On My Own

Things to do today:

1. Go get a pedicure, these toes have been neglected way too long.

2. Read the book that has been sitting on my dresser for two months.

3. Scrapbook - I haven't even finished my wedding scrapbook yet. It's only been three years.

4. Plan a weekend getaway for me and my soulmate.

5. Decorate my house for Halloween.

6. Try a new recipe for dinner.

7. Go push a cart somewhere!

Oh wait, I forgot I have KIDS now.

Scratch things to do TODAY and switch it to things to do this YEAR!

Today is my first official day ON MY OWN! My mom left Friday after staying a whole week to help me. My mother-in-law came this weekend to help. Oh how lucky I have been. Today it is just me, Jensen and Lucy. Yikes! We'll see who is still standing at the end of the day! {My money is on Jensen!}

I am so grateful for my mom and the help that she gave my little family. We had a great time together and even got to get a little crafty. We made this for our Halloween decor.

We also went to get my KIDS pictures taken while she was here. You will notice that only one of my children is in these pictures. That's because Jensen decided that he was done with pictures. He wouldn't sit for one picture. Serious little stinker! It was very frustrating but what can I expect from a seventeen month old. I think I will try again in about five years!

Meet Lucy

(My crafty neighbor and friend, Marian, made this cute banner for her!)

Lucy Jane Walker
was born October 8, 2009 at 12:51 p.m. She weighed 6 lbs. 14 oz. and was 20 in. long. Lucy had to go to NICU after birth since she had lots of fluid in her lungs and wasn't breathing well on her own. She was able to return to the normal nursery after 2 hours and then she was able to be with her Mama for the rest of her hospital stay.

Mommy and Lucy came home yesterday from the hospital. Jensen was very excited to meet his new sister since he wasn't able to be with her at the hospital (darn swine flu scare)! Lucy even brought home with her a new toy for Jensen. He loves it and is working on sharing the attention with his new baby sister.

All That's Left is a Band of Gold

Remember when I blogged last time about my swollen fingers? Well I didn't know how swollen they really were because stupid me {which I blame totally on the pregnancy, not a dumb blonde moment} didn't take off my wedding band. I should have taken this off months ago. I did that last time when I was pregnant with Jensen. Why did I think that I could get away with slipping it off with ease at nine months along with only four days before I go in for a c-section? {It's all the pregnancy!}

When the lotion and dish soap weren't budging it, Quincy researched online some solutions to get it off.

The first night was Windex {What the "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"?} It only made my finger smell clean. I also held my finger between two ice packs above my head for about ten minutes. I wonder if Quincy really read this or just wanted me to look silly. Well silly succeeded but all attempts to get the ring that night off failed.

The second night he had researched some more and decided dental floss was the way to go. Wrapping it up tightly around my finger trying to squeeze the fat somewhere. The only thing this did was turn my finger purple and more swollen. Ouch!

Today my Sister-in-Law, Di, came in to Vegas and she tried dental floss and ribbon but both with the same result. I think I had enough torture and was ready to drive myself to the jeweler to get it cut off, {my ring, not my finger}. I knew that I might never get my ring fixed depending on how much it was to get it repaired but I didn't care at this point. I just wanted it off.

We went to a jewelry store and the nicest man helped us. He had a neat tool that sawed it off. We asked if this happened often. He said they get two to three {brain-dead} pregnant women a month needing this service. Yup that's me!

It was instant relief after it came off. Six hours later my finger still has an imprint.

Things I do for this baby girl! Two more days!

Two Boys

Jensen and Jackson

I have been watching Jackson since last November. He has grown up so much and has become Jensen's friend. You wouldn't know it but Jackson is five months younger than Jensen. He loves to tackle Jensen and I am sure he is going to be a football star someday. These are some of the pics that I have taken over the past year of these two. We are going to miss that cute smile and curly hair around here!

To Miss or Not Miss

10 Things I am going to MISS and NOT MISS about being pregnant.

1. Not Miss – Not touching my feet without getting light-headed and feeling like I am going to pass out. Thank heavens I have a thoughtful sis-in-law that painted my toes for me.
2. Miss - I can get away with eating a dessert after breakfast.
3. Not Miss – Chubby fingers and ankles even though they aren’t half as bad as last time.
4. Miss – Quincy taking me for a tasty treat when I say I am craving one. {I think he is going to miss that one too.}
5. Not Miss – Wearing these pregnancy clothes. It seems like I have been in them for 2 years. I feel like I'm in a bad episode of “What Not to Wear” everytime I look in my closet.
6. Miss - Getting to blame everything I forget or stupid things on the pregnancy brain. I think most of these moments would just be my typical blonde moments, but since I am pregnant everyone nicely blames it on the baby.
7. Not Miss - Only being able to sleep on my side. And what’s up with all the drooling?
8. Miss – Taking 3 hour naps with Jensen, with no guilt. I know these won’t be happening ever again.
9. Not Miss – Sneeing! (sneeze & pee) which is usually accompanied with the Michael Jackson hold to try to prevent. Very lady - like might I add, especially in public.
10. Miss – Her kicking inside of me but at least I will get to hold her!

Ready or not she is coming in less than a week!