now that we're so close to our due date, we've moved to weekly OB visits. since getting a doctor's apptment can be difficult, we sheduled all our visits months in advance.  for whatever reason our OB's office has rescheduled our apptmnts about a half dozen times in the past few months--once changing days twice in one week. today, we reached boiling point when we arrived for a 9am apptmnt only to find that it had been rescheduled for tomorrow!!!

i was so upset i could barely speak..i was ready to leave the practice...

 two weeks ago, their lab called to tell me that they'd lost my urine sample & requested i come back in without any apology. a week later, i had an abrupt conversation with a nurse who refused to give me more info when i asked for alternatives to going on an antibiotic--she actually ended our convo by saying "well, i'll put it in your chart that you're refusing treatment"...what the. needless to say, we've been questioning whether or not to switch to another practice or even another hospital...

this morning was just the final rub. luckily, brian remained cool in the face of my fury. he stopped me from storming out, got us a face-to-face with our OB, explained the situation, & identified the problem people--all the while dealing with audrey while i fumed & huffed. our OB apologized profusely, she was oblivious to the crappy service her staff was handing out.

while cking our remaining schedule, brian learned that they'd actually rescheduled our apptment for next week without calling to inform us. what a load of poo!

apologies given & apptmnts straightened out, we left the office almost 2 hours later. hopefully everything is resolved & we'll have smooth sailing thru to our due date...

it's surreal how one moment, your child is a gurgling baby & then, in an instant, she's chatting with you so naturally you almost forget all those months of cooing. this week audrey said the sweetest things to me:

as we were leaving music class early in the week, she gave me a hug & said "momma, you're my best friend"...my heart melted...

the other night on the couch with poppa, she leaned over and said "momma, you're beautiful"...i teared up immediately...

today she ran up, gave me a big hug & said "momma, you're pretty"...followed by a big sloppy kiss...how wonderful! she followed up with a "poppa, you're handsome"...i'm pretty sure poppa's heart skipped a beat...

my capacity to love another human being has grown so much since audrey's birth, it's indescribable...