Pregnancy

One Week Past Due

Yep, 41 weeks pregnant, one week past due.

One Week Past Due

She’ll get here when she gets here, so we’re just waiting patiently…

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  • Lindsay
    April 21, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    You look fantastic! And it definitely looks like the baby has dropped a good bit since the last picture you posted. Is the nursery ready to go?

  • Kim
    April 21, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    Ok, you look AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!
    I’m new to your blog and so happy that I found you. I’ve loved looking back in the archives.
    And now to tune in to see your baby? well, that’s just icing……lovely, lovely icing.
    Sending out happy vibes for a wonderful birth:)

  • Nina
    April 21, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    I agree with Lindsay’s comment, the baby’s definitely sitting low! Anytime now…
    ps – love the haircut!

  • rose
    April 21, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    I came on here just to tell you that you look amazing. and i saw others did too.

    this is my first comment. I found your blog randomly, I fell in love with it, and i’ve been checking it daily since. :)

  • Anna @ D16
    April 21, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    Man, you look GORGEOUS. Baby baby baby!

  • Kim
    April 21, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    You do look great.

    And by the way, I’m sure you know that first babies are often late. Mine was 10 days late. But when she was ready, she was ready, and the labor was quick and easy. I hope it’s the same with you!

  • Sara Carrington
    April 21, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    What a cute picture! Love it.

  • Me? A Mom?
    April 21, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    I wish I had an ounce of your style. Seriously, you look so great.

  • Amanda
    April 21, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    I love this picture!

  • Melissa (miss)
    April 21, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    You look perfectly lovely. Good luck!

  • aud
    April 21, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    Both my girls were two weeks overdue — and not to scare you, but they popped out as 10-pounders. We joked that they spent those last two weeks, laid up in style, just getting fat and sassy. :) Looking forward to “meeting” the little miss.

  • Tanna
    April 21, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    You look absolutely beautiful! Any day now! :)

  • Amber
    April 21, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    This picture is great! Your body language says it all!!
    Good luck to you. I check twitter & my google reader hoping to hear your good news :)

  • mary.c
    April 21, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    As mentioned in every single comment previous to mine: you look ADORABLE! What a great picture. Can’t wait for her to arrive! ;)

  • Briana
    April 21, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    The same thing happened to me. There’s nothing stranger than watching your due date come and go after you’ve been anxiously awaiting it for so many many months….
    Savor these last few days! Your life is about cross a threshold!

  • Marie
    April 21, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    My little guy was a week overdue — I so understand how you feel — I hope you have a terrific birth!

  • Rebecca
    April 21, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    Love, love, love this photo! And you look fabulous!

  • Cristie
    April 21, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    Ten Months Pregnant! Been there, done that! Bit the head off everyone who nagged me about it–like I was staying PG on purpose. Oh yeah, I tried walking, salads, and sex and while they all had their merits, my little one came when she damn-well felt like it. And what a Beau-Ti-Ful little (big) thing she was, and still is! Enjoy what little time you have left with your big round tummy–seriously!

  • Kara
    April 21, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    Wow that’s a long time to wait!!
    I was two weeks late and I was my mom’s first child.
    I keep checking your blog every day to see if today is the day, haha.

    I hope everything goes wonderfully!

  • Camilla
    April 21, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    Ditto on the hair, you look great.

    Btw, I saw that you won the Glam network living category award, so congrats!

  • BP
    April 21, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    I love your hair–so shiny! And your outfit is amazingly cute. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy and your little girl. Your blog has been a big inspiration to me on how to craft a stylish and young look in a first home. Thanks!

  • Karen
    April 21, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    I’ve been where you’ve been – twice! Both my toddler son (19 months old) and infant daughter (just 5 weeks old) were born at exactly 41 weeks. Hang in there and good luck with the delivery!

  • wide open spaces
    April 21, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    oh, sweetheart. do I know how you are feeling. My youngest is three today but in an instant I am back to how I was feeling three years ago yesterday. One last night of chocolate in a bubble bath before mommy time hits?

  • lori
    April 21, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    you are so patient! by 37 weeks i was ready to be done! can’t wait to meet the new little lady!

  • Jessica
    April 21, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    I just knew this post was going to say she had arrived.

    Well, at least you look seriously beautiful.

  • Sarah S
    April 21, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    You look great! My daughter was born at almost 42 weeks, and I am due tomorrow with baby number 2. I do not anticipate having him tonight or tomorrow, so I’ll be joining you in the post-date ranks. I feel patient, too. I just wish the rest of my family did and would stop calling me multiple times a day. :) But the any-minute-ness now of the whole thing is kind of weird. It is soooooo worth it when those babies come! It won’t be long now. Best wishes for a wonderful birth experience.

