the flaming lips.

we had SUCH a good time at the concert Sunday night! though it was super muddy and we got there right before the show started, we ended up with a sweet view of the stage from the top of the hill (thanks to borrowing the church's wheelchair) and we all really enjoyed watching Wayne and the boys rock out. they didn't play as many old songs as I wanted (no Race for the Prize! oh well, I'm sure there comes a point when every artist would like to move on and perform new things), but their new stuff sounded great, too, very psychedelic and fun.

here's us:



and M's brother J and our friend Whitney... fyi, I don't know why J looks so crazy. Whit, I think you look so chipper and adorable here!:



and here's how they closed the show... I think I've mentioned it before, but if we were going to have a song to dance to at our wedding it would have been this one. M and I met in the same park the Lips performed in Sunday night in early December of 2006, and one of the first things we bonded over was the Yoshimi album and our love of this song. I DID get some video of them doing an acoustic version of Yoshimi, but I'm singing like a crazy woman in the background (sorta like I am in this vid, only more and longer) and I thought I'd spare you that today.



in other news:

- we went to the specialist on Monday and were told my fluid level was almost 8... which is okay, and consistent for me. not horrible, not really good. but the baby looks great, and she (Dr. A) didn't want to see me again. she said if the baby doesn't come on her own this week, she's recommending we deliver early next week. I'll be past 39 weeks (Saturday), and your risk of amniotic fluid levels diminishing increases the closer you get to your due date, and really can go down if we go past the date. my body has already been prepping itself for labor, so if my regular doc chooses to follow her advice and induce it shouldn't cause us to have increased risk of C-section. I see Dr. H tomorrow and am assuming we'll formulate a plan. a plan to bring a baby home! of course, she could come on her own anytime, too... I've started cramping a little and my uterus tightens up every so often (Braxton Hicks, I presume), and I *think* the baby might have dropped or something, because last night whenever she moved it was PROFOUNDLY uncomfortable and felt a lot lower than usual. I was a little more physically active yesterday than I've been in the past, oh, week or so, and felt straight up broke-down last night between my back, hip, and the baby moving and making me wince. I was so glad to eat a good bowl of homemade veggie soup and get a pretty good nights sleep (thanks to sticking pillows between my legs and under my belly and anywhere else I could reach).

I keep watching for signs of all these things increasing in intensity, hoping to know when I'm actually in labor... I do understand why people would think somethings happening and rush to the hospital. plus there's always the little worry in the back of your head about the baby being in distress somehow - how would you know?? what would feel different, with all of the weird feelings and sensations you're already trying to distinguish?? I still maintain that as long as she's moving regularly and there's not a difference in any discharge, things are probably okay...

today's agenda:

trip to the grocery store
find the 406 note pad
meet with (hopefully) our pediatrician
take a nap
work at finishing off the armchair (which is about 95% done!) - this requires sitting and stitching, so it's blessedly low-impact
church-hizzle. have I mentioned how awesome it is to live around the corner again?

maybe more, but honestly anything else is gravy.

-m.y.