Ella completely ran out of steam around 2 p.m. after her 4 a.m. waking. Here's the photographic evidence:


She hadn't been sitting at the computer very long at all watching different videos on Youtube when I walked in the room and found her asleep.

Here's a little video:


Since Ella fell asleep right before I needed to leave for my prenatal appointment, Cory stayed home so she could keep sleeping. She slept for about three hours. Accalia wanted to stay home, too, so she and Cory could play their Gameboys together. So it was just Cole and myself. We had to wait more than a half hour to go back to a room, and we passed the time by watching a Little House on the Prairie episode that was on the tv in the waiting room. Then we ended up waiting 10 or 15 minutes longer before Dr. M actually came in to the room. After all of that waiting, it didn't take much time to determine that the baby and I are both just fine and getting closer to delivery. I could tell over the weekend that the baby dropped, and my measurements confirmed that. I've also lost a couple pounds since last week. I don't think that's ever happened before.

It's been storming most of the evening, so we've all just been hanging out inside. Made it through the last art class, a very welcome chiropractic appointment, and the first day of dance rehearsals. Tomorrow is dress rehearsal for tap.