Still Here!

Here's a pic of me and my little sis, showing our lovely matching bellies. Yes, I'm sure mine would be bigger even if I was due after her. I'm just a 'bigger' person. Aren't we cute??

Baby still hasn't made his appearance. I guess he knows that we've had a lot of 'bugs' running around this house and he isn't interested in catching any of them.

I actually have to fill in for my Primary music leader tomorrow, so I guess it will be good if he waits til that is done.

Countdown is on!!

Well, the two week countdown is on.

We are now in the time frame when this little guy could make his appearance. So EXCITED!!

I have never made it to a due date yet. I have always gone early. I know, I know, that's not fair.
I have gone anywhere from 2 wks to 1 day early. So I'm anxiously watching for labor signs.

I'm R E A D Y. (I think.)

The thing that's making it more fun than usual is that I'm basically in a race with my youngest sister. Who is not due until April. But thinks she needs to win the race, so she's having some pre-term contractions and is residing in Provo until her baby gets here.

Maybe we can be hospital mates this time. That could be fun!!

I've been tagged! (this is a first)

(Just a small portion of the books we checked out last trip to the library)

My friend, texasblu, tagged me recently. And this tag is not one of those easy, 21 strange things about me, kinds of tags. This