uncle were here yesterday on their way back to Jacksonville to pick up their presents before heading home. It was nice seeing them and spending a little more time with them. Binky flies home tomorrow too. I don't want him to go back. I like having him in the United States so that I know I can see him when I want and I can call him when I want. It's so hard having him overseas but if he gets his request to be in Germany for his next tour, then I am going to have to deal with it even longer than I imagined. Whatever keeps him safe and whatever keeps him happy is really all that matters. I just have to remind myself that from time to time since I'm selfish and would prefer him close by.