No baby yet….but we put the finishing touches on the nursery this week! Mom gave us the bedding and monkey wall circles. The store was out of bumper pads, so those are still to come…. The bedroom is so super tiny, so I couldn’t get it all in one shot. This is the nursing/rocking corner of the room. Best benefit of having a fourth baby: I purchased zero pieces of furniture for this room. That was Dan’s crib, the guest […]
» Read moremy 38 week photo I don’t think I look that shocking. I think I just look like a short-waisted 9 month pregnant lady. Still, I can’t wait to see how big he is. My guess is still around 8 1/2 pounds, but who knows! *** Prepping for the New Baby*** My parents arrived a week ago, and LOTS of work has been going on around here to prepare for the arrival of a tiny little new person! Last […]
» Read moreMy boys are so ridiculously blessed. Here’s what they did with their dad for Father’s Day: 1. gave Daddy his presents 2. went to church with Daddy 3. picked up Papa John’s pizza for lunch with Daddy 4. went out on the BOAT with Daddy– for the second day in a row (um wow)– AND even got to take along some friends with them on the boat today. I wonder if Alan took pictures…. I don’t know if […]
» Read moreToday was my very last doctor visit of this pregnancy. Wow! I am 38 weeks and 2 days. So you may be wondering if I had dilated, effaced, etc. The answer is….I don’t know. No one checked me. I guess it’s different when you’re having a c-section. I left the house at 8:20 this morning, and I just now got home at 4:15. My blood pressure and heart rate were so high this morning that they retook it a […]
» Read moreToday I was at the Walmart check-out line, beginning to consider buying a Kit-Kat bar…..when suddenly I heard from behind me, “Excuse me. Are you having twins?” : / I turned around to see a little old lady, and there was really no where to run and hide, and yet my ability to smile at such suggestions has just left me completely. I told her, with no smile whatsoever, “No. I am just at […]
» Read moreAt the end of each one of my pregnancies, something common to many expecting mothers begins to occur: “Braxton Hicks” contractions. I can never decide if they are a good thing or a bad thing. See the problem is that they are too easily mistaken for the real deal!!! I have had one bum trip to the ER with every single baby. Ridiculous, I know! I REFUSE to fall for it this time, Hicks! I don’t […]
» Read moreDid you know that TODAY is National Donut Day??? I never even knew there was such a thing, but I decided this was definitely a holiday worthy of recognition by our little clan here. Alan must have thought so too, but don’t worry, boys, I’m going to replace those stale grocery store glazed ones Daddy bought with Krispy Kreme, chocolate covered…just as soon as school gets out! ; ) (Everybody loves the pregnant version of April. Alan will be […]
» Read moreA cheerful heart is good medicine. Proverbs 17:22 That’s actually me in 2005, pregnant with Joshua. : ) I’m in an awfully good mood today. Can you guess why? My cleaning lady started today. Her name is Betty, and she knows how to use my fancy pants Kirby vacuum cleaner better than anything I’ve ever seen! My house smells like lemons, there is nothing in the floor, there are no tiny finger prints–and NO tongue lickings– on the […]
» Read moreAs of today, I have 14 days left of being pregnant. The average baby at this point weighs 7 lbs. I figure that means that my baby weighs 8…..just going off past experience and the opinion of the general public, who all seem to think I’m the largest pregnant woman that ever walked. I couldn’t remember at what point it is that you reach the feeling of complete misery, where it’s hard to even get out of your […]
» Read moreBetsy, Elisabeth, and Margret at my baby shower on Sunday As I was walking Joshua home from his very first day of kindergarten last year, I happened upon a smiling, thin mother of four named Cassie. She was so sweet as to introduce herself (turns out she lives only 3-4 houses down from me) and invite me over to sit with the other moms at the park. She said they gather there […]
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