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And we're off!

Well, it's official....the doc had said that after this weekend I could resume a more normal life!!! WOOHOO!!! I still am supposed to 'take it easy' this next week, and I have plenty of medication left in case I feel like I need it, but I certainly don't plan on needing it! He also said that if labor started again after this weekend they would just let it go, which seems *really* wierd to me, and still so early! So I'm going to keep praying that she stays put for maybe 2 or 3 more weeks (even though I am SO uncomfortable and ready!). But we are getting so incredibly anxious to meet her!

Anyway, in celebration of my semi-not bedrest :) the kids and I are going out to babies r us to grab a few things that I need to get yet before Peighton comes. I feel like I am getting to the point where I NEED to feel like we are ready for everything, but we are so not ready and it is driving me insane! I can't hardly even sleep at night because of it! (well, because of that and numerous other things, including feeling like a whale!). I think the kids are really going to like helping pick out a few things for their new sister, and we may even stop at the park or get some ice cream! Well, weather pending of course! :)

Ok, I need to go - the children are swarming me! Carson is also antsy to get a new pair of orange flip flops since Lupe (our bird) distroyed one of this current ones, although he still insists on wearing them! Boys!

Take care! Enjoy your weekend! Patti

On the personal side...

Well, it's been a crazy past few weeks and an incredibly boring past few weeks all at the same time!!! This bedrest stuff is for the birds I've decided; I just get so fusterated at times not being able to do what I normally do on a daily basis! The meals again have been great; I can't thank my friends enough for their generosity! If you have done something wonderful for myself and my kids and I haven't called you yet, please accept my apologies! The meds that I have been on make me dizzy and light headed, and honestly I don't feel like doing much at all - I feel like I can't even concentrate while talking on the phone! I will call you though, I promise! :)  Thank you again....I really don't feel deserving!

We are doing well though through it all; I'm in my 34th week now, and although it seems like such a lloonnnggg 6ish weeks that are left, I'm certain they will fly by! (at least I'm counting on it!) Although I do have to say that if one more person asks me if it's REALLY that much longer left that we have or if I'm sure I'm not carrying more than one baby 'in there' I may pull my hair out!!!!! :D  Yes, I do feel as uncomfortable as I look, and no, I do not sleep at night! I also don't have any shirts left that cover the bottom of my belly and my pants always seem to want to slide down because the baby belly won't let them stay up anymore! My back I'm sure is irreversibly damaged and I really do feel that I not only look like, but am also about as mobile as, a beached whale!!! BUT......am I thankful? Absolutly! Is all of this discomfort worth the 18 months+ we waited to get here, plus the morning sickness and puking in addition to the past 8 or so months? YYEESS! I'd do it all again in a heartbeat, and I wouldn't have it any other way! We feel so blessed to already have two of the best kids anyone could ever ask for, and we just can NOT wait to add one more to our lives! I think we are just getting to the point where we can't wait to meet her, and to be able to hold her in our arms instead of my belly! :D  But I guess God brings us to this point for a good reason; I mean, if we felt perfect throughout the entire pregnancy nothing would push us to actually WANT to go through the horribly painful and traumatizing experience of having a 7 to 9 pound child come out of our body!!! BRING IT ON!!!

Well, I'm going to get to some work that needs to get finished! My wonderful mother was kind enough to have a good family friend agree to watch the kids for me two times a week for the past couple of weeks, and again for next week and possibly the week after that to help lighten the load a bit. I can't thank you enough Mom! THANK YOU!!! I'll be resting up still this week (it's amazing how exhausted I get by the little things, but it might just be from the medicine), but I'm hoping I can get my unfinished work at least done in the meantime since most of it is computer work (God Bless laptops!!!!!!) or at least sitdown work. :)   After the next couple weeks are done and my projects are completed I'll be able to do Carsons train room since I will officially be free to have a normal life again! YAY!

Ok, sorry about the longwinded post! OH! And I'm SO SORRY if you tried to visit the website these past few days and couldn't get to it; at first I thought maybe the server was just down for a few hours, but then Chadd made me realize this afternoon that I never updated my info with my domain name place; I have a new email address and acct info since last year when I had renewed my domain name, and it had expired this past weekend without me even realizing it!  It's always something!!! So I updated and renewed it finally this morning. I just can't believe I never even thought about that! Talk about pregnancy brain!! :D

Take care, and I hope that everyone is having a fantastic weekend!!! The girls' flooring is hopefully going in today, so I'll post pics when it gets done! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!

God Bless, Patti

The official room update :)

With everything going on I haven't exactly had a chance to post the progress that was made to the savannah room! Almost all of my painting is done (I do still need to touchup some savannah grass, especially around all of the animals feet (or lack of!), but I'll save that for a couple weeks down the road when I have permission to do more! The flooring still needs to be put in (right now it's sitting in a stack in front of our fireplace! Not my ideal placement for it at this time!), and then I can finish putting the room together. I really am getting anxious to get the bunkbeds up and the crib put together and in place, and of course get the closet put together so I can put the girl's things away finally! I'll also wait until the beds go in to pick out the color of the curtains - I'm having a hard time deciding between dark brown and white, so I figured I'd wait till the furniture was in place to make that historical decision! haha!

Anyway, here are some photos of the mostly finished animals. Addi is just thrilled beyond belief, and Carson is incredibly excited that his room is next on the list. I hope I can pull his off from the time that I am off bedrest till the time the baby comes! We're talking a matter of weeks, and when I feel like a beached whale - and have the mobility of one - that is not much time at all!!!!

Take care! Thanks so much to all who have offered to help out or helped out already; I can't tell you how much I appreciate the generosity that everyone has given! I can say that I am truely blessed, and although I appreciate it more than words, I still feel like I do not deserve it! So thank you again....the meals have all been wonderful! Now if someone could just help out with my sanity!!!! (although I can not tell you enough how liberating our new laptop has been! It was so hard with my office downstairs to even think about doing much, but now I can do mostly everything that I normally do....plus the kids can play their games without feeling like they are located on another planet! I can't tell Chadd thanks enough for everything....not only the laptop, but *everything* else! I LOVE YOU!!! YOU ARE THE BEST HUSBAND EVER!!!!!!)

Oh, and sorry about the mess on the floor....there really isn't a good place to put the dresser until we actually move it out for good, and the paint buckets will be moved out when I can lift more! Either that or when Chadd needs to move them to put the flooring in ;)

God Bless! Patti

HOT HOT HOT!

It's SO hot outside!!! I can't even believe it!

Anyway, I just wanted to quickly put up that I have been on bedrest for the past little while; we were in the doc's office and hospital a few times last week through last weekend, and it's really taken its toll!!! I'm just exhausted! So, if you have called or emailed I'll try to get back with you as soon as I can. I dont have much of a chance to get on the computer much now (my office is downstairs)....with the preterm labor and all I try to do as little as possible, especially when it comes to the stairway!!!

Well, I need to get going already! Sorry about the short post; I'll be sure to post more when I can! Take care, and stay cool!

God bless, Patti