For those that are curious...

...labor has not begun, we are still waiting. so please keep the prayers going. i am having braxton hicks or minor contracting every so often but nothing that has any regularity at all.

Due Today!!

so today is my due date and we will be picking up my mom from the airport this morning at 10:30. my prayer was that our little girl would not arrive until my mom could come but as soon as she (my mom) is here we are hoping it is not much longer. so to all friends and family we ask that you pray for labor to begin soon...well not before 10:30 am :)...in order that my mom's time here can be used most efficiently. thank you. we will try to keep the blog updated with any new news.

Oh how sweet it is...

...to turn around in the car and see malachi enjoying a book. pretty much every time we are going somewhere in the car he wants to bring a few books along. he will either "read" out loud to me or just quietly study the pictures. what a blessing it is that we live in a place where books are plentiful!

i sure hope he doesn't follow in my footsteps and have the problem of getting carsick. i wonder when that develops?!

Kielbasa and ....

i just love it when i make something for dinner out of whatever i can find in our fridge and pantry, throw it all together AND it tastes good. tonight i made a casserole with kielbasa and brown rice that turned out quit well i must say. i added kidney beans, garlic, onion, 2 kinds of cheese and peas. but the best part was that i used up some boxed butternut squash soup that none of us liked as soup from a couple of nights ago. so all in all it was pretty healthy as well. i just had the need to give myself a pat on the back. :)

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe

Preparing to be a Big Brother!

the other day malachi asked me to help him put diapers on his two stuffed animals. he actually didn't do too bad. i am sure he will be my big helper when his sister arrives.

Here's your sign...

People say the dumbest things to a woman in the last few weeks of pregnancy. Today my two "favorites" were...

...Are you sure you aren't having twins? - I've actually heard this one a few times

and

...(speaking to Malachi) Looks like you are going to have a little sister or brother soon, though it doesn't look like they'll be too little.

What I would love is to be able to come up with a witty comeback, but everything I can think of is just not very kind. How about I just have a shirt that gives suggestions for kind things to say to a pregnant woman. People obviously have not remembered the old saying, "If you don't have anything kind to say, don't say anything at all."

I realize that I have posted about this a couple times already but it truly is a very big pet peeve of mine. (just in case you couldn't tell) Seriously though, is it just me or does this bother anyone else who has been pregnant and heard similar stuff?