Still Pregnant...AGGHHHH!

For those of you who didn't get to see me Sunday at church, I am, of course, still here and STILL PREGNANT! I went to the doctor Friday and not much had changed, so I go back again this Thursday. I technically have about 2 1/2 more weeks or so, but I am done...this kid has got to be huge and I am ready for him to be out!


I had pretty intense contractions most of yesterday but they did calm down enough for me to get a good nights sleep. This morning, they are back, so I am hoping and praying things will get moving. This is a really busy week for me though, so I am not sure if having Cole now would be good or not! If I do, I just want it to happen and get over with, if not this week, fine...just let me feel good, you ladies out there know what I mean right!


Anyway, wanted to give a quick upate...I will try and post another pick soon!

Interesting Kind of Tag

I have been tagged by Mandy and I think this one is really pretty neat. I always what to know how organized people are and this shows!

Contents are as follows:

1 Bible, 1 pack of gum, 2 large bottles of lotion (1 scented and 1 unscented), 1 measuring tape, 1 bottle of meds (tylenol, advil, excederin, pepto bismol), 1 house key, 1 bottle of hand sanitizer, 1 wallet(drivers license, check card, and credit card inside), 1 package of kleenex, 1 pen/pencil combo, 1 notepad, 1 cell phone, 1 ziploc baggie of tums (only in my purse when I am pregnant), 1 pouch with lipstick, lipliner, and lipgloss, 1 set of car keys, 1 sunglasses case with sunglasses in side, 2 small bottles of lotion, 1 picture book, and 1 set of evangelism cards.

It all fits nicely in my large bag! Now I tag Dawn, Devin, and Hilary!

Bear With Me

I am trying to change up my blog, so bear with me. I need to fix my header, but of course can't figure out how, so just be patient!

Caden's Homework

Here is a shot of Caden's 1st homework for the year. I mentioned it in yesterday's post but we finally finished it. It took him around 45 minutes total to color it all. Partly because he was distracted some, but partly because he was being so precise. It was crazy! He is more and more like his mother on a daily basis! Also note that he was supposed to name his bear and tell what the bear likes to do. In case you can't read it well, the bear's name is Velcro (who knows where this came from?) and Velcro likes to hibernate in the winter...accurate but interesting! Enjoy!

First Day of School - '08

Caden started preschool yesterday and he had a "beary" good time. His new school this year does several thematic units and the first one is bears...so he got to do lots of fun stuff with bears!

I tried to get some pics of him before we left, but it was so rainy...we had to do it inside. Here is his new Diego backpack, that is bigger than him!
Carter of course had to get in on the pics...sorry about the red eye.
Here is the picture they took at the school, much better :) He acted like he didn't want to go that morning, telling me he was sick. But I told him to quit whining and be a big boy and he was fine. I had to stay with him most of the day, but I was able to sit in the back while he played. He did great! Hopefully the next day will be just as good!
Here is one of the play centers...this boy is in truck heaven. This is what he did almost 90% of the time we where there. There are about 10-12 different types of trucks and he played with them all!
After a bit of playing trucks, he decided he wanted to go find his buddy Sam, so here they are playing puzzles.
While the parents had a meeting, the kids played some more, ate a snack and colored...he was very excited to show me his orange bears he colored!

All in all a great day! He brought home a goodie bag from his first day and a homework page! I will post more about that once he finishes it. It is just a coloring page, but he is becoming a perfectionist and it took him 20 minutes to color the two legs of the bear and one arm last night...we have to finish it today!

Mud Puddles - Again!

It rained today and the boys wanted desperately to go out back and play. I told them they had to wait until it stopped raining. Well as soon as Daddy got up from his nap, and I fell asleep, Caden got Cory to let them out back. I guess it had stopped raining, but there was quite a bit of water in the dirt piles, so of course they wanted to get muddy. Cory hates it when they get their clothes muddy so here was his solution...

Not really my idea but at least I didn't have muddy clothes to wash! The boys had a blast and Cory gave them a bath afterward :) I am glad they were outside and I got a nap!

By Request...

Some people have been asking for a new picture of me and the belly. I am not sure why they want to see such a site, but here it is!


Baby Cole - 8 months

I will be 36 weeks on Monday. I am still dilated to a 1 and still having contractions off and on, but doing well. At my last appointment the doctor said she would induce me, but we haven't set an official date! I have several family members putting in their requests, like I am going to listen to any of them, I just want this kid out! Hopefully sometime in the next 3 weeks or so you can meet Mr. Cole!

Busy, Busy

The boys, all 3 of them, left me on Wednesday and traveled to Grammie and Papa's house. Grammie kept the boys while Cory worked at some of the other SPC stores. I was all alone from Wednesday at noon until Saturday around 4pm...it was nice to rest, but also a little lonely. So besides laying around tons, I cleaned a little, ironed, and did the laundry. But I also had some fun and worked on Cole's birth announcements. Cory suggested I get creative and make the announcements myself. So here is the prototype...I hope I can get most of it put together before Cole arrives, shouldn't be too hard :)