Nate and I were finally able to go on a date last night, thanks to a fabulous birthday present (for Nate) from my sister, Joanna. I think our last date was in March for our anniversary. And this date was amazing- and FREE!!!! I think the best present you can give parents is a date night. Joanna babysat Madelynn while we we went out, and had some of her friends come over to our place as well, which was great, because Madelynn pretty much thought she was having a party and that everyone had come over just to hang out with her. We had dinner at Chili's paid for (another gift from Joanna) and free tickets to Harry Potter in IMAX 3D (it helps having a sister who works at the movie theatre and can get free tickets.) Oh yes, and then to top it off, we also got free frozen yogurt, because on of my cousins happens to work at the new frozen yogurt place next to the theatre and hooked us up. So yeah, awesome night and completely FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am completely worn out today, though, because doing anything when you are 9 months pregnant wears you out. Taking a shower makes me tired.
Speaking of being pregnant, little Ian has been very cooperative and I am now free of activity restrictions (other than the "duh" ones, like roller coasters and cliff diving). As of yesterday, I am 75% effaced but haven't started dilating yet. I want this baby out now, even though I still have another 3 1/2 weeks to go before my due date. Now it's a race to get this baby here so my Dad can see him. His goal is to make it long enough to see the baby, but I get nervous that time will run out. He's pretty much confined to bed now, and only gets up briefly to use the bathroom with the help of my mom. (Trying to do it on his own tends to result in him falling and hitting his head). He sleeps most of the time now, too. It's a strange thing both looking forward to the future with a new baby and also completely dreading it as well, because I know what else it means.
