Awaiting movie night on Friday!
Josiah wearing Zoe’s winter hat.
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Awaiting movie night on Friday! Sparks-a-rama
Zoe was able to participate in the Awana Games this past weekend. I think she had fun. She’s very competitive (like her mom and dad…she’s cursed, I guess) so she had a tough time getting her fingers stepped on and coming in second place. She said that the other group broke the rules but still won. That’s a tough lesson to learn but a part of life. Some scenes from the morning.
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
For Dr. Seuss’s birthday celebration on Monday, we made oobleck (courtesy of Steve Spangler). We also read Bartholmew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss to go along with our homemade stuff. The kids so enjoyed it. Mark did too!
First, we play with the pans and stick them on our head.
Note to self: do not mix food coloring and oobleck wtih your hand…you get a food colored hand…in this case, green!
Oooo…oobleck
I’m telling ya’ll…this is a boys activity if ever there was one…lots of messy fun!
Ceili Rain Update-38 weeks
So, I had an ultrasound to check out Ceili Rain’s size. Estimated through ultrasound she was around 7 lbs 4 oz…that means that she could be anywhere from 5 to 9 lbs…which is good. Dr. J agreed with me that she probably wouldn’t break the 9 lb mark like little Josiah.
Another thing that was seen is that the fluid level was at 7 cm. This landed me with another ultrasound (a chance to watch baby, oh man…can’t you hear my groans) next week to check fluid levels. If they are going down, I’m just guessing that that will mean an immediate admit into the hospital with an induction. Dr. J doesn’t want the levels to go below 5 cm.
Oh, and I’m at 1 cm..which basically means very little to nothing!
So, with that and with Mark’s work schedule, we have scheduled an induction for the end of next week. And for all curious onlookers, I am planning on blogging throughout the labor! Of course, I’m sure Mark will do a lot of the updates…especially if I’m sans-epidureal. Should make it interesting, no?!
Another thing, for all skeptics…Mark saw again and the sonographer confirmed that she is definitely Ceili Rain and not a boy!
Now it’s prayer time:
1. The amniotic fluid levels either go up (if that’s possible) or stay the same but don’t go down.
2. I don’t have to be induced but will go into labor before the scheduled induction.
3. If I go into labor, that we have someone to help with the kids!
Little Reminders
I woke up in a bad mood…there, I admitted it. Emotional…tired…all that fun pregnant stuff.
Anyway, after I finished breakfast, I was putting away dishes. The kids were finishing up at the table and Liam bursts out the hymn we learned last month.
“Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer precious Lord to the cross where Thou hast died. Draw me nearer, nearer to Thy precious bleeding side.”
Umm, thanks God for the sweet reminder of what it’s all about. We’re now launched in full praise God mode this morning!
No Snow
If my family is wondering where our snow pictures are…don’t hold your breath. We got no snow. In typical fashion of where we live, it went around us. Sorry!
Welcoming Ceili Rain!
This is turning into a Ceili Rain week…sorry for those that don’t really care, but I wanted to get her baby shower pictures up before I forgot. My wonderful friends from church threw a baby shower for Ceili Rain last weekend. Not only was it for Ceili Rain but it was also for another lady in our Sunday school class (who happens to be a friend too). She is expecting her fourth about 2 weeks after me…however, her little girl may come before mine does, which is fine. She is new to the area, so when she needed a doctor I suggested mine and she went for it. So, Dr. J is putting up with us making plots to try and be induced the same day…we’ll see what happens.
Anyway, I was so excited to share the shower with K and Baby Girl M. We had such a wonderful time visiting with everyone and looking at all the cutsie girly stuff.
C with her baby A. He’s so much fun and so social!
Opening presents with K-bug. She was a big help. Actually, she was intrigued by this cute little duck that sings “The Chicken Dance.”
Comparing our girls’ baby shoes to make sure we didn’t mix them up when they went to church.
Here’s most of everyone that came. Some people snuck out before we could do pictures.
Thank you to all my friends who are helping us welcome Ceili Rain into the world. It is such a blessing to be surrounded by a great group of women!
Ceili Rain’s Arrival Guesses
So, in anticipation of Ceili Rain coming into the world…I thought I would have a little fun and allow people to guess when she’ll make her debut.
Here’s the guesses around our household:
Me: March 10th
Mark: March 12th
Zoe: March 18th
Ace: March 10th
Liam: March 3rd (although he knows nothing about dates…this is what he said so we’re going to go with it).
Have fun guessing. If you want to guess her birth weight etc…feel free! Just leave a comment with your date guess.
You Remind Me of Someone I Know
Saturday night, a friend and I had an impromptu outing. Every once in a while, when one of us is stressed or needs to get out and talk, we’ll wait until after the kids are in bed and then meet up for some “coffee.” I don’t really drink coffee and she prefers hot tea, so we head out.
First of all, there is only one coffee house that actually stays open past 8 o’clock in our town. That’s frustrating…but the most frustrating thing is that there are only a few places to sit in said coffee house. So, we headed to the coffee house that is in Target…Starbucks. This is good for several reasons…we could shop if we wanted/needed to…they close Target at 10 so they kick us out at that time and we actually have to leave…otherwise, I think we’d talk for a long time.
Anyway, as we were walking to our cars, a lady stopped me and said, “You have a twin. You look just like So And So. I thought you were her and then you stood up.” Apparently, she noticed my bulging belly. “Anyway, then I realized you couldn’t be her. She’s 45 and never been married.”
So, I was driving home and my vain self kicked in and said, “Abbie, she just compared you to a 45 year old single lady.”
Oh my goodness…I panicked as much as I do about that stuff and wondered if I really look 45. I mean sometimes I feel that way, but do I really look that much older??? Luckily, I will be getting a 30 something year old mom haircut this week. And the hair dye will come on as soon as Ceili Rain is born…maybe that will help “bridge the age gap!”
Meet Cinderella…the Dog
Zoe had on a Princess nightgown on Saturday night. After we finished worship Ace looked up at her nightgown and said, “Cinderella’s a dog…look, she has a collar.”