Almost 37 weeks 37.5 weeks I was totally unprepared for Alex to come up until about 37 weeks. I finally got some clothes washed, froze breakfast burritos, gathered things for the hospital, and pulled out and washed the infant car seat. Giving birth is exhilarating. It's such an exciting and unique experience whenever a child is brought into the world. It's amazing to me every time. Here's how it happened this time... First, and this has nothing to do with how Alex was born, I want to start with some context of the kind of week we were having. Monday was Adaline's 5th birthday! She got to celebrate the week before by going to Lumpy's for breakfast while Andrew's parents were in town, and having her friend party. The plan for her actual birthday was to go to my prenatal check-up, then play either at the park or Chick-Fil-A depending on the weather. Andrew was planning to come home from work a little bit early so we could eat chi...