Declan officially became a preschooler this week! He had a great week in his new class and was reunited with his buddy from his old class, Elliot, who moved up a few months ago. From everything I heard from the teachers and other staff, Declan had no issues jumping right in and wasn't the least bit uncomfortable with the move. (So different from his mom who worries and has a hard time with change!)
Here are a few pics of his week:
He worked on letters, numbers, shapes and cutting and did an awesome job with each of the projects they worked on. I'm in awe at his vocabulary and each day he surprises me with new words and phrases he knows. It is still so unbelievable to me that my baby boy is so grown up and that in a few short days he'll be 3 and soon after that a big brother.
Speaking of being a big brother, next week is the big week. I had my 38 week checkup yesterday and everything is on track. It was my last checkup before my induction next week. Connor passed his last biophysical profile and my cervical check revealed I'm 2.5 cm dilated and 80% effaced. He's happily hanging out and I really haven't felt contractions that have prompted me to think I'm heading into labor anytime soon. I did decide to take a bump pic again...only my second for this pregnancy. I've never really been one to track my bump each week, but with knowing this is my last pregnancy, I wanted one more pic to document this journey.
It's been a whirlwind 9 months, but really it's been a wild 4 years starting this IVF endeavor. I remember feeling so down after meeting with the fertility doc back in September 2017, feeling so excited learning I was pregnant with Declan in February 2018, feeling nervous about trying again in January 2021 and then being excited again learning my last frozen embryo became a successful pregnancy with baby Connor. The best way to summarize the IVF journey is that sometimes the struggles make us stronger.
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