We SHOULD never forget.....

Thank you to all the soldiers - past, present, and future - for fighting for our country.

Any day now!

So, last week I went for my regular dr appointment, and she checked me. I was dilated to 1 cm and 25% effaced. As of yesterday, I am officially 3 cm dilated, and 75% effaced!!! Of course, I have just as good of a chance to go past my due date as I do going into labor tomorrow! I'm just glad things seem to be progressing :) The doctor did say she would see me next week for my appointment, if she doesn't see me before then.....

I didn't realize just HOW big I've gotten until a couple of days ago when Kendra and I went to Chili's for lunch. I couldn't fit into the booth!!! Literally, I was stuck. Luckily, the other side of the booth was a bit bigger so Kendra and I switched and didn't have to ask for a table.....whew.

On a lighter note, Jon has decided to not go on his work conference this next week. I am SOOOOO VERY relieved! Especially after the dr visit yesterday afternoon. Sam very well could make his appearance any day now, and it would be horrible if Jon was away.

Our house is a disaster area. My nesting phase went into overdrive a couple of weeks ago - poor Jon. I decided that the kitchen cabinets were hideous (which they were!), and Sam could not come home to a house with ugly kitchen cabinets. So, Jon sweetly agreed to paint them :) Our kitchen has taken over the living room, dining room, and other parts of the house. We got the insides painted and the facing painted - so last night, we put everything back into the cabinets!! The doors and drawers still need to be painted, but we will do that at our own leisure. At least the difficult part is done. Now, I'm frantically praying that if Sam decides to come early, he'll at least wait until after the weekend (and avoid the 11th - 9/11) so that I can get the house in order!

That's it for now!!!

Nursery Progress!

We are 99.9% finished!!! Woohoo! Here's the progression:

Click on the link below for the pics! (This is much easier and faster than trying to post each individual picture. Let me know if this doesn't work.) We don't have any good before pictures, because I forgot to take them before we starting ripping everything out!!!

Nursery Progress

3 weeks and 4 days left......

I am SOOOOOOO ready!

Last weekend, my AWESOME friends Kendra and Jackie threw us our final shower. I had so much fun and we got lots of goodies! My friends are the best :)

Here's a few pictures:



Me, with the lovely hostesses - Kendra and Jackie!



Baby bellies! Jackie and I, with future best buds - Chaz and Sam

Click the below link to view the rest!

Candice's Baby Shower

Isn't pregnancy "swell"?!?!?!

October 2006 - on our honeymoon in Cozumel

August 2008 - 8 months pregnant and wondering if my feet/cankles will ever be the same again!!!

My Work Diaper Shower!

I have absolutely the best coworkers around! They threw us a diaper shower, and it was SO much fun! And, they are so creative! They had strung a clothesline with clothespins for diapers. Each of the guests were asked to write something entertaining on the diapers, to make diaper changing a little more fun! Here's some pics:















And, of course - since I'm a computer programmer nerd and my fellow coworkers are computer nerds as well (said with love of course!) - there were some very funny diapers that I got a kick out of!









I had a great time! When I got home, I counted all the diapers we received as well as wipes. We got a total of around 1100 diapers - and a little over 1700 wipes!!!

Boy - is it HOT!!!!

It's getting closer and closer to my 1/2 gallon of Loaded Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough icecream experience. I've restrained from buying that bucket of yummy goodness this entire pregnancy, with the promise to myself that when the time is right - I will buy one and sit on the couch and eat as much of it as I want!!! The time is near....

7 more weeks! Yay! Sam is the size of a pineapple this week, which totally makes sense because it feels like a couple of the sharp pointy leaves are poking in my ribs :)

It's an exciting week! Tuesday we had our 2nd installment of the "Babies-4-Dummies" package - Breastfeeding. Jon and I made it through the entire class without bolting for the door in fear or embarassment. I'm glad we went - I learned quite a bit and feel a little less stressed :) Tonight is our first of three "Birthing of Your Baby" classes.

Tomorrow (08-08-08) is an exciting day! My good friend Keely is being induced and will have little Ashlynn! She's the first of the three pregnateers to pop and can't wait to meet her little one!! Also, my work is throwing us a diaper shower! How exciting :)

Here's some fun summer pictures from the past 7 years that I came across!


2002 - shared birthday party with my sister! I turned 23 and Abby turned 18.


2003 - Karaoke night at Hudsons with my friends Jaena and Kendra. This is the night Jon and I talked and exchanged phone numbers!


2004 - work conference in Florida! We had a great time at Disney World - definitely a trip to remember :) (the camera timestamp is wrong, it was actually June 2004!)


2005 - At a surprise birthday party that Jon and my friends Greg and Julie had for me! It was such a surprise, and so much fun!


2006 - July 4th, the day we moved into our house! What a happy day - and we had SO many wonderful friends help us move too - on a holiday!!! What a blessing.


2007 - lake trip to Tenkiller with our good friends! we had so much fun and still talk about it all the time :)


2008 - the day before my birthday! 7 months pregnant with Sam and enjoying every minute of it! (Isn't our nephew Henry a cutie patootie!)

Stay cool!