  • puck
    April 21, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    Ahhh… it’ll happen.

    Have them strip your membranes if you are anxious. I have that done on my 4th, and labor started the next day!

  • marlene
    April 21, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    you are so close. hang in there!

  • Michelle
    April 21, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    You look fab! Hope all goes well (I’m sure it will) and you’ll have that baby girl home in her fashionably cute nursery in no time :)

  • erin
    April 21, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    You look gorgeous. I’m due in 3 weeks and only hope I look that beautiful then. LOVE the necklace!

  • katie
    April 21, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    Aww, I feel your pain! I went 1 week late with my daugher! Hang in there! go walk some stairs. ;)

  • Jan
    April 21, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Any minute now. Where did you get that great necklace?

  • Tiffany-Z
    April 21, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    You make such an adorable pregnant mommy. I hope that whenever I have kids I looks half as pretty and cute as you do!

  • Kati Davis
    April 21, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    This is one of the cutest pictures ever!

  • Heather
    April 21, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Wow! You look really great…and so put together! This can be difficult to achieve even on a non-pregnant day!

  • Chelsea
    April 21, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    I just couldn’t not comment to wish you support in your wait, and to let you know how excited for you this reader of your blog is!

  • Lori Danelle
    April 21, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    she’s just trying to give you time to work on your porch, because as I’m sure you’ve been told, you won’t have much time nor energy once she gets here!!!

    (and remember, despite how you may be feeling right now, she WILL come.)

  • Melanie
    April 21, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    I agree with everyone else…you are adorable. Just wondering what your diaper bag looks like? That was a big thing when I was pregnant, I refuse to carry an ugly diaper bag. Unfortunately after the second baby my fashion sense vanished…who has the time? :)

    Good luck with the delivery!

  • Corie
    April 21, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    You couldn’t look any cuter! I love your necklace!

    Good luck, Nicole. Any day now! I’m so excited for you guys!

  • Lindsay
    April 21, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    Um, yes. I need to echo the choruses of people saying how fantastic you look. Huzzah! The sweater and accessories? Love. You look great!

  • Heidi Fazio
    April 21, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    love your blog and you look great for 41 weeks, i bet tonight is your night!

  • jbhat
    April 21, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Oh, what a fantastic picture! You look beautiful.
    My sister and I were a MONTH late. We run late to this day.

    Not that your girl will do that to you. Here’s to a speedy “outcome!”

  • betosgirl
    April 21, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    HUGELY pregnant, I was checking out @ the grocery store & the bag boy asked when I was due. “Friday”, I answered. He made an encouraging comment about Friday being right around to which I responded “No, LAST FRIDAY, I think I’m in labor right now!”. You should have seen his face… priceless! He hustled me outta there as fast as lightning and 12 hours later I was laying in bed nursing a baby…. (and i gotta say it too, that photo is beyond adorable!)

  • betosgirl
    April 21, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    i meant he said “friday is right around the corner” duh

  • Keri
    April 21, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    Don’t worry- she’ll be here before you know it! You look so great, too! Are you resting or trying to frantically nest:-). I did way too much of the latter in the days leading up to my little one’s birth!

  • amy purple
    April 21, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    I love this photo!

  • bink
    April 21, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    You look so darn cute! Try to sneak some extra sleep time in before she does arrive…you will need it. Can’t wait for her to make her debut on your blog.

    Wishing you a smooth and safe delivery!

  • Aprill
    April 21, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Gorgeous pic. Not long now. Best wishes!

  • bebojo
    April 21, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    I am a huge fan of your blog and wish you and your cute hubby a speedy, healthy delivery. I was a week past due with my first which was welcomed as we were renovating our new (very old) house – I went into labour whilst painting the stairs (gas mask and all) not really recommended. Take good care of yourself now and rest as much as you can – soon you will have a beautiful babe that will demand every inch of you!

    Enyoy this precious time.
    All my best,
    Stacey

  • alivicwil
    April 21, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    Is that “we’re just waiting patiently” a polite way of telling us all to do the same?!

    :)

    I’m a little late to the party, but you look so beautiful in this picture.

  • Erin
    April 21, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    Nicole, every time I see a new post from you pop up in my reader, I anxiously click on it thinking it might be “the post” announcing your baby! Hang in there. :) What an awesome photo.

  • captain kk
    April 21, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    you look fabulous! great photo :) looking forward to seeing your bambina’s beautiful little scrunched up face on a post soon.

