Last Hurrah

Today marks 37 weeks, so the baby is now considered full term! Basically, the baby could come any day now, which has been so exciting and scary to think about. My pregnancy has been pretty good for the most part and I’ve been staying really active, but this week there's definitely been a shift. The baby dropped making me much more uncomfortable and I’ve been having sporadic contractions most of the week. Sleeping has become pretty non-existent, and I know I need to get used to that. So right now it’s just a waiting game, which is making us a little nuts. Now, every time I call Jody at work I have to start by saying, “Not in labor yet” so he knows this is a just a random call.

So last weekend instead of putting together a nursery or reading any more baby books, we decided that to prepare for this huge life-changing event by enjoying some time with friends and family and getting out and about for a last little hurrah.

On Friday we tried out Hackney’s in the Printer’s Row neighborhood with Chris and Karen. Jody was also talking up the burgers and the onion loaf so we had to try it out. It was such a cute, cozy bar-restaurant with a pretty laid-back crowd. Of course, we got the onion loaf and the three of them got burgers and it didn't disappoint. At the end, though, I think we were all regretting eating so much of the gigantic onion loaf because we were totally stuffed. All in all a good, fun night with the Stierwalts.

Saturday we headed to Andersonville for drinks at Marty’s and dinner at Anteprima with Steve and Jeremy. It was one of the coldest nights of the year, but both places were totally packed. The martinis at Marty’s looked so yummy and made me excited thinking about being able to enjoy a chocolate martini soon enough. Jody got the Godfather and even though it was free of brown liquor, his reaction to it was quite similar! The restaurant was really cute and had really yummy Italian food. Andersonville has so many cute bars and restaurants and we always have a good time with Jeremy and Steve up there.

Then Sunday we went to Second City with Jason and Heather and Jody’s dad and his new girlfriend. This was our Chanukah present from Jody’s dad and it was so much fun. The show playing right is called America: All Better and it's hilarious. So much better than the one we saw back in October. They have a ton of good material to play off of right now. There was some good Blago bashing, and I thought their bits about Rahm Emanuel were hysterical. Almost all of the actors were really good too, so we'd definitely recommend this show to anyone looking for a good laugh.

Even though I was pretty exhausted by the end of the weekend, it was really fun getting out and getting our minds off things before we enter the Land of Baby and parenthood.