Its Sept. 20th and still no Maddie. Heather is having good and bad days. It seems the bad always follows the good. I think she tries to do too much on the good days and it causes the bad but thats my opinion. We were planning to induce on Thursday but Heather is having second thoughts. She's afraid it will make labor worse and Maddie is due Saturday anyway. Nathan is fighting a strange illness that started on about the 10th. He is breaking out in hives. We think it is an allergic reaction to something but we have eliminated all the new foods in his diet and can not identify anything else. The Dr has prescribed Zyrtec for him and that seems to help the hives. He has not slept well for the last 2 nights. I'm afraid its the Zyrtec but its too early to be sure.

Well, Maddie still hasn't come to see us. Heather is getting really miserable too. She is having very strong contractions which keep her awake at night and Maddie doesn't like them either so she is kicking a lot. Heather's parents came to stay with us for a week or so when Huricane Francis went through. They didn't have any real damage but the power was out for about a week at their house. We only got a lot of rain and wind. Our power was out for an hour and a half. Our yard is covered in limbs and I haven't taken the time to clean it up because Hurrican Ivan is headed this way now. Heather has gone to get a pedicure. She's having a rough time and needed some pampering.

No baby yet. We spent a few hours in the hospital Monday Night because the contractions got fairly severe and regular (4 minutes apart) but they didn't stay that way and she hadn't dilated anymore than she was earlier in the day (2 centimeters). I kept Heather in the bed Tuesday and she had very few and minor contractions. Yesterday and last night we thought Maddie may come to see us but just another false alarm... she didn't quite lead us as much as she did Monday, we didn't actually go to the hospital. Heather is out running errands today so I anticipate a lot of contractions. I can't keep her tied down. She tried to vacuum the house yesterday.