  • ShocktheBourgeois
    April 21, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    That’s a wonderful picture- like, “Baby, what the heck?”

    You’re doing a wonderful thing for your little one by taking so many pictures- she’ll always treasure photos of her lovely mommy!

    Anyway, keep writing- your blog has long been a bright spot in my day :)

  • Catherine
    April 21, 2009 at 6:01 pm

    LOVE the haircut! Hey, if you’re going to be late, as least you look good waiting!

  • Katie O
    April 21, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    I too came on here to comment (for the first time) on how BEAUTIFUL you look! L.O.V.I.N.G. your outfit!

  • Emily
    April 21, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    How fun! I check in every day just to see! I was 41 weeks, too- induced in the end- argh!
    Anyhoo, enjoy this time- you do look great and I LOVE the hair- is it new-ish???

  • Denise
    April 21, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    I keep checking in to see if your little one has made her first appearance on your lovely blog. Can’t wait to read the happy announcement.

  • jennifer Hughes
    April 21, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    oh my goodness you are so cute, you look great. hopefully she comes soon its the waiting that’s the hardest..

  • Rachel B.
    April 21, 2009 at 7:09 pm

    poor thing!! my thoughts are with you!

  • Amy
    April 21, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    Wow. you look great! Best of luck to you and your little one (and hubby too)!

  • angeljoy
    April 21, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    After 5 1/2 years, I can’t remember exactly whether she was early or late. Hubby says she was a week early.
    It still felt like it took forever for her to get here.

  • Michele
    April 21, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    I want to echo all the previous comments….you look gorgeous and baby will come. Enjoy these last precious moments of silent waiting – to me it seemed like an intensely close time between my unborn daughter and myself. Wishing you well.

  • Ashley B.
    April 21, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    That pic of you is all kinds of cute! I predict two more days. The 23rd. After dinnertime.

  • Fiona
    April 21, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    You look great! I actually felt great (if absolutely enormous) until the end. They were going to induce me at 41 weeks, but then my substitute doctor realized the baby was potentially 12 pounds and advised me to get a c-section. (She ended up being 10 lbs.) Regardless, she had not even dropped at 41 weeks. How long will your doctor let you wait?

  • LindaS
    April 21, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Oh my! I looked like a bloated up mad woman at 1 week overdue – you look fabulous! Im convinced (no scientific basis at all!) that overdue babies are too happy & chilled out to be born yet & this makes for contented little newborns.

  • Joi
    April 21, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    You look great! Here’s hoping she comes soon!

    And your outfit is lovely!

  • Judy Haley
    April 21, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    I have just discovered that the are sooooo much easier to take care of when they’re still inside ;) but they’re so much more fun when they’re outside.

    best wishes

  • Emma
    April 21, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    41 weeks huh?! But this is such a rocking pic of you! You look great!

  • Sandy
    April 21, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    I have to say you are the prettiest 41 week pregnant woman I have ever seen! Congrats!

  • LK
    April 21, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    I hope you go soon, even thoguh you looks relatively ok. Do you know when they will induce?

  • Emily
    April 21, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    been waiting for an announcement….you look amazing by the way…good luck!

  • Making it Lovely
    April 21, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    10:30 p.m. and still here. ;)

    My doctor won’t let me go past 42 weeks, so I’ll be induced if I don’t have the baby by next Tuesday. Obviously I’m hoping she’ll make her appearance before then!

  • kate
    April 21, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    you look great! my son was supposed to be induced – he was 9 days late – and i didn’t want that. so i went for a combination of hot fudge sundaes, spicy wings and accupuncture. That did the trick!! we avoided induction. GOOD LUCK!!

  • Jennifer Allwoood
    April 21, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    I was 9 days over with my 3rd baby….Keep on a holding out! She’ll get here!!!!!!!!

  • jo
    April 21, 2009 at 10:51 pm

    you look amazing! my last couple weeks (ok maybe months) of pregnancy i was so schlumpy!

  • robin
    April 21, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    so freakin cute! good luck :O)

  • Jo
    April 21, 2009 at 10:54 pm

    All I can say is just try not to get impatient and enjoy these last few days together before you life changes forever. Hope all goes well for you.
    Jo x
    (ps have you tried castor oil? I did it for both pregnancies and labour started within hours)

  • Jules
    April 21, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    I LOVE this picture! You look great, as everyone has already mentioned. :) Where did you get that darling necklace?

  • Making it Lovely
    April 21, 2009 at 11:19 pm

    Confession: I think it’s kind of funny that everyone keeps saying how great I look. I mean, I really appreciate it, but I certainly don’t feel like I’m looking great these days! I feel huge and awkward, and I’m wearing stretchy pants in that photo (the horror).

