2 days 20 hours

but who's counting??

this morning i got up early and braved walmart. between what we already had on hand and what i bought, i am hoping we are good through the end of the month (with the exception of milk which i am starting to think we should just buy a cow cuz milk surely ain't free.) thank goodness for sam's, though where you can still get it for 2.79. we go through more than 2 gallons a week. when sister starts in a year...oh my goodness. i got a few new freezer casserole dishes to put a few things in the deep freeze and got my hospital magazines, so i'm good to go. today micah is cutting the grass and we are gonna go swim this afternoon. tomorrow is church, micah bathing the pups and we are doing some general cleaning. monday i need to get the car washed and the boys bag packed and i will be all set. all my peeps should start arriving mid afternoon and the chaos will ensue! i look forward to getting some away from home time (a LITTLE quiet) and i really especially look forward to those couple of nights when i'm there b/c those are some super sweet night time feedings. that is some serious bonding with me, micah and the babe. it's quiet and no one is around but us. you never have those times again in quite the same way.

pop and mimi don't read this, but i'm super thankful that they will be parked right outside and that i can wake them up to come inside with the boys at 4 a.m. on tuesday. that's love.

To Do List

there are lots of things we need to do, here at the last minute. all of this doesn't have to be done today, but by monday night. and my list keeps getting longer. and unfortunately some of it will have to be done twice since little people find a way to undo things after i get them done!!

General Declutter
clean bathrooms
Put up all clean clothes
wash any dirty clothes
vacuum/swiffer/mop
grocery shop
bathe pups
get boys bag/clothes ready
buy BBQ for tuesday supper
take boys swimming
fill up gas tank
have bloodwork done
micah shoe shop
sweep front porch
test outlets for "pop's bus"
load car

i'm gonna have to stop b/c now i feel behind and overwhelmed. OCD coming...

oh yeah...and take care of the kiddos that are already here. do NOT call DHR about the fact that my kids are gonna probably get some quality TV time today and monday. i don't want to hear it. (if it makes you feel better, i have to check on them every 5 minutes to break up a fight.)

get a kleenex

it's time i posted this. i love this song. i have always applied it to my boys, but now, it has even more of a special meaning.

In my daughter's eyes I am a hero
I am strong and wise and I know no fear
But the truth is plain to see
She was sent to rescue me
I see who I wanna be
In my daughter's eyes

In my daughter's eyes everyone is equal
Darkness turns to light and the world is at peace
This miracle God gave to me gives me strength when I am weak
I find reason to believe
In my daughter's eyes

And when she wraps her hand around my finger
Oh it puts a smile in my heart
Everything becomes a little clearer
I realize what life is all about
It's hangin' on when your heart has had enough
It's giving more when you feel like giving up
I've seen the light
It's in my daughter's eyes

In my daughter's eyes
I can see the future
A reflection of who I am and what will be
Though she'll grow and someday leave
Maybe raise a family
When I'm gone I hope you see how happy she made me
For I'll be there
In my daughter's eyes

thankful thursday

the main reasons i'm thankful that it's thursday...

that means only 3 more days of doing this alone until i get my "vacation"

that means only 2 days until we go swimming in a big pool (note to self...look in drawer for maternity bathing suit.)

that about does it for today. sad but true. however, there is a post from last night below.

the last visit

This is the last little picture of my tinkerbell. not that you can tell much, but it's just her profile and her hands up by her face. they estimate her to weigh 7 lbs and 8 oz. which might actually be pretty close. they were waaaaay off with luke and i never got a weight measurement with seth. but i have been thinking the whole time she'd be a little smaller and be around 7 1/2 lbs. so come tuesday we will see. i have to go monday morning and get some blood work done and he wants me there around.....4 honkin' thirty on tuesday. i believe i have already addressed the fact that i don't own a clock that has any hours before 6 a.m. on it, but i guess you gotta do what you gotta do for the ones you love. i did ask when i would be able to get out of bed and especially get my catheter out since this one would be earlier in the morning. i was thinking it would be that evening before bed or something. oh no. he said it would be the next morning. so i need serious prayers that i remember my Christianity and don't say anything profane to anyone about the catheter. i hate them with a passion and as soon as i get the feeling back, i know i'm gonna be begging someone to please relieve me from the beast. (yall know nurses are NOT good patients.)

we are otherwise doing well and right on track. i have a major grocery shopping trip for early saturday morning, hopefully followed by some swimming in my BILs pool. did i mention it was hot? how have any of you ladies that may read this that have summer babies made it?

less than a week

ya know what i hate about summer time? i hate bugs. seriously. we are putting a hurting on OFF skintastics and cortisone cream. this afternoon i spent 2 hours outside with the kiddos. we played in the back yard, then went in the pool and then back out back. from all the afternoons i have been spending in the swing, i am starting to sport a major flip flop tan.

tomorrow is my last OB appointment and after that i am going to the Macaroni Grill with my main squeeze as part 2 of our last date for a while. nice. then i am going to dinner with a friend. my feet will be huge tomorrow night from all the sodium, but i'll survive.

ADDENDUM: was inside for about 20 minutes and then went back outside for another hour with my neighbors. i love day light savings time. plus...that will make my kids even easier to go to bed. i'm thinking little ones will be passed out no later than 8 tonight. SWEET!!

i had a point to this post over an hour ago when i started it, but now i'm not sure what it was. so i'm off to make biscuits and scrambled eggs for supper and the best part is my sweet neighbor brought me some awesome nanner puddin to wash it down with. probably not a good idea before the last weigh in, but i'll deal!! trust me when i say it's worth it!! maybe i'll have a new/last pic to post tomorrrow. so until our next nail biting post (lol)...

T minus 8...

a week from tomorrow, my little girl will finally be here. i am certain this will be a loooooong week as i really have nothing to do. my plan is to just kick back and try to savor the last remaining days as a mom of just 2. not that these 2 are easy. 2 boys equals 4 girls anyday in my opinion. but that remains to be proven from this gene pool. i have a doctor's appointment (my last OB appointment ever) on wednesday for an ultrasound. saturday i have a major grocery shopping trip to make as i will need to cover 2 weeks worth of stuff. fortunately i get my last pay check this week so that should be quickly burned through!! my family will come to town next monday. i need to be deciding what my "last meal" will be. it will probably be wednesday morning before i will want anything or can hold anything down, so i feel the need to make the most of it. our plan for now is for my dad and step mom to stay here with the boys at nights. i have no idea what the boys will want to do during the daytime, so we will play that by ear. micah will come home at supper time with them and help them get baths and ready for bed and will then come back to be with me, even though we DO live about 35-40 minutes from the hospital. but that really will make things easier. they are specific in what they do at night and how they are put to bed and things will already be so crazy, a little normal might go a long way. however, our plan is for them to just stay here thursday morning until i come home (which i expect i'll be coming home around lunch on thursday). 2 less people to wrestle in and out of things is always good, especially when you are already one down.

so barring anything exciting like going into labor or my water breaking, this is all there is left to do. my goal this week is to have all my laundry caught up (which for a brief shining moment it is) and to mop my floors. otherwise, i'll just get on with the thumb twiddling and refereeing. i knew this would happen in all of my OCDness. i don't even have thank you notes that need writing. so everyone update your blogs daily so i have something, anything, to do!!