The best thing I can say is that I have had occasional contractions for most of the day today, which is more than I could say the last few days. Yesterday and the day before, I only had them in the evening.

I can no longer tell whether or not they’re Braxton-Hicks or "real" or just Smudge moving in a way that squeezes everything else together.

But there isn’t much of a pattern, whatever it is that’s going on, and it isn’t sufficiently intense to stop me from moving or talking. So I’d say it isn’t labor, or if it is, it is SO EARLY that it may well keep going like this for days.

Jill is now talking about buying the most expensive Rolling Stones tickets she can find, for Wednesday night. Since a pair of those could reach into the 4 figures, that would surely bring on Smudge’s appearance. Not that we can afford to do that, but doesn’t that seem like an even better guarantee it would work?

Assuming no baby tonight, I’ll work from home tomorrow morning, take my MUL (mother-un-law, thanks Jen!) to lunch at the art museum, and go into work tomorrow afternoon for a meeting and to work while she checks out the museum and Jill works.

But maybe we’ll get lucky and Smudge will decide that it’s time to come out and meet his mommies in the next 12 hours.

Fruit & Veg Count, 2/6: 1 small organic gala apple, 1 small organic banana, 2/3 cup mixed veggies (corn, carrots, broccoli).