What's Another Week?

Yesterday was not a great day.  I had a doctor appointment at 3pm and she basically said the baby is going to stay in for awhile - tough luck.  She said I was not inducible at this point (which I'm not even past my due date so I wouldn't opt for that right now regardless) and she'd see me in a week.  I left her office ready to start crying.  I was SOOOO bummed!  Actually, I really wanted to have the baby today so both my girls would have 16th birthdays (August and September 16th) but that's minor I suppose!  I talked to a few friends who talked me down, drank a (decaf) frappachino, ate a scone and went for a long walk (a girl can try!).  After ice cream and game night with my Bible study girls I felt better.

Today has been GLORIOUS!  I was so sore last night when I went to bed but woke up feeling pretty darn good!  Grace was up during the night which is always a little frustrating then, but means she'll sleep in :)  We got out of bed at 9:15.  After doing some chores we ate breakfast together at the table then I let her watch Blues Clues (which she says all little-kid-ish and does the hand thing that they do and it is just too darn cute!) while I showered.  Then we ran to Wal-Mart where I spent too much money but yes, I did need two new shirts, she needed a dress and of course all the other random things.  :)  I also got steak for me and hubs for dinner. 

I feel 100% rested, my new To Do List is almost completed (I just need to spend 15 minutes organizing and sweeping my bedroom) and I'm good to go!  I feel like today has been slow, easy and productive.  I also have a couple lovely ladies who are going to take over some of my work stuff to thank for that - they're working on it now so that they know what to expect while I'm still available...leaving me free to write very detailed "this is how I spent my day" blog posts :)

My plan for the rest of the day: feed the kiddo, go for a walk, make homemade chicken nuggets, steak dinner with the hubs, sew, White Collar! :)

Simple Sundays: How to NOT Go Crazy Waiting For Baby

I am trying really hard to be patient.  I feel like with Grace I needed every moment (and probably those extra 5 days) to prepare to meet her.  With this baby girl it hurts to put pants on and my body is sore so I'm ready for her to come out! :D

Sooo here are my tips:

1) Get a SERIES of books...read them.  Neta Jackson wrote the Yada Yada Prayer Group series which was really good and followed it up with the Yada Yada House of Hope series.  I read all four of the new series, plus another series of three books about something different and a couple other random "Christian" chick-lit books in there.

2) Make a To Do list...do it.  I have one thing left on my infamous to-do list.  It requires heavy lifting and moving of furniture so it's not going to get done before baby is here but all the other things on my list have been checked off!

3) Get out of town...no really.  I went to Columbus for the weekend for a Beth Moore conference as previously mentioned.  It was a wonderful event AND served as a great "anxious for baby" distraction.  I was close enough to home that I wasn't nervous about getting back if we needed to (although my friend Morgan and the people we went with did not share my calm).

4) Start a project...attempt to finish it.  I am working on a sewing project for a friend's kiddos.  I'd love to get done before the kid comes out but because it requires setting up in the kitchen and moving everything out there it is going pretty slowly.  Ah well :)

5) Enjoy the day...get outside!  Today is BEAUTIFUL.  Hubs and I are going to a park later, gonna walk this kiddo out! :)


Really I think it is knowing that God's timing is best and just relaxing that makes the process easier, but I have a bad memory sometimes :)

Beth Moore Notes

I got to go see Beth Moore in Columbus the past two days.  What an amazing speaker and woman she is!  I love how transparent she is with her life.  I feel like I always waver in painting the great image and really letting my guard come down and showing people what is really going on in my crazy brain.  I think God is really working on showing me the right balance of those things.  Her word for the weekend was PREPARE and I have a lot of re-processing to do.

Some things I took away from it that I'll probably expand on later:

1) Scripture Memorization
2) My prayers for my daughters...what they should be and what they should NOT be
3) Being PREPARED for what He has PREPARED for me to do...meeting Him in preparation and getting busy

I also had some new ideas for my Princess girls, some things I want to re-look at with how I study the Bible and just some random thoughts that need more fleshing out.

Morgan, my dear friend, bought me a ticket AND drove me up there - she is pretty much amazing.  I gotta say, that was a great car ride, fantastic conversation and a delightful weekend.  I am blessed to have such awesome friends!

