I am soo soo happy!!!

FRIDAY Sept 25th 8PM be there or be sad you missed out.

We did it!!!!!!!

Melting Pot here we come(or there you go)! I don't have the exact details (I'll get 'em tonight) but it's going to be about $15 per person. That includes dessert (at least two chocolates and dippers) and your non-alcoholic drinks. Trust me that is a GREAT deal. If you don't believe me look up their website and price it out. Anyway, yeah so spread the word and invite your friends (ages 18-39). There will be seating for up to 36 people, so if we have not reached that number by the week before or so I will probably open this even up all the ladies in general. But this is an InGroup event, so I really want all the ingroup ladies to attend if they can. I am so excited about this. I know it is going to be so much fun.

YUMMY in my TUMMY goodness !!!!!!

cross your fingers!

I am trying my best to get us a good deal for the up coming LNO on sept 25th.
Here's my dream: I want to arrange for all the ladies to go to the Melting Pot. The thing is, it is a bit pricey so I am trying to work out a menu that includes only the dessert portion. That way the cost will not be as much. I am not going to tell you the price right now, but if I can get what I want we will be getting a really good deal.
So say a little prayer (I think God likes good fellowship), I really think if this goes through that Sept 25th could be a blast. I'll let you know as soon as I know.
AHH, I hope it works!!!

S'mores (Yes, it's on fire) and Ying Yang(dark/white chocolate)

Listen, if this falls flat I am sorry for making you hungry.

- A neutron goes into a bar and asks the bartender, "How much for a drink?"The bartender replied "For you, no charge."
- Two atoms are walking down the street and they run in to each other. One says to the other, "Are you all right?" "No, I lost an electron!" "Are you sure?" "Yeah, I'm positive!"

Foward, March!

Ok, so I have since calmed down. And am back to being way too excited. We have a Dr. appointment tomorrow. You know, I wonder why we don't get ultrasounds anymore. We have not seen our little guy since like week 21 or so. I'm gonna ask about that. This weekend has been spent starting projects and then being too tired to finish them. (so I am making a bigger mess trying to organize an original mess) I am trying to get Caleb to understand how helpless I am, but it is not working(not helpless, it's more like my body is looking at my mind like, "you crazy if you think I am going to do all that today") . So maybe I will hire Valerie to come over and lend me a hand. I "burley" got the baby's curtains up last week. All that climbing on the ladder stuff is no bueno(It was a short one, don't get all crazy, besides someone has to do it)
So yeah, anyway. Last night was interesting. I hadn't felt the baby move when I went to bed so Caleb and I spent a good ten minutes trying to get the guy to wake up. It was like my 3d ultrasound all over again. This kid is a heavy sleeper and I hope it stays that way after he is born.
Lastly, Caleb is going to be the best Dad ever. I won't get all mushy, but believe me he has what it takes. I am so glad he took a chance on me and I took a chance on him (trust me it was a gamble on both ends). It is a neat feeling to really really know you made the right choice, and the person you married turned out to be better than you ever thought.

Do I really want this baby two weeks early?

It's getting closer and closer. I am freaking out and freaking out. Then I calm down and forget about it. Then I freak out. And the circle continues. How do you prepare to have your life changed in a way you can't even imagine? That's like saying, get ready for 37 web slinging monkeys to invade your home at any given time. What are you supposed to do? You have never experienced that before. Monkeys are one thing, but web slinging!? Should you board up the windows? clean now or just wait until they leave? but you don't know when they are coming, so do you live in filth until then? Go on with life as usual? What do they eat? can I feed them so they don't get vicious? how often should I feed? AHHH! so many questions to consider.
Thus having a child. How many diapers can you really buy in advance and not have the hassle of taking them back? Do I really need 25+ receiving blankets? Over 30 zero-three month sized outfits? It can't hurt right? What about the nursery? I am really a bad mom if it is not all decked out by the time he comes? I mean really the baby can't even see passed 15 inches from his face. He doesn't know the walls are bare. Or that I havn't bought that bear skin rug for his room yet (it is so cool I'll post a pic). I do know how often I need to feed him before he becomes vicious (LOL i'm kidding).
Don't even get me started on L&D. OHH my goodness! do I need a violet or blue pillow case? are either of those colors really going to calm me down? really, think about it, how is a color going to make all the pain go away. What if the smell I thought would be calming actually grosses me out and it's too late cause everything is covered in White Jasmine!! What about my overnight bag? Should I take slippers or socks? What color socks? is my soothing music really going to work to sooth me? Caleb is supposed to massage away the contractions, but what if I don't want anyone touching me then? Will I punch my husband repeatedly and then have to apologize for it when I am in my right mind. What if I am drugged and say things I don't remember? as long as they are funny I guess it's alright. But what if I start giving out personal information. Just telling random strangers my Social Security Number as I walk the halls. Relaying stories that are funny to only Caleb and I (yelling out: Say Eight! Say Eight) and then cry when no one laughs. OHHH man this could be a big mess.

