Babymoon

Wikipedia says: A babymoon is a period of time that parents spend bonding with a recently-born baby.

More recently the term has come to be used to describe a vacation taken by a couple that is expecting a baby in order to allow the couple to enjoy a final trip together before the many sleepless nights that usually accompany a newborn baby. Babymoons usually take place at a resort that offers appropriate services like prenatal massage.

While ours was not a well-planned babymoon at a resort that offers prenatal massage...Aaron & I took a little babymoon last night.

With the weather moving in, we decided it would be wise to be in Manhattan in case BabyW4 decided to make it's appearance. The kids went home with Nonny & Poppa & then Aaron & I headed to 'the city'. It took us twice as long to get there due to the snowpacked roads & windshield wipers that continued to ice over. We had an early supper at the Olive Garden, grabbed some snacks & water at Hyvee, had dessert at the Orange Leaf & went to our motel. We were disappointed to discover the hotel did NOT have pay-per-view, but luckily American Idol was on, so we watched it.

This morning we had breakfast, grabbed a Starbucks & headed to my doctor appointment. They did a Non-Stress Test & the baby was doing very well. I am still 2cm dilated. Baby evidently doesn't want to leave it's warm environment for the snow! I can't say I blame it!

Our doctor said she wouldn't let us go past 42 weeks (March 9th), but said that we could set up a date to induce next week if we so wished. We typically like to wait until baby decides it is ready...but grandparents will be traveling as of March 4th, so we said we better get the baby here before they leave. She didn't think she'd be able to get a date before the end of the week, but when she called the hospital, there was a cancellation on Monday, so we took the slot.

So...we are praying that baby decides to make an appearance this weekend...but if not, it looks like Monday will be the day!