Some of these ladies were as bad as the teens at our teen center when we get a really popular band in!  Oh my goodness they were starstruck!  She was a great speaker though and I can understand it! :)



Thankful Thursday Top Ten #19

This has been a hard, crazy hormonal, lots going on, family tragedy type week.  BUT in the midst of all that, it STILL seems fairly easy to find 10 things to be thankful for.

1. I am thankful for 39 weeks of pregnancy and 1 (or less than 1, or up to 3) left!  I cannot wait to meet this little girl although I still have a hard time wrapping my head around TWO kids!

2. I am thankful that despite hardship, tears, questions and uncertainty God is still God.  I know He has the power to heal and transform and that I DON'T have to understand it.  Praise the Lord for that!

3. I am thankful for my sweet little girl.  She is getting more and more little kid-ish every day and much less like a baby.  She now apologizes to me when she falls down or hurts herself...no idea why.  It's cute though.  I also love waking up to mommy?...mommy?  MOMMY!  on the monitor :)

4. I am thankful for my husband.  He works really hard to do everything he needs to for our family, the ministry and himself.  I'm proud of him and I'm not sure I tell him that enough!

5. I am thankful for good friends who are willing to help out with personal and ministry things at a moments notice.  I simply pray that they know they can count on me in the same ways.

6. I am thankful for being in the serious planning stages for our next Princess Program!  I'll post more later but it is a 15ish week Bible study focused on teen girl issues.  Such an amazing time!

7. I am thankful for women who get worked up about the same things I do! Lets feed those kids, give them hugs, love on them and tell them they are worthwhile!!

8. I am thankful for conversations like these:
Me - Is it bad that all I want to do is go to bed?
Hubs - You're 9 months pregnant...I think that's fine.

Me - So what should we get Grace for her birthday?
Hubs - Ummm, a little sister?

9. I am thankful that I get to go with my good friend Morgan to hear Beth Moore speak tomorrow!  (Assuming this kid stays in!)  Sooooo pumped!

10. I am thankful that despite my hormones and getting in my own way, I know that God loves me and at the end of the day I am HIS and that is what counts.

Link up with your thanksfuls here (or leave them in the comments!)

To Do List Tuesday: Update

Today was a lot of fun!  I got up at 6:30 with Grace (not so much fun)...put her to bed at 10am and took a nap.  Then I decided that when she woke up at 12 I didn't want to be stuck in the house with her for the next 8 hours so I called my good friend Stephanie who agreed to meet me with her kids at the children's museum.  We spent three hours there letting them run around and play with different things.  That was our first time going and I really enjoyed it!  (Good thing we went too because apparently when they turn 2 you have to pay for their admission so we beat that by a month!)

On the way home I realized 1) I was very hungry and 2) nothing in my house sounded good.  So I called my dad up and we went out to dinner.  He's going to be out of town for a week so it was good to see him before he left.  Then I got...one...thing on my to do list done.  But overall have accomplished a lot this week.  I have to say - posting an actual picture of my To Do list on here made me feel very accountable to ya'll to get it done!  Here is where I'm at:

Washing the carpets: NOT DONE...and I don't wanna!  I saw an ad today for someone to come in and do them for not too much...I'm debating using my time tomorrow to just do it or to convince Hubs to let someone else do it (although kinda seems like a waste of money...but....)  

Car Cleaned: DONE!  I took the sweeper out today and got all the junk out of it (including the tub of raisins that was dumped just today!

Laundry: Washed, folded, put away!

Thrift Store: Stuff sent!

Repack Hospital Bag: Mission Accomplished!

Bathroom: Done! (I HATE cleaning bathrooms!!)

Kid Clothes Closet: DONE!

Lamp In Hallway: Let there be light!

Office/Bedroom Swept: Not done...mainly because in order to do that I have to locate my office floor first...we'll get there :)

Also accomplished are the extra projects I added including sorting Grace's shoes, Changing the vac bag and a couple other things. 

Special Project for 5 of my favorite kiddos (including my two): not done...pictures to come soon, don't know if their momma reads this or not so no details at this point :)

So we are done to TWO things on the to-do list and a sewing project that has no real due date so I'm liking it!