If You Clean It He Will Come

Hopefully you have all seen the great Kevin Costner movie "Field of Dreams." And if you haven't then you aren't American and you better get out there and rent it before you join the ranks of Obama.

Anyway, I've had this theory for the past couple weeks: If I get my house really clean then the baby will make his way into the world. I guess i'm hoping he has this baby intuition which will make him think, "Ok, Mommy has the house all ready for me. It is the cleanest it will be for months to come. So i'm ready to come out!"
However, this theory has been busted. It seems I have cleaned the house in great detail for the past couple weeks and zip. No baby. Yesterday I got down and dirty cleaning those things that you usually only do once a year. The fridge, inside of the stove, baseboards, doors.... you would think the physical labor of it all would just start contractions, but once again, zip.

I am one day past my due date. This may not seem like a big deal for you people who haven't had babies or who had babies 30 years ago. But when you are in the moment, been preparing for this baby for 10 months (yes it's 10, the doctors lie) then when your due date rolls around and you're still pregnant, it can be a very depressing moment. So what do I do when i'm depressed.... clean. Christopher tells me to stop because my blood pressure has been a little high. But isn't exercise good for high blood pressure?

So, after I write this I will go find something else to do because I am honestly sick of cleaning. I know that I am going to look back on this time and kick myself for not enjoying the peace and quiet (while Aubrey is at the sitter). But that's what we moms do. We make stupid mistakes. And hopefully soon I will be able to make double the mistakes!