46 minutes until my due date.....

And I still have NO baby! :-) My first one was 8 days late and I only had her because I was induced......Is this baby going to be just as stubborn as his big sister??? 

Wordless Wednesday: Do these boots go well with my bathing suit???

 

 

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39 Weeks.......

39 Weeks......7 more days until D Day......Praying I don't go overdue.....getting jealous of all of my due date buddies who are having their babies early.....

(P.S. Yes, I am aware that I look like a giant pumpkin...... :-))

Single Digits!!

We have entered into the Single Digit stage of Pregnancy now!  We have 9 days left until my due date!!  Pray for me that I don't go overdue like I did with Cady.....She made me wait 8 days later than I was supposed to see her face, I'm hoping that Nathan is nicer than she was......**fingers crossed**!  I don't really have anything to say that I haven't already said about how I'm feeling at this point, I'm more uncomfortable than I have ever been and I'm having some problems with my legs that makes it VERY hard to walk and drive.  So I'm pretty much begging Nathan to come yesterday!!

My sister came over last night and took some impromptu belly pics and I just thought I'd share some with you!  Hope you have a Great Friday and a Wonderful Weekend!

Wordless Wednesday: It's finally cooling down to let Cady play outside!

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38 Weeks!

~2 weeks left until my due date....

~Will I survive......sure I will!  I was 8 days overdue with Cady....

~Do I want to wait 2 more weeks to meet my little guy.....NO!!! I think I deserve to have a baby at least 8 days early this time!

~Am I prepared for the baby to come anytime now......yes...with everything except for my hospital bag....I should probably pack that soon....

~Do I want to go into labor on Labor Day.......YES!!!!!!!  That's why they call it Labor Day isn't it??  :-)

The waiting is the worst part.......

Thank You Very Much!

It's Free Therapy Day!! That's right, it's Thursday, which means it's the Thank You Very Much day. The way it works is that you take out all your frustrations on people/things that peeved you off during the week and thank them in a very sarcastic way, for being who or what they are/doing what they did.

 *Thank You Very Much to the ER Dr. At Vicksburg Hospital who didn't seem to think that hubby was sick enough on August 11th to admit him, yet 2 weeks after the fact he was WORSE because he didn't get enough attention in the first place....We could have avoided this 8 day hospital stay that just ended today!  Seriously, Thanks Ass......

*Thank You Very Much to Portage and Kalamazoo for not creating an easy way to get to the hospital....whichever way I went I ALWAYS hit traffic......after spending all day at the hospital the last thing I want to do is get stuck in traffic! 

*Thank You Very Much to the creators of Hannah Montana and ICarly......I could have lived my life without knowing every word to every song on every episode....and BTW, why the heck does my 3 year old love you so much?!?! 

*Thank You Very Much to my air conditioner for possibly taking a crap.....at least I think you have.....Hopefully I will be able to get it looked at tomorrow and they will tell me its just clogged up or something.  I will seriously cry like a little baby if it died......this preggo momma cant handle it without you.....

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Wordless Wednesday: 3 years ago today, a precious little girl changed our lives!

 

 

 

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Testing......

God is testing me.  He is testing my faith in him and my ability to ask him for help when I need it.  Leif is going on day 5 of his hospital stay.  I am going on day 5 of taking care of him while he is not able, taking care of Cady as much as I can in between hospital visits and TRYING to remember to take care of myself and the baby I'm about to give birth to in the meantime.  I am slowly learning that I can not be in multiple places at once no matter how much I want to be.  I want to be with Leif in the hospital.  I want to make sure he is ok and if he needs something I want to be the one to help him.  I want to make sure he is sleeping through the night and when he wakes up I don't want him to be alone.  I want to be next to him saying good morning and next to him saying good night.  But, I also have a beautiful almost 3 year old who needs me.....and quite frankly I need her too!  I want to do all the same things with her, say good night, say good morning, be there when she needs something and make sure she isn't feeling left out because Mommy is spending so much time away.  I have to admit, Cady has been SOOO great throughout all of this craziness and I have to thank my mom immensely!  If it weren't for her help I think I would have gone crazy by now!  Cady doesn't quite understand what is going on, but she knows that her daddy is sick and needs to get better before he can come home.  She doesn't understand why he is hooked up to all of the tubes and why he cant sit on the floor and play with her.  But she does understand that something is wrong......  The other day I was exhausted and a bit stressed and I just broke down.  The first time since all of this started....  I started crying and sobbing and just couldn't keep it in anymore.  My little girl came to me and with her sad eyes she asked "Mommy, are you sad at me??"  I lost it some more....then I realized that I needed to be strong for her.  I told her I wasn't sad at her, I just missed Daddy and wanted him to come home.  Then my big girl said, "Don't worry momma, Ill make you happy!"  You cant help but smile at that!  I have to remind myself that I need to be strong and that I need to just cry out for help.  I can't do this all by myself.  I can't handle it.  And that, is how God is testing me.  He is making sure that I know that I can ask him for help anytime and he will provide.  He is helping me to become a better wife to Leif.  He is helping me to become a better mommy to Cady and Nathan.  And he is helping me to become a better child of God.  And I am so thankful for everything and everyone that I have in my life!

I wished upon a shooting last night.......

My hubby never gets sick.....if he does it is allergies or a small cold.  So, with 3 1/2 weeks left until my due date we never thought we would be spending time in the hospital for any reason other than having a baby!  It started around August 6th, he started not feeling well, was running a fever and just plain icky!  He took Friday off of work (which he NEVER takes days off of work!) and he rested throughout the weekend and went back to work on Monday.  Monday he was feeling a little better and Tuesday he was still tired but not too bad.  Tuesday August 10th he realized that something wasn't right and FINALLY decided to go to the Dr's!  I took him in on Wednesday morning and they checked him over and did some Xrays and found out that his right lung was filled with pneumonia so we were sent straight to the hospital.  After arriving at the hospital he was looked over again and the hospital Dr. gave him a prescription, took him off of work for a week and sent us home.  He took his meds like he was supposed to and rested at home for a week and at the end of the week he was feeling great so he returned to work on August 18.  He worked for the remaining two days of the week and over the weekend even though he looked and felt 100 times better he was still having some troubles breathing.  Being the stubborn man that he is, he didn't think he needed to go back to the Dr's since he felt good but I finally talked him into it on Tuesday the 24th because he was still having issues with his breathing when he was lifting things.  So, we went back to the Dr's thinking that he just needed another round of meds to clean things up, they looked him over and took more Xrays of his chest to see if they had improved in the two weeks since he had been there last and much to our surprise his lungs were worse!  Not only was his right lung almost all the way full but it had moved to his left lung too!  So, you guessed it, off to the ER we were sent!  Tuesday night my hubby was admitted to the hospital for severe pneumonia and a right lung that had collapsed......and that brings us to the present day, Thursday August 26th.....where we are currently on day 3 of him being in the hospital.

Last night as I was driving home I had the music low, Cady was in the back sleeping and the moon was shining bright straight ahead of me!  It was so bright I probably could have driven without my lights on!  Since it was pretty late, the high way was kinda empty so I had much of the road to myself and it was very peaceful.  As I was driving I looked to my left and saw a shooting star falling through the darkness.  I immediately made a wish.  I wished that Leif would get better.  I wished for strength to get through all of this.  And even though I want this baby out now I wished that he would stay in until Leif is well enough to be at the hospital with me.  When I got to the hospital this morning he was doing much better than yesterday and was given the news that he may be able to come home tomorrow!  Lets hope my wishing and praying is working!  And if you would like to send a prayer for us too, that would be greatly appreciated!