If peaches could bring on labor....

I'd be all set! Kolt and I went to the commissary yesterday to grocery shop and I told him I'd really been wanting fruit, but the problem is their selection is less than ideal. So Kolt had the bright idea to take a day trip up to Fredericksburg to buy some fresh locally grown produce. It took about an hour to get there and really looks like an adorable little town. We got peaches, tomatoes, and a cantaloupe, and OH MAN is it delicious! I've had a peach at every meal since and am loving every second of it! I'm also going to attempt to make a cobbler with the peaches, a real cobbler with real crust, not the yellow cake topping that they seem to use up north. We'll be accompanying that cobbler with some pork chops, hot rolls, and carrots. Mmmm.

I've really been slacking in my domestic duties the last few weeks, and I feel AWFUL about it. Kolt, bless his heart, has been a trooper and anytime I don't feel like cooking he's not complained once about eating out. And it's not so much that I don't want to cook, it's more along the lines of I just can't think of anything decent to eat, rather than I don't want to cook. Once the idea hits and I get hungry for it, then I'm all over it, but I'm completely at a loss for what to make and Kolt and I both have kind of been tired of the same old stuff. Last week I did do a cherry glazed pork chop (I've really been loving the pork lately) and a DELICIOUS fruit tart. The tarts were much easier than I expected, although I did cheat on the crust and bought pre-made ones, but in doing that it's about a 10 minute dessert that really isn't all that bad for you if you go with light or fat free cream cheese and splenda for the filling! I was really proud of myself and will definitely have to make it for my family when they come to visit.

Ok, enough about food, you'd think I was starving since that's all I'm talking about but I really did just eat lunch lol.

On the baby front, I had my first real contraction yesterday and oh man did it hurt. Like nothing I've ever felt or experienced before, and it was much different than what I thought a contraction would feel like. It was a serious reality check for me and if that's what labor is, a whole bunch of THOSE stacked on top of each other, I know there's no way I can go with out an epidural. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm not a hero and am not looking to suffer through my birthing experience. I'm open to anything and we'll see how it goes, but no longer am I thinking that I'll be able to "tough it out."

We finally got Kolt an appointment for his eye surgery, his consult is first thing tomorrow morning and hopefully before we leave we'll have a date set for the actual surgery. I'm thinking (wishing) that it will be sometime Friday-Tuesday. It's supposed to be a rough recovery and he needs at least a week. I'm really anxious for this to get done because once it's completed, that's the last thing holding me back from wanting baby girl to come. Not to mention Kolt will be able to SEE. Never having needed glasses myself I can't say I know what it's like, but I know it will be wonderful for him to no longer be dependent on the blasted things!!!

People keep saying that the end of the pregnancy goes by the slowest, and I know there's still plenty of time for things to slow down, but to be honest, I feel like time is FLYING by. Once I got to 32 weeks it just seems like everything is in fast forward. I mean, I'm almost 37 weeks, we've got just over 3 weeks until her due date. THREE WEEKS. Holy crap. Not that we're not ready, but this whole pregnancy has just been surreal and to finally, after all these years, get to hold my precious child, well, I honestly just can't believe we've finally made it.