A word of gratitude

Thank you to whoever posted the car wash pics on the church website. I noticed that there were quite a few nasty pics of me not posted. Although one still slipped in, I will forgive you. (The one that is in there is a just example of all of the bad shots I saw in the slide show Sunday night)
Here's a link, check out all the hard workers of ILC.
http://inlandlighthouse.com/new/page.php?TYPE=EVENT&ID=1527

LOOK!

According to my baby tracker I am on the last baby!
Let me tell you a story:
Last night Caleb and I had dinner at Farmer Boys. When we walked in there was an older man at the door. He looked at my belly and said Congratulations (this happens quite often). To which I laughed a little and replied thank you. As we were walking to sit down I told Caleb that I take some comfort in knowing that I at least look huge and pregnant, rather than just huge. To this he said nothing, but wiped off several cracker crumbs that were stuck to my shirt. I laughed and realized that maybe the man saw my belly, the crumbs, us walking into a restaurant to eat, and that's how he decided I must be pregnant.

Big bellies are a hazard in the kitchen. I don't know how many times I have turned a burner down, off or on with my belly. LOL, I do it with the oven too, and that is really annoying. Most recently I was making brownies with Hailey, I turned the oven on, and when we were ready to put the brownies in the oven, the temp was turned down. I realized that I bumped the knob with my tum.
As for the stove knobs I have gotten into a habit of periodically checking to make sure the gas is not on, because I have accidentally bumped the knobs so many times.

Free Car Wash

Today was a very busy day. Our church sponsored a FREE (that's right free) car wash. It was a huge hit. We made 36 contacts. I say "we", but really I didn't do too much, so They made 36 contacts. Our church has some of the best people ever, they were so enthused about the amount of people they were reaching, that they worked for an extra hour after the scheduled ending time. Is that cool or what? Anyway. The pics I have don't do the event justice because they were taken right at the very beginning. Trust me when I say, these people were very busy. At one point I think there were five cars in the washing area and two in the drying area. The hostess area was always busy. Several people stayed a while to chat even after their cars were done. I think that says a lot about our church people. So yup, here are some pics. but I am sure there will be better ones on the church website in a couple of days.

*** Ok, so the whole two week thing is probably not going to work. As HG pointed out I will most likely be cranky and tired. So come on people, I need your help. I dont want to let the Ladies of the InGroup down. What about y'all meeting at a nice restaurant and having a wildly great talk about it till next year time. I hear the Melting Pot is cool. What do you think? Can you suggest some great hang outs so that the show can go on without me? *****

Pray saints

Ok, this is really random and some may even get upset that I am posting this. In fact let me start off by saying I am experiencing a drop in my blood sugar as I type so really I am not in my right mind and I may decide to remove this post later. :)
The InGroup (ages 18-39) is hosting a Ladies Night Out on September the 25th. Our baby is due September 24th. I really really really really want to do this ladies night out thing, I have been looking forward to it all year. I have a great plan and I think it is going to be a total blast. But obviously I may not even be apart of it because I may have just delivered a child. That being said, everyone needs to pray that I have the baby early! You know, as long as he is healthy. (is this a wacky idea?) I figure if we have the baby during the week of Labor Day, he will only be two weeks early (that's ok right?) and by the time the LNO comes around I will have had some time to recover and at least direct the evening. So yeah there's my crazy plan. Have the baby two weeks early, and put on a great night for all the ladies in our care group. What do you think?

(As I am typing part of my brain is telling me I am crazy and this is not a good plan, but who knows it just might work.)
So either way, plan for a LNO on September 25th , Friday night. If I am in labor, hopefully the show will go on.

"Spanish preaching sounds like my Dad yelling at me"
- Me

Think before you speak

This post was incomplete because Caleb was reading over my shoulder, and I hate that. BUT I did not know that it posted, I thought that I saved it as a draft. You will never know rest.

(ok ok ok) So yesterday we had a Dr. Appointment and the Dr. asked if the baby is moving as usual. I hesitated, and told him that I didn't think the baby was moving as much, but that I wasn't too concerned about it. Apparently the Dr. had already written out an order for a NST before I had even finished my sentence. The test measures the baby's heartbeat for an allotted amount of time to see if the baby has been under stress (which would cause a drop in movement). So here we go, Caleb and I had to miss our Lamaze class and go straight to the hospital. We waited around for about three hours before I was admitted. The test only lasted 30mins, which was great because it could have taken up to 90mins. I think Wyatt realized his mom was tired and decided to cooperate. Everything checked out fine, and we left the hospital a little after 9pm. I am glad we have a Dr. that is not willing to take any risks with our baby. I just wish i could convince him that my "Mother's instinct" is as good as any test. But, with that said, we now have proof that Wyatt is doing well.

Lucky Charms

Lucky charms are magic, white rabbits are magic, quarters and small pieces of paper crumbled between ones fingers are magic. So if I bring all of these things with me into L&D will the baby just magically go from my belly to my arms without pain?

Last night I had a BIG reality check. That is that : I AM HAVING A BABY!!!!!! Quick someone call my Mommy!

