Caden Tyler Jones

Baby boy Caden was safely born August 18, 2008
at just a little after noon via C-section!
He is a perfect 7 lb. 12 oz. little
baby boy.

-Andy

Looking at the Big Picture

So no baby yet, but there has been a turn of events that have challenged Andy and I to step back and look at the big picture. It was regards to our original appeal for a vaginal birth after a c-section which was approved but then we discovered what was NOT covered. Not good news especially on one's due date!

So focusing on the big picture. We will hopefully be holding a baby boy in our arms early next week or this weekend. That is the big and best picture :)

So Ready

My official due date is August 13th but man am I ready or what! I've been trying to do alot of walking as I feel more braxton hicks and that makes me think I'm progressing (which I have no idea if I am or not)

Anyways, I'm walking or more accurately waddling across a parking lot that seems never ending to get to my car today. I have Sweet Pea holding my one hand and my hand full of bags and my purse in the other. I see these 2 young men dressed in suits going from car to car. Great, just what I need to be sold something. I was feeling pretty brave and intolerate thanks to my level of discomfort and sweat pouring down my face. The 2 gentlemen say excuse me mam...I respond with a, I don't care what your selling or advertising I'm not interested. I noticed their name tags say something about Church of Jesus Christ..really not interested. One of the guys asks me "what can I do to help you?"

Don't even go there. 1st - I've heard that line before and I know what your trying to do and second do you really want to ask a 9 month pregnant lady that question?....GET THIS BABY OUT OF ME!!!

Lake Tahoe

The Lake really is a jewel that one can come to forget if you have grown up around it.

It's a fun place to just chill and soak up the scenery. Here's some pictures of a day at the lake.

Morgan thought is was so fun to ride "the boat" as it is now called and I was continually watching my back to make sure Andy didn't pull me into the water

The summer is going by really fast. Usually my favorite season is fall but I really want to enjoy each moment in summer cause I know once the cold weather hits....

Another Day

So, I'm still a ticking time bomb but my husband has forbidden me to go into labor before Friday ( he has his last work deadline then)....hmmm I'm not making any promises

Sweet Pea is obsessed with the movie Nemo and the characters. Anything that is Nemo she has to have by her when she goes to sleep. This includes the entire package of swimmer diapers as they have nemo on them and wanting to watch the movie over and over and over and over again. Aahhh when life was that simple

I completely wasted an hour of my life and 16$ yesterday as I thought I lost my drivers license last week, I waited a few days for it to show up and in the mean time tore the house apart and my car. Go down there, watched the interesting characters you always see at the dmv and got a new one. Last night I found my old license :(. I thought about how much money I could get for my old license if I (or preferably Andy) hung out on the corner of 4th street but I'm not that desperate

I was amused when the photo-taker person at the DMV complimented my child on the good set of lungs she has. I am choosing to take this as a complement and my hormones were pretty mild that day so I just smiled and walked away.

One of My Favorites

I really enjoyed our guest speaker at church, yesterday. The music was refreshing and we sang one of my all time favorite songs/hymns. As a kid, I use to listen to an animated Christian radio program and they told the story of how this one author, Horatio Spafford, after a series of events came to compose this particular hymn.

Knowing that the hymn was composed after the author had gone through so much tragedy makes it very real to me and the words clear. I hadn't thought about the hymn in a long time let alone sang it. It was a pleasant surpise.

Count Down

So I'm officially reached 'term' pregnancy. Meaning the baby wouldn't be considered early if he chooses to come after last week. So basically the doctor said any day it could happen and then he gave me what he probably considered great advice. By the way, our doctor is the best :)

He said don't think about it cause it just draws it out. How can I not think about it? Every weird feeling, every slight pain, every day that passes, the though passes through my mind. Can't really ignore the enlarging belly.

Sooo.....waiting