Hopefully this is not a false alarm?!

This is our first rodeo, but I think it's finally it!! We are headed to the hospital for confirmation. I pray we don't get sent home without a baby!

Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs

It is what is says....we have lots and lots of signs that Jackson will very soon be making his grand entrance. I'm not actually in labor yet, but it is so very close. I will try to make it a priority to post a one-liner when the labor starts. We are EXCITED to have an October baby!!

Here's my new car! Well it's new to me. So long cool super cool sporty coupe, hello grocery-getter....oh look at what I have become, I'm sure this kiddo is worth it! :-)

So long Accord Coupe.......
Hello, Honda CR-V
At least I won't have to roll in and out of my car anymore. Should have seen me the last 3 months in that coupe....HILARIOUS!!

Still no Jackson :-(

Today is the actual D-Day and honestly I'm not disappointed that he hasn't came yet, actually a little relieved because I have a ton of stuff planned over the next 3 days, so he can come on Sunday....I'll have time for it then HA! HA! Just want to keep y'all up to speed. I have to get going, hopefully my next post will be short, but with a APB that we are headed to the hospital.

Have a good weekend!!

It's all yours dude!

This morning I woke up early and decided that I was going to get this kid out, TODAY!! I'm taking every advice, accept for the Castor Oil (sorry Calvin), and so due to the full moon theory I plan to spend the day sweating to death outside in the heat, just so the moon's gravitational pull may have an effect on me.

So to start off, it rained a little here last night and then stayed cloudy, which translates into Texas weather as HUMIDITY!! I was extremely hot by 5:30 am and couldn't sleep any longer. The sun doesn't come up here until 6:30, but I didn't care, I was going swimming! So out the back door I go suited up for a long swim doing the breast stroke (that is what induces labor, duh!) under the full moon hoping the clouds won't buffer my gravitational pull. I flipped on the pool light walked around the pool to secure the perimeter for any animals that may have found respite from the heat. Clear. Head to the steps to parade myself into the cooling and wonderful refreshing water (by the way Travis says that is it WAY too cold to swim but apparently between my enormous size, the heater with in, and the fact that I have no feeling on my stomach, I think the temp of the pool is a PERFECT 79 degrees. Heck that's warmer than what Alcova gets during mid August!!). It is pretty bad though, when you over weight dog won't even get in the pool with you anymore cause he thinks it's too chilly.

OK, back to my story....as I step off the stairs onto the floor of the pool I take notice of our little floating turtle that chlorinates the pool and barley make out with my diminishing eye site that he has a little weird necklace of some sort. Of course he is above the water line and since the light is under the water there is a shadow, so I swim out a little in the deep end to get a closer look and guess what that necklace turned out to be.......

A FREAKIN SNAKE!!! Need I say more! Would think that since I didn't have the ability to actually breath at that point and was so terrified it would send me into labor...NOPE!! Apparently after I caught my breath and began to scream, it just made Jackson retreat back up to my stomach. I truly feel as if I can't breath again, like he is up under my ribs again. Then again it could be that I am still feeling the aftershock...post-traumatic stress syndrome maybe? I'll have to stop by Susan's for some counseling, I'm sure. I'm coming up with a new system to "check the pool for critters" and starting next swim season (oh, I am so done with it this year. It's gonna have to take me a good 6 months again to get that little shock value out of my head).

Mind you, these snakes and frogs don't get in there all the time, but usually we get 3 or 4 a year that we come across. Travis is the one that usually finds them and then will drown them with the net so I don't ever have to see them. I think they are either cooling themselves off or getting some water, either way they can't get back out because of the rock edge that hangs over the side of the pool. Usually we will find them doing laps around the pool or clinging to the wall for some rest, that's why securing the perimeter usually works, I can spot them easily. This guy seen the possibility of making a raft out of our floating turtle and took it. Well the pool's all yours dude, cause I ain't sharing!!

Of course I ran to get the camera to take a picture.....no one will truly understand my agony until they actually see what I saw. Now just picture it, your relaxed, cooled off from the heat, bobbing along because the weight of your tummy is being supported by something else, it's a new day and your thinking to yourself...aaahhh, "His mercies are new each morning" What a great way to start the day! Hmmm....did turtle get a new necklace???....SNAKE!!!!! Of course this is my dramatic recollection, but I know you feel my pain now, right?? Well now you get to see it too!!! (click on the picture to make it bigger...it helps the effects too)




I know some of you are thinking..."well that's just a little baby snake, good grief, drama queen!" Well in my world a snake is a snake, size don't make no difference, OK!! So after snapping the picture, I noticed the large spider hanging out with the devil (oh yes I said devil. That's just what snakes are....it's in the bible!). Just how did those two hook up on this turtle in the middle of what would seem like an ocean to them?

So after my morning shock, I decided to go for a walk. So me and my fat dog went for a little hike around the walking path in the park by our house. It's sad when you are 40 weeks pregnant and can out walk your dog. Then again Travis can out run him too! How sad! But in Coppie's defense, he is 10 years old now and has a bad hip due to being hit by a car 9 years ago. Here's a picture of him after the snake scare! He was watching out for mommy, making sure there weren't any others.