Several people commented last night that it looked as though the baby has dropped (Thus getting ready for birth). I began to think about it, and I now concur that the baby has indeed settled into a much lower position. Thus evidence by the extra non-productive urgent visits to a certain room in our home, stores, and just about anywhere that has one. Now, I know that the the simple act of the baby dropping does not really mean too much. But like the overly tired first time mom that I am I began a little freak out session last night. I started looking stuff up on the Internet (which I do for everything) and realized that even if the baby doesn't come in a couple weeks (which I am sure he won't) at some point he is going to have to get out. And there is really only one non surgical way for that to happen. LOL, so I cried a little cause I got scared. Caleb tried to comfort me, but he had already been drugged with benadryl so he kinda didn't make too much sense and he kept falling asleep. HAHAHa. I told him I was scared like - there's a monster in the closet - scared.

---------- posting is supposed to help me work through my feelings, but honestly I am just starting to get nervous all over again, so I am going to stop right here and distract myself by putting our rocking chair together.

I missed the boat

So, I am supposed to be at the second half of Mother's Retreat right now. The problem is I over slept, majorly. Sorry guys. Last night I pushed myself and stayed up till 1am, so this morning I woke up a little later than I meant to. As some may know, because of baby Wyatt I have very low blood/sugar levels in the morning. After I eat breakfast it usually takes my body about 2-3 hours to feel normal and not like I am going to die (gross exaggeration?). So anyway, my plan was to get up at 6am, have breakfast, get to sis. Booker's by 9:30 and enjoy the day. Unfortunately I woke up at 9am, thought I could push through my sugar low, failed, went back to bed, and now I am awake and ready to go. The problem is the last class started at 11 so it is all pretty much over now. Lame.

A few Baby Shower pics

I used to think these swaddling outfits were kinda dorky. Until I found this pic.
I want it.

A little late

So I am a little late in finding this, but maybe it will be good for next summer. These outfits are made out of the same material as bathing suits. The only difference is, they are modest. Do you think you would wear one ? I love the beach and these would be perfect to wear. I don't like getting into the water in regular clothes because they get so heavy so this would be a perfect alternative. the second skirt is 30" long for those that would like a longer look. I am pretty short so I think the regular ones would cover quite well. What do you think?

find it @ http://www.hydrochic.com/index.html

Five years to the day

Well folks, today is our 5th anniversary. Hooray! we made it. It has been quite an exciting year hasn't it? For the sake of the baby shower tomorrow (hint,hint) lets go over some of the highlights.
We found out about about Baby James Wyatt in January. I was only 3 weeks along, but thank God the test was right. My pregnancy has been rather uneventful. I have only had one real craving and that was the infamous Bean Dip. Caleb on the other hand, has craved all sorts of things. The strangest being Red Chili Peppers from kung pao chicken made at a specific restaurant. As for the nursery, we are still going with the camping/wilderness theme. I am just not real sure how I am want to go about it.
As for the rest of our lives, Whoot has continued to dig up my gardening efforts. Although Caleb continues to try to encourage me in my one and only hobby. Thus far in pregnancy I have gained a whopping 29 pounds. I am going to have some hard work ahead of me after September 24th. Yeah, 29, that's a very big number for someone as short as I am. lol 10 is a big number for someone as short as I am. Oh well, it is all totally worth it.

Thanks anto

So I stole some Very Pregnant pictures from my sister antonettes website. Here they are.
(There are about 30 on her page, but I am making weird faces in most of them. I am not a fan of taking multiple photos.)

The cutest little cat just came to our door. We just got home from church and were walking into our house when this cute little black cat with white socks came running up to us. We asked all of the neighbors if the cat belonged to them, no one wanted it. What should we do with it? it is so sweet and very very friendly. I cant see letting it run around the neighborhood because I would feel so bad if it got run over.

Midnight and All's Well

It's 12am and I am not wide awake at all. I am just not able to sleep. Kim and Jaleah just left about an hour ago. We made favors for the shower and planned a game. It is kinda weird, I know this shower is for our baby, but it feels like it is for someone else. I guess the whole thing has not sunken in yet. Especially since I am not being allowed to help all that much. Everything is being kept "top secret". All I know is I was told to wear Navy Blue, lol. Leave it to Kim to coordinate everything. (so if you want to match the decor, wear blue)
Yesterday Caleb and I went to our first Child Birth Class. It is not necessarily a "Lamaze" class, but rather it incorporates several different strategies to help moms cope with the birthing process. The class was actually a lot of fun. There are about six other couples in the class. Most of us are due the same week. The instructor is great, she is kinda goofy so that makes for an interesting three hours. She insists on feeding all of the pregnant women and making sure they are hydrated. It's very cute. Last night we did some prenatal exercises, stretches, and the dads learned how to give us poor moms massages. The massage was definitely the best part. We have three more class to go and then I will be completely and totally prepared to give birth sans meds. Or at least I will feel that way until it actually happens.
p.s. hopefully the prego pictures will be posted soon.