Horay for UPS & Target.com

Big Thank you to my Dad & Lisa for sending me this way cool bassinet!



It's totally portable and clicked right into place! It fits right next to your bed so you can easily reach over in the middle of the night.
I'm also glad that I changed my registry at the last minute from a yellowy natural color to gingham blue. It's just perfect :)
Thank you very very much!

little boys....... oh boy

3rd trimester swings

This morning I woke up from 13 hours of sleep
Then read my book in bed for another couple hours.
When i finally got out of bed I felt great! Happy and relaxed and surprisingly not over slept.
The temperature has been pleasantly in the 60's today and all my windows & doors were open
UPS delivered a baby car seat from my sister - Yay - and all seemed good....
Then,
The tide turned.
I tried to sign up for a birth prep class. The lady on the phone asked who my partner would be, I said I was going alone (husband out of town) She said I should bring my Mom - She's dead. How about a friend or coach, 'Um I'll just go by myself - why is that weird? does anybody do these things by themselves?' No, she said. Nobody. I started to cry and got embarrased and hung up on the lady.
When I thought i had it together I called my friend Kristina and asked her to come with me through a blubbering voice. I feel so stupid and i made her feel akward with my uncontrolled emotional ranting. I wish i never made that call.
Keith then lovingly called and arranged another class at another hospital that he could attend with me.
Now I felt ultra silly - I still have to call my friend back to cancel after all that.
But
I finally refreshed myself with a leiserly stroll through Tryon Creek State Park. The air was fresh and sweet and it struck me how long it had been since i walked alone in the woods
and how much i used to do that and love it.
Now i just finished 3 popsicles and a new list of baby names and am ready to go back to my book.

Has anyone read Wilbure Smith http://www.wilbursmithbooks.com ?
I love his stuff - so exciting!
right now im working on the Egyptian Series.

Greese me up baby - I'm doing all I can!

By The Way,

A big thank you to everybody that helped or contributed to Keith's Smiles of Oregon fundraiser. We had the event last week and collected tons of donations. Audrey even painted a piece just for it! not to mention helped me solicite dozens of other artists for work. Also thank you to Mom & Pop Neaman for driving all the way out here mid-week for the night And for Pops buying so much at the auction. He even got me a spa gift certificate!!! Revitlizing foot treament - here I come :)
There was however the little incident of the car bomb in the parking lot which dropped our attendance some but all in all, a nice enough event....
Keith was a superstar of course - and I came home with a ton of free cheese!

Blackberry season

Yummy! Blackberries are my new favorite berry, for now.

I'm all scratched up and my clothes are stained - I love that these sweet little morseles have the gumption to put up a fight! Nothing better than a good challenge with a tastey reward :)

He's gone again......

I'm so sad - He left this morning once again.... This time the open road is taking him all the way to Las Vegas Nevada. I came this close (my fingers are very close together) to going with him at the last minute this morning! but, it just didnt happen. Instead we lingered over breakfast together, talked sadly about missed time together, rubbed and talked to the belly, then stood by the car kissing godbye over and over again. I finally stood there, standing in the middle of the road, barefoot, waving to the empty street that he left behind him.
Three weeks in vegas.
Then two in Saint Louis! His last rotation is in Texas and then Im due to pop!

I miss my baby allready :(

Early birthday surprise for Keith

Sunday and Post-Call (that means just finished with a 36hr shift and no sleep) Keith stampers home and collapsed into bed. I had erranged for his family to surprised him at church even though his birthday isnt until Sept 9th (he'll be out of town and all alone then). But he was tooooo tiered and didnt make it there. So, I met the inlaws alone, taught a quick lesson, then drove them back to our place to surprise Keith awake in his bed after a 2 hour nap with unexpected family and balloons in his face! SURPRISE!!!!!!!! WAKE UP! SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So there you are darling husband. Happy early Birthday - your family loves you
:)

Two Preggos jumpin' up and down

Me and "new girl" Bonnie endangering ourselfs & babies....
It sure felt good!
for the first minute ~ then, ohhhhhh
the next day, OHHHHHHH
I just found out what "brackston hicks" means.

Good News from my last doctor's visit.
I only gained one pound!
Now I'm right where i should be - so, humpf.

I guess that switch from regular to sugar-free ice-cream really helped :)

kickin' it old school.... (at Oxford that is...)

My Brother Roderick in the middle...

:)

Retired

Today is the first day of my period of rest and relaxation... Aaaahhhhhh.... this is great.
Hmm, now what? Um I play a little sudoku.
I make myself some food. I go for a walk. I transplant my chives. Um maybe I'll take a nap. Oh and there's my new blogue (at the bottom)
Geee,
what next.....

6 down - 3 to go!

So there are different ways one can carry during pregnancy. I just looked myself over and I seem to be like the middle girl (with much bigger boobs however)
Today Marks the first day of my Third Trimester! I'm scheduled to expell a humanoid in exactly 3 months from today - November 10, 2006.
I keep hearing that it is all "uphill" from here. That the hardest part is coming and the next 3 months will feel more like 3 years. Is this some sort of mean initiation treatment; to scare the first timer and destroy her hopefull attitude. Maybe they want to bring on any allready natural tendancy towards depression as quickly and painfully as possible in hopes to feel better about their own experiences.
Maybe its the honest to God truth that every day from here on out will suck more than the last....
~



Still, miracles never cease......
I am rediscovering the experience of medatative wonder and awe.
and overflowing with gratitude...

Voltaire said "Happy is the people whose history is blank."
And the Chinese have a curse: "May you live in interesting times!"

So I often read many interesting articles sent to me by my brother and think to myself, oh, I should post this on my blog it's so fascinating. But i dont. Partly because i like to be neutral sweeden, liked by all, and partly because thats not what i wanted my blog for. I just want a cute place to share little update blurbs of my life.

Maybe I'll start posting links and articles that I like on another blog. Hmmm...
If i do,
It may not be very PC
Would people start to dislike me?
would that even matter
The more i progress in life
the less i care - i guess.

Keith Removes Monkey's Stitches today

Partying at Steve & Molly's Wedding

The beautifull bride & groom sealed it up at Timberline Lodge. What a lovely time! Good food, gorgeous location - lots of fun. I came up with some new dance moves especially adapted to my new condition. Do the Preggo!