We are doing lots of things that need to be done- for the house, to nest, and to occupy our minds as we are getting quite anxious. Though Allie just likes having her dad home more, but it is "Just in Case!"
Additionally, I have come to the realization that if Jake IS out at work (a virtually remote locale) he will miss the whole thing if I go in to labor. The midwife I talked to last crossed out everything regarding when to timely call as you progress and wrote in big caps out to the side "CALL ASAP!" Luckily there are friends, church members to help. But still, it is a predicament. I progressed so quickly the first time, I didn't get so much as a Tylenol before it was all said and done and not without Jake. And I don't want to worry about Allie if she is whisked away somehow.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I need you to pray for me!
I'm also getting emotional that my attention and time will be divided (as parents of more than one all ready know) from my AllieCat. ---okay, enough, Nicole :)
Good News is we're (mostly Jake) being very productive and the past few days outside have been oh-so-beautiful. Breathtaking, even. Good for my spirits. Conference as well. So here's the rundown from life in this Funny Little Game of Wait:
First, Allie-Antics.
Sporting full PacNW attire, just in case I let her outside that day...
Dad's "Helper..."
...who'd rather be "Golfing."
-Or fighting with the *&%!# gate.
Learning to spit out dirt.
LOVES to just Pour. Found: in the bathroom. A future chemist, maybe?
Related Pouring Story: I left the fridge door open between putting groceries away.Allie snuck out the Last of the Gallon of milk.
I'm still in the kitchen.
She is in the living room. On the carpet. With the milk. She had a cup. She poured.
I closed the fridge unknowing and all I saw was her running back into the kitchen (Crazy curls bobbing) with a milk jug she'd flattened, the lid back on, going in to the garbage under the sink. "Gu' Jobb, Awisen!!"
She is busy. She didn't spill. She poured. She DID A GOOD JOB!
And then brushed her teeth! (Never mind it is with the milk she poured; I'm still blown away.)
Second, More Yard Work
Gnarly Landscaping mess Jake Dug out of the yard in three hours this morning. 5 buried tires, four dog toys. Tree and roots Included. Grrrrr :)
Third, Allie's Big Girl Room (minus some embellishments)
That's all for now. Let's get this sister here...
7 comments:
her headband pretty much rocks.
lucky for you you have done it all before. your body knows the drill. i'm sure it'll be fast. eric's dad didn't make it to his birth. 3rd baby. his mom had him in record time. i'm not helping. sorry.
i remember that feeling. of not knowing what exactly i had gotten myself into. how could i split my time. somehow - it just worked out. the baby slept and we still played - easier without that big ol belly.
i'm sitting here thinking the same thing again. how am i going to do this?
10 days and counting 10 days and counting 10 days and counting.
Do not worry Nicole, everything will work out wonderfully, and if it doesn't then you will have a funny story to tell about her birth the rest of her life ;)
I LOVE Allie's room. You've done a wonderful job.
Oh, and about that whole worried about splitting time thing. I was a BASKET-CASE and then Henry came and now I think, "why was I uber-emotional about this whole thing? It's even better now." Good luck. And, wow. You went natural with allie and are you doing it again? Good on you girl!!!!
cute cute cute. I think Allie's big girl room is adorable and the pouring milk story, sickeningly cute. If you second is anything like the first, you guys will be on cute over load. Good luck in the coming days.
Thanks, friends!
I get support from your reactions:
First, the headband is a souvenir from the Woodhouse-Argentine RM. :)
I've got backup plans on my backups, so now that I've vented on everyone, I just need to suck it up and let it all happen!
And the rest, I know Allie needs this lil' sis, too. And I can do it. "I can do it!"
Yes, talking to others I have just summarized it in-- the fact that odds are, it will all make for an interesting story.
And thanks about the room! Everything is donated to our home-making cause, hand-me-downs, or extreme clearance/walmart discounts. Our whole house is! I accept the challenge. :D
P.S. my birth plan the first time I understand is just a "preference" as things can go differently in the moment. I did not intentionally go with out my lovely epidural... But i did find out what I'm made of. And the fact that I'm entitled to ADRENALINE. ;)
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