Can we have a redo?

I was so excited for Christmas and ready to have a quiet day home. But unfortunately I was sicker than a dog on Christmas Day. I started to get a cold on Wed. and by Friday night I was miserable. I slept a lot on Saturday and by that night I had a fever and chills, stuffed up nose, sinus pressure and headache and a awful cough. I went to the urgent care on Sunday and got antibiotics for bronchitis. So thankfully the fever is gone and I do feel slightly better. But I would like a redo of Christmas day if I could, please! :-)

I'm ready for our little man to be here too. If he could wait a few more days and let me get better, then that would be perfect! It's hard to sleep when you're sick or when you're 9 months pregnant, so it's almost impossible when you are both :-). I've had contractions on and off and sometimes they start to get regular and then die off. Jarod thinks he will be here this week and I'm thinking later this week or next. This week at least Jarod is home all week on vacation! So if something does happen, he is right here. I will be full-term on Friday so he should be ready to go! I'll keep you posted.

35 week check-in

Well we've reached week 35! Here's a belly shot (please excuse the baggy pants as they can't fit around my belly so they are lower than usual:-)!)


I went to the doctor yesterday and had a good appointment. My weight and blood pressure were good, and I was measuring 36 weeks, which means my belly has caught up with how far along I am. :-) He took the group B strep test and also did a check. I am dilated to 1cm and 50% effaced. So things have started. The doctor is really reassuring that everything is normal. Only a couple more weeks till we are full term, so we are going to take it easy. The hospital bag is packed, and we have friends on stand by for emergency babysitting. Now we wait and pray for a healthy, sweet, little man to come join our family! I can't wait to see you Nathaniel and kiss you!

Randomness 12-13-10

- This last weekend we got to go to 2 Christmas parties. One was for the staff of Northside. It was at Rob and Sandy's house, and they catered Olive Garden. Ummm.....yum! Then we played games and got to chat. It was a good time as always! Last night was the Christmas party for the preschool I work at. We got to go to see Tim Hawkins perform. It was stinkin funny! My face hurt so bad from laughing! It was just a good night hanging out with some great people!

- We are just about done buying presents for our family. We need to pick up one more thing for Kaitlyn and Ethan. Jarod and I just told each other what we wanted :-). You know it makes it easier on each other! I wanted to go see Chris Tomlin when he comes to Tulsa in March. So it is a delayed gift but so worth the wait!

- My brother is coming down here for Christmas!! I can't wait to see him! My Dad is suppose to but it all depends on when his gallbladder gets taken out and if he can recover from that in time. He has had quite the last couple of weeks with this. He was in the hospital for a week and ended up with them having to do a cath and balloon on his heart b/c of a 90% blockage in his heart. So the surgery for his gallbladder was moved to sometime this week. They will have to cut him open since he is on a blood thinner that he can not live without. That way if he bleeds they are already in there and can stop it. Keep praying for him and for peace for him through this.

- I am almost to 35 weeks. It's always good to reach that milestone (when Ethan was born). We are so ready to meet this little man!! I am definitely in the 'I'm ready for my baby' stage. My belly is big, I waddle, I look tired, I'm swollen all over, and I can't breathe or sleep. :-) I know it's worth it, and I will endure it for my little boy! I just can't wait to see him and hold him oh and kiss on his sweet face!

- This is the last week of school before Christmas break! I am excited to have the kids home and for me to be home too! Jarod is going to take some vacations days the Tuesday after Christmas, so he will have all that week off! I can't wait!

- Still trying to sell his truck if anyone is interested! :-)

- Ummm........ I think that is all!

Showers of blessings!

We had such a good weekend! Friday night Jarod's parents came down to spend the weekend with us. It was a very relaxing weekend, not doing much. They brought us a tree from the farm for our Christmas tree. We let the kids decorate it on Saturday. They did a good job! We just hung around the house and played games, watched movies, napped, and ate! We did go see a Christmas light display here in Broken Arrow that is very pretty and millions of lights. It was cold, and we had hot chocolate which together made it feel like Christmas! :-) We got to enjoy church together on Sunday and going out to eat at one of our favorite restaurants here. After that the girls (me, Jacqui, and Kaitlyn) went up to the church for my baby shower. These are my two friends who put the shower together:



Carrie is on the left. She is a dear woman I love very much. She has recently been reunited with her husband after his tour in Afghanistan. She is a very sweet woman. Emily is on the right. She is the lovely lady I get to work with at the preschool. They did a great job putting it all together. The colors were brown and blue, which have become Nathaniel's colors. This is the cake that Carrie made:



The baby was made out of fondant. This cake is so me! I'm not really into baby bottles and rattles and such for decorations, so this was perfect! It was also very yummy! We were very blessed with presents and gift cards. I feel like we are ready now for Nat to come. It was a lot of fun to have friends from all different ages come to the shower. Some knew Jarod and not me and came anyway to support us. I was overwhelmed with love and gratitude! Now we just need a sweet baby boy in a few weeks!