    But you know, thanks! ;)

    And the necklace is a few years old – I think I bought it at Express.

  • johanna t.
    April 21, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    I just gave birth a few weeks ago. I was 42 weeks and 2 days. Technically, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists does not consider you over due until 42 weeks. I only mention it in case you feel any pressure to induce. Good luck. Hang in there. Your little girl will come when she is ready.

  • Jules
    April 22, 2009 at 12:27 am

    Well, I wasn’t going to say it, but I’m pretty sure I felt the world counter-rotate when I noticed you were wearing pants! Pants or no, you still look great!

  • Alexis L.
    April 22, 2009 at 1:31 am

    You look beautiful. Wishing you a safe and speedy delivery whenever your little girl is ready.

  • Jen
    April 22, 2009 at 2:22 am

    Stretchy pants, ha! You look great anyway! I think it’s your knack of looking “put-together” that we’re all envying. If it were me, I’d be wearing whatever was most comfortable for sitting on the couch. Actually, that’s what I’m wearing now and I’m not even pregnant!

  • Berglind Ásgeirsdóttir
    April 22, 2009 at 3:13 am

    I love this picture!I love your blog!
    Good luck with everything :)

  • Charla @ For the Sake of Time
    April 22, 2009 at 5:30 am

    You look fantastic! Some women like to make and grand entrance and she is just waiting to do that. Best of luch.

  • Mixing Bowl Mama
    April 22, 2009 at 6:10 am

    You look so great!!! Good luck with everything and I’m sure she’ll be here before you know it. I love that you are calmly waiting for her arrival. I know several people who have been past their due date and they start demanding to be induced…but you seem so peaceful and it really shows.

  • Kristin
    April 22, 2009 at 6:31 am

    What a great picture! You’re so creative.

    She’ll come soon, all the best!

  • Herta
    April 22, 2009 at 6:41 am

    As a fellow woman who was overdue (42 weeks for both my kids) I vote that the ‘normal’ gestation period be changed to 42 weeks!…Also, as others have said, she will come when she is ready. All the very best for the coming weeks I’m sure you, your husband and family/friends will be over the moon when your little one decides to make her appearance. xox

  • luuvely
    April 22, 2009 at 6:53 am

    i do love this picture! and you will too in like 3 years when your little one starts to saying “i can do it myself!” you will look back on this picture and say things like..”man i wish you were a baby again!”

    yeah although you feel akward..this picture is PERFECTION! :)

    btw..my khalil was 1 week and 1 day “late” so 41 weeks and 1 day…so feel “good” that you arent the only one “overdue” i never trusted the whole date thing anyway…

  • Rosebud
    April 22, 2009 at 7:03 am

    Could you be any cuter? Love the pink cardigan!

  • Becky @ Farmgirl Paints
    April 22, 2009 at 7:31 am

    Oh I’m so excited for you. There is nothing like becoming a mommy. You are going to love it. Take a long walk and then if you can stand it have sex:) That really helps.

  • Mandy Ford
    April 22, 2009 at 7:50 am

    Oh you poor thing! But you still look so cute and stylish!! hang in there and try to stay as comfortable as possible. I know that is almost impossible at this point though. {hugs}

  • Martha
    April 22, 2009 at 7:52 am

    You are too dang cute!!! Blessings…

  • Leeng
    April 22, 2009 at 8:06 am

    Both of my kids were exactly 3.5 weeks over due. We joke that they enjoyed the spa-like, warm environment so well they just didn’t want to leave. Since they’re now 26 and 14, I really miss being pregnant. Enjoy this time – you’ll look back on it fondly — guaranteed!

  • Renae Moore
    April 22, 2009 at 8:18 am

    Oh honey….time is surely very short. I know you are more than ready, joy comes soon!
    blessings…

  • bungalowbliss
    April 22, 2009 at 8:37 am

    Great pic…and you’re looking fab as usual. Best wishes over the next week or so.

    Little chica, you have a lot of people anxiously awaiting your arrival!

  • Mariss
    April 22, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Is the baby procrastinating?! Just kidding!

    Best of wishes for a safe delivery to you and the baby.

  • Chelsea
    April 22, 2009 at 9:01 am

    Wishing you the best of luck! xoxo

  • Mefi
    April 22, 2009 at 9:05 am

    you look great.
    good luck. delivery of your baby is so special.

  • Sarah
    April 22, 2009 at 9:50 am

    You definitely do look great! I’ve been checking in daily to see if she’s come yet… you will all be together soon!

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