it's ready!

the nursery is ready!
i am soooo excited! last night my husband and his buddy finished painting and putting together the nursery. it looks amazing! i am soooo grateful to have such a good husband--he sacrificed a lot of time over the past few days to get this completed. it is so strange to see the room transformed from a boy room to a girl room. it is really beautiful! the walls are a purple, ceiling very light shade of lavendar (looks white) and the trim is all white. the bedding is my favorite! the aunties (who else?!?!?) purchased the most precious princess bedding. it looks awesome! i am just so excited--i can't stand it!!!!!!!!!
thanks sweetheart--and barry!
now we have to go shopping for the new running shoes that i promised "k" if the room got done last night!

false alarm!

on tuesday afternoon i started having painful contractions--the kind where you cannot walk. i got my kids to bed ("K" was at a meeting) and sat down to time them. they were close together and getting more intense. when "k" got home i told him that i thought we should go in. when i we got there and got all hooked up we saw that the contractions were every 6 minutes and some of them quite intense. after being checked (by a busy doctor--that is not fun--it hurt like heck!!!!!!), urine sample, and 4 hours of being monitored--we headed home. i was at a 1. the contractions are still going--but thanks to some pills they are not quite so intense or frequent. this little one needs to stay in for a few more weeks!
boy has the nesting phase kicked in!

how to get to heaven

tonight before bed, we were reading to our boys the story from the old testament about the tower of babel. after we read we had the following conversation:

me: "is that how we get to heaven? can we just build a tower and get to heaven?"
"a": "no."
me: "so, then how do we get to heaven?"
"a": "we die."

very profound, huh?

life

a couple nights ago my husband and i attended the viewing of the son of our o.b. who had died of brain cancer. we had never met him, but after standing in the line to greet the family we felt so inspired by this incredible man. as we stood in line (for an hour--then we were told by some of their close friends to play the pregnancy card and go to the front of the line--because it would have been at least another hour more) we visited with some of his friends who had come from several states to be there. it was so inspiring to hear the stories that they told about Rich and his little family. he was a really remarkable man. there was a man there who was not a member of our church who had become a close friend of his while working in texas. there were people who knew he and his wife on a study abroad in jerusalem. there were people from kansas and minnesota who knew them as newlyweds. when we finally got to see our dr. he just cried and hugged us. he thanked us several times for coming and told us how much he loved us. we thanked him for being there through some of our most difficult trials (losing 2 babies). we told him and rich's wife how inspired we were by the conversations that we had with their friends. we told them that he sounded like the most remarkable man! our dr. told us that he was just amazing and that he must have passed the test that we are all struggling to pass--he laughed and said that rich passed and he (our dr.) obviously hasn't because he is "so old!" as we left there was a CD to take called "live rich!" that was their families motto. they said that Rich really knew how to "live rich!" his priorities were in line--he knew what and who was most important in his life. after the viewing we listened to the cd--I bawled. he spoke for about 10 minutes about what he has learned and then the remainder was his piano music. he was so talented. as we were driving home my husband and i were discussing whether or not we are the kind of friends that rich was to his. would people travel several miles to attend our services? have we left an impact on people? it was a wonderful, spiritual, thought provoking night.

i am soooo ready to be done!

okay, i am going to vent! i am soooo ready to have this little baby! i know, i know, it is way too early--but come on already! i had my ob appt. yesterday. my dr. had a family emergency so i saw one of his partners. when he came in to the room to see me he said to my "k" and i, "boy, it looks like this has been a really rough pregnancy!" that was an understatement! i am swollen, have infections EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!, and can barely sit or bend. i am grateful though for the many medicines that i am on! i think back to this time last year when we lost our last baby. what a blessing it is to have one on the way. but, i still think that i am entitled to a little whining!
sorry for the vent!
i will try to be more upbeat on my next entry!

M.I.A.

it has been far too long since i have made an entry. things have been crazy, and i haven't been on the computer much. i do miss writing about the events around here, so i thought that i would do a brief catch up!
* this little girl of our is wanting desperately to make her appearance! i have been on another partial bed rest to slow things down. i had both of our boys at 37 weeks, if that is the case here that means 5 1/2 more weeks to go!!!!!!!!
* "M" broke his collar bone while playing at a neighbor's house. he decided to dive off the little slide and do a roll. i didn't know if i should take him in to have it checked because he never cried--he just held his shoulder and wanted to cuddle. i decided to take him in and sure enough it was completely broken. this all happened the day before my birthday--not too fun. but still, through it all he never once cried! he is a pretty tough 3 year old!
* "A" lost his first tooth! i called some friends to hear what the going rate was for the tooth fairy. inflation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* i am really busy with pta getting ready for teacher appreciation week. i have really enjoyed being involved!

well, i think that that about covers it!

april fools!

I love a good joke! I do feel bad though about the one that I pulled on my oldest sister yesterday--well I don't feel too bad! I called her yesterday and told her that I had to go in for an ultrasound to make sure that everything was okay with the baby ( I was in the hospital AGAIN this weekend with more bleeding). I told her that the baby looked great, expect for they are now questioning whether or not it really is a girl. Boy did I scare my sister! She tried to be so brave, but the tears still came. She is as excited as I am about this little girl! She loves, loves, loves my boys--but is thrilled about now spoiling a girl! The closet in the nursery is already filled--thanks to my 2 sisters. After a few minutes I told her that when we explain to everyone that it is possibly a boy that we will also remind them that it is april fools day! It took her a minute to register that I was teasing her! The poor girl! I was a fun one though!