HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

None of my costumes would fit this year...so I had to get creative. I also needed something to laugh about.

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What do doctor's know!

My due date has come and gone. While it is only two days past, they have had me on pins and needles for months now. At least seven weeks ago, they had me scared of pre-term labor. I've been dilated for over a month now, and every doctor appointment would end with, "We'll see you next week if not sooner." Basically, I'm paying a doctor to freak me out---the rest I am doing on my own.

Tomorrow I have a doctor's appointment to determine what we are going to do. I have been fighting the doctor's urge for me to "pick my baby's birthday" and schedule. But I have been warned all along that he won't let me go past a week over my due date. So tomorrow we will have to decide how we are going to force this baby out. Wish me luck.

10 Things I've Given Up On.

1. Tying my shoes.
2. Trying to see my feet.
3. Picking up anything that is left on the floor.
4. Taking care of my feet...painting toes, clipping toenails, and on occasion even washing my feet. DISGUSTING!
5. Playing football or any other sport with Bridger.
6. Shaving my legs.
7. Trying to keep my pants up and my shirt down. This is NOT pretty.
8. Sitting modestly in a dress.
9. Trying not to run into things with my huge belly. It's impossible. I have bruises to prove it.
10. Sleeping.

Another Wasted Saturday? Depends on who you ask...

I think it was a Saturday well spent. Derek on the other hand...

I kept Derek busy for yet another Saturday. This time he had to paint the wainscoting he put up. Being pregnant definitely has it's benefits...I would have helped paint but I can't paint when I'm pregnant.

Pumpkin Patch

Living in Oregon is great. They have a bunch of local farms that have activities all year. Baggenstos Farm is one that we visit. We pick strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries in the summer. We buy fresh produce there all summer and fall. They have animals and a playground. In the fall they have a corn maze, hay maze, pumpkin bowling, and tractor rides to the pumpkin patch. It is a lot of fun.

Check out this Gut!

I decided that I should take a picture of my BIG belly. Maybe someday when my daughter is a teenager, I can show her this picture and say, "look what I went through for you!" Although a picture of my stretch marks and labor might be more effective.

Keep in mind as you look at this picture that a 3 year old took it AND I am 39 weeks pregnant. I don't normally look this fat! It took a few tries for Bridger to get my head in the picture but after he mastered that they turned out OK. Bridger was getting frustrated that he had to keep trying so I gave him the incentive of taking a picture of whatever he wanted. That's how we got the second picture and third picture. (My in-laws just told me that it is hard to tell what the third picture is. It is the inside of the toilet.) He is such a boy!

What did I get myself into?

I mentioned doing a preschool co-op in one of my last posts. At the time I loved it. Maybe after I recover from my week of teaching, I will love it again. But right now I'm not so sure. It might have been easier if I wasn't 37-38 weeks pregnant when it was my turn.

I taught the boys about fire safety. My main motivation for doing this is that Bridger has been obsessed about firemen lately. He really wanted to see the fire station and I was too embarrassed to just take Bridger. So I had this great idea that I would use one of my days to take the preschool group to the fire station. Thus solving the problem of taking Bridger to the fire station and keeping my house from being destroyed on one of my days.

Day 1: I though I would go through the basics: Stop, Drop and Roll, Stay low and go etc. I had tons of ideas and thought it would go well. The thing I was not prepared for was the fact that I had seven boys that thought they knew all the answers. Most of them did know a lot and I was happy that they had such great moms that taught them about being safe (Good job moms!). The problem was that I had to continually break up arguments between the boys about who was right and who got to talk. They would just start yelling at each other to be quiet so they could say something. So what did I do? I joined them! I had to keep telling them that THEY needed to be quiet so I could say something. Circle time didn't last long. We moved on to games. We practiced crawling under smoke and rolling to put out fire. That went much better.

Day 2: We went to the fire station. I think the boys had fun. They were really polite and good most of the time. We started to lose them at the end. The firemen were VERY thorough about the tour. We saw the office and the computer in the office and the telephone and the bathrooms and the lockers where they put there clothes when they showered and...you get the point. The kids just wanted to see the fire truck and the firemen's clothes then leave.

Belly Talk and Getting Ready for Baby

We're down to counting days. I have 14 days left. Yes, I know, I could just say two weeks. But somehow saying 14 days makes me feel better.

Not only has this pregnancy been really miserable- morning sickness that lasted all day for 7 months, three sinus infections, back problems, hospital for preterm labor, bed rest, etc. But out of the past 19 months I have been pregnant for 14 of those. We lost a baby when I was about 4 months pregnant and then had another miscarriage shortly after that. My poor body needs a break! I don't want to be pregnant even one more day.

I have definitely started nesting. Problem is I don't get much done anymore. My to do list is getting longer instead of shorter. I just can't move fast enough!

Unfortunately for Derek, HE is the one doing most of MY nesting. He has been such a great help this past year with all the stuff I have been going through and dishing out.

This past Saturday Derek, with the help of a man in our ward, put up bead board in the baby's room. I have always wanted a room with bead board. So I am so excited. I got the room I wanted and Derek learned a new skill...Did I mention I wanted bead board in my bathroom?