Will we ever have baby #2?

Hello all!

We hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas!

I know everyone is wondering if we have had the baby yet and the answer is....NO. After a pre-term labor scare over a month ago, he has decided he is nice and comfortable :)

We go back to the doctor on Monday to schedule the induction if he doesn't decide to come earlier. I am dialated to a 2 as of now, so we are hopeful that I will continue to dialate on my own. We will post more later!

We are in!

Hello everyone! We are indeed in our new house! We moved in on Saturday after everyone in the family had the stomach bug...yuck!

We are enjoying being in our own place. We haven't done a whole lot of unpacking yet, but hopefully that will come in time!

Countdown to baby... only about a week and a half to two weeks until they induce! We are SO excited. Even more excited that we can now get to all of the baby supplies (car seat, crib, etc).

Hopefully we will post more later with pictures- I am not sure which box the camera ended up in...

The Big Move is Coming!

Drew is enjoying his painting adventure at Grandma's house. Maybe we have a future Monet on our hands!!!

It may be a while before our next post because we are getting ready to close on our new house this Friday! We will have Internet shortly after moving in, however we do not have a computer to hook it to. Our laptop is most likely too old and too slow to handle the high speed Internet. We are hopeful that we will have plenty of help moving on Saturday from the young adults in our Sunday school class to assist us since I have been threatened if I even touch a box...

We have tried to finish up all of our Christmas shopping in the event that Caleb decides to come early! We are taking a hospital tour this evening to become familiar with the facilities at Chesapeake General. Time is ticking away! I am visiting the doctor twice a week now until delivery to keep an eye on my health and also doing a non-stress test where I have to sit hooked to a monitor for 30 minutes to monitor my contractions and the babies heart rate. If I haven't gone into labor on my own by around Jan.3rd, they will induce labor. That means only FOUR MORE WEEKS (or less)... we are so excited!

We went to the Oceanfront to see the Christmas lights and Drew absolutely loved them! I hope to post those pictures soon. Drew, Grandpa and Daddy walked around the neighborhood last night to check out all of the lights. Drew calls them "Chrishmash lighs".

We have been busy going to church on Sundays and Wednesdays to the advent services. Drew has been participating in Sunday school, and they are putting on their program this Sunday morning. I am not sure if he will actually "participate" or not, but it is exciting that he is starting to get it. Whenever we see a picture of an older man with a cane, or even see the Christmas candy canes in people's yards he says, "God". It is so precious. He even sings a little bit of jingle bells- "jingle bells, jingle bells all the way". Christmas should be a blast with him this year. We are hoping to be settled enough to at least get one Christmas tree up to put our presents under.

Next week we will celebrate Grandpa's 60th birthday! Shhh... don't tell, there may be some surprises....

Until next time, keep us in your prayers that we have a smooth closing and move, and that Caleb decides to wait on his big arrival until AFTER the move...

Tagged! Twice...

I've been tagged....twice! I'm not sure I can think of 7 random or weird facts but here it goes...

1. In the 4 1/2 years Matthew and me have been married, we have lived in:

• a tiny apartment
• a haunted house in Whittier (long story)
• hotel rooms (while our house was being built)
• Kathy's house
• our parents houses
• bought a house in Sylva
• sold a house in Sylva
• my parents house
• soon to be... a new house in VA Beach

That's a lot of places!

2. I feel like I have been pregnant for the past 3 years of my life! Pregnant in 05', baby in 06' a year off, pregnant again in 08' hopefully baby in 08' or early 09'.

3. I have probably owned more cars than most people.... all since 2003

• VW Jetta (God rest the V-nasty)
• Honda Civic
• Honda Accord 2-Dr
• Honda CR-V
• Honda Accord 4-Dr
• What next you ask? Give me a few more months, I'm sure to have something else....lol

4. While being pregnant with gestational diabetes, I can't eat what I want so instead of craving chocolate (well, I do but can't have it) I crave ICE!!!! I eat ice all of the time!!! So much for the enamel on my teeth.

5. We met a couple (our asst. pastor and his wife) that have our same exact anniversary! June 26, 2004- they were married one hour before us.

6. Weird fact- I sent a text to Ashley to have her ship her breast pump to VA....lol.... I had it until March, we were cleaning out stuff and I took it back to her at Ellison's 2nd birthday- a month later, found out I was pregnant again... Who knew I would have another use for that thing, but who wants to spend $200 for a new one? That package should give the UPS man a laugh...lol

7. Bed rest is not all it's cracked up to be. While I was working, I was constantly in pain and wished I could just have some time to rest. Well, God has a funny sense of humor...after a scare with pre-term labor, I got that rest.... now, I am STIR CRAZY!!!!

I hope you all enjoyed my randomness...