Copper on the look out.

Well I'm headed to go get a pedicure. Supposedly rubbing the inside of my foot below the ankle will induce labor, but even if it doesn't my toes will look fab in the stirups! (oops, sorry Travis, I know...too much info!!)

Does a full moon mean anything?

I was looking at the calendar the other day and noticed that tomorrow, the 26th, will be a full moon. Does that mean anything for my current situation? I read some where about 5 months ago that just as the moon controls the tides, it has an effect on babies and bags of waters that they live in. Has anyone heard of this? If so, what are the SPECIFIC things I can do to make sure this happens?? Can ya tell I'm DONE!! I mostly just want to see what he looks like.

Newest thing is I can't feel the front part of my belly. A friend of a friend is a physical therapist and she was telling me that it is because the muscle has been stretched so far that the nerve endings have gone numb, she also said that it is a natural pain killer your body provides and this is a good thing, because if I felt it, it would be extremely painful. To me it feels like when you go to the dentist and he numbs you with the Novocaine...well on the outside of your mouth you can feel that you are touching it, but you can't actually "feel" it. Well imagine that feeling around your belly button. Then what is even weirder is that I can feel my "popped" belly button and it is soooo tender, I'm always walking with my hand over it so that if someone gets too close, they might not accidentally bump it...OUCH!!

Good news is my insomnia is gone. Flip side to that...what will I do now that I can sleep all night? I don't want to get used to this..wow never thought I'd say that! Jackson needs to hurry up and get here because I just realized last night that my mom and Travis's grandma will be here in 2 weeks, and I know they ain't coming to see me or Travis!! Plus with a baby I no longer have to entertain company!

Let's see what else...oh, we sold the Honda Coupe (bummer dude!) and are in the market for a different car. Nothing new, we are going to pay cash so we don't have a car payment, which I have found, really limits your choices even with all the cars in the Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex.

Again, when I go into labor I will try to remember to post it on here, so y'all will know it's happening.

Travis sent me this video and I thought it was HILARIOUS!! Have a good Tuesday.

Comfy, Comfy, Comfy!

That what this little guy is. He's not budging at all! I had a Dr's appt yesterday and Jackson is just very comfortable and not showing any signs of leaving any time soon. I'm kind of relieved too, because even though I am very uncomfortable, the closer I get to Sept 27, the more scared I get of being a mom. At first I thought I would be freaked out about the delivery but I have since discovered that all of my anxiety is about the parenting. I compare it to being married. When Travis and I got married, like most bride's, I just focused on the wedding day...all the little details that go with that, and I should have been focusing on the details of the actual marriage. Oh well, we all have learning lessons, and now I have the experience to share with other brides and to be a ambassador for Pre-martial counseling. I feel as if I'm a little more prepared to be a parent than I ever was to be a wife. This of course has a lot to do with the fact that I'm older and have a completely different life style, which is more peaceful than the one I choose before, thank the Lord. Still, I'm sure one day Jackson will be on a counselors couch talking about how I ruined his life.. HA! HA!

Busy day today. Have a window guy coming in a bit to fix the back passenger door window in Travis truck (a rock cracked it!!) then need to get the front windows tinted to keep the heat out for the baby, then coming back to the house to meet a friend who is going to help me put a few things on Jackson's wall. It's a surprise and I'll post some pics when it's done!! Tomorrow is the big Homecoming party (woo hoo!)...Go Frogs!!

Have a good Friday!!

Ta Da!!

We are done with Jackson's room! It turned out just the way we thought it would. Here's the before and afters......(by the way, if you click on the picture it will make it bigger, just in case you didn't know)


The bed is pulled out to the middle of the room
Again the bed is in the middle of the room so it looks small.
Putting the finishing touches on the trim.
Have to keep the queen size bed in there till the end of October for the family that is coming to visit. Jackson won't sleep in this room till after Christmas, but we thought we would put the crib in there anyway.

Love the outlet plates that we got from Lowe's.


Nothing new still. I am nesting that is for sure! I thought the nesting would be more directed to the inside, but it hasn't been. Our house could use some deep cleaning, but instead on Monday I choose to wash ALL the windows in the house on the outside and inside. Then I finished putting together our baby's room. Tuesday was filled with errands and bill paying. Today I was up early and had the pool cleaned and vacuumed by 8:30 am. Let me tell you, that is no easy feat and I now have a new respect and appreciation for the yard work that Travis does. WOW! We don't have a robot, so we have to vacuum it the old fashion way......with the hose, 15 ft pole and pool vacuum head that is about 12 inches wide. It's a slow go and I never realized all the sweat that Travis put into keeping that stupid water hole clean. THANK YOU HONEY, I appreciate you keeping in clean for me all summer so I can bobb around to keep cool!!

I have another Dr's appt tomorrow and maybe he will have better news for me than the last few weeks or even better I won't have to go because I am in labor!! I hoping I will remember when I go into labor to post something before we leave for the hospital, that way y'all will know it's happening and can be praying for a safe delivery and a healthy Jackson.

Have a great Thursday!!