Here we sit. By this time next week I will be checked into the hospital awaiting the arrival of baby #3. Wow. Nerves have set in some. Will the surgery go okay? Will the baby be okay and healthy? I am supposed to bring home a new baby and do what again? I am sure things will be fine and very soon none of us will be able to remember what life was like before this new addition became a part of us. I will post here as soon as I am able too, likely sometime Wednesday or Thursday of next week (November 7 or8) with the news. Along with the first pictures of the newest family member. Every day this week, I know I will be thinking, "This time next week.......". As much as I am ready to be done, there is still that odd feeling of knowing that soon this child, the one I have been carrying all this time, will be outside of me. We will have a whole new person, one we created and one that I carried all this time. What a miracle. I may post some more this week, who knows. I

The baby officially has a nursery now. We got the crib put together today and I ironed all the items and got it all put together. Hung a few things. Moved things under the crib for storing. It is all done and ready to go. It looks really nice. Kiki has good taste, doesn't she??? After I got the crib all done, Emma came into the room. She was looking at the crib and said, "I can just imagine the baby laying in there Mom. Won't the baby be so cute laying in there?" So sweet. Let us just hope she remembers that when the baby is screaming..... Without further ado.......I give you the nursery. (please note that if this baby is a girl, I will girl up the bug wall by adding some pink flowers and possibly painting the dragonflies pink as well, we will see.....) Window treatments (infant car seat and bouncy seat as well) Dresser with wall hanging Bug wall Crib wall Close up of the bedding So there you have it. The baby's room. Nine more days to go.......

Mark has a cousin who provides comic relief non-stop. He always has some sort of come back. But today I got a real gem from him and must share. This was in response to a family dinner the other night. Adam, the cousin, spent most of the evening downstairs with Mark and the kids. They were watching the baseball game as well. However it meant that the "adults" were upstairs. It was noted that maybe next time Adam could hang out with the adults. To which he replied: "Hanging with the adults is conditional on me being one. Since I took the advice of Peter Pan and the giraffe off of those Toys-R-Us commercials, I am postponing such a transition possibly indefinitely. So we'll see..." Good one Adam. And I agree.

I was thinking today of taking that 37 week picture. And as I thought about it, I thought, "I will wait for a day when I look good." To which I had to laugh. If I did that it would never get taken. I am no longer able to drive. At the request of many family members, Mark being the ring leader, it has been noted that I should no longer drive. I did not discuss this with my doctor and it is not by her orders. However, once you no longer fit into your car, it is probably best to cease driving. To be honest it pisses me off. But, between the largeness of my belly and the shortness of my legs.....it is no longer possible. Simply put, the steering wheel is up as far as it will go and the seat is moved back as far as I can move it and still reach the pedals. The steering wheel now rests ON my belly and my legs are cramping from having to stretch to reach the pedals. Mark is probably right. It is no longer safe. And I hate it when he is right. So we are homebound during

If you do not want to see these, look away. Here is the 32 weeks shot. Taken with Emma's camera and fixed as much as I can. And if that were not scary enough, here is 35 weeks. Taken today with my camera. (Have I mentioned how happy I am to have my camera back?) I am aware that the stripes around do nothing for my size. I am also aware that my "hairdo" leaves a lot to be desired. Get over it. Notice how my face is swelling now? As if my face were not round enough..... I figure I will do a 37 week shot and the 39 week one since that will be right before I deliver.

First, I put in pictures of the kids room after it got picked up. Looks much nicer now. Second, my mom commented that they looked cramped up there. Let me assure anyone that it is more about having too much stuff. To see how much space they are sharing I found the house layout with the square footage. Anyone care to guess how much square footage my kids are being shoved into? I will put then answer in the comments for this post. And if you think it is unfair that they share this amount of space..........I am not sure what to think.

Okay, okay. My Aunt Fid did help with the shower. She has a gorgeous house and she offered it up yet again as the party spot. Not only that, but she helped out with the food and set up. She is truly a blessing as well. She also got me these great slipcovers for my ugly old couch. (and once again excuse the mess) So not chopped liver..........but still not the Kiki. Fair enough? Oh and the pink rocker? Yes, I am aware that it is....interesting. Emma bought it from my brother in law, as in Kiki's husband for two kisses. Long story.............but the pink rocker is Emma's and we had to find a place for it. It is a Lazy Boy one and it is really comfortable and in good shape. Just a different color......

Oh around. We got the rooms all rearranged and whew! A lot of work. But all is done now. Except, the stairwell and the room we are in now need to be painted. The baby's room is on it's way. The always on top of things and over the top in things Kiki, is coming by Friday to put her special touch on the room. Which happens to be the entire bedding collection. I was going to wait and just use a blanket for the baby but Kiki? Um no, that will not do for her future niece, as she believes it is, or nephew. She choose the most beautiful bedding......how lucky am I? A sister who has great taste and is willing to come over and do that? Oh yea, I scored in the sibling department. Once it is done, I will take some pictures. The awesome Kiki also insisted on another shower to which I asked that she keep it low key. My sister is all the utmost in party planning. And she did keep it low key..............for her. But to the lay person, it was still magnificent and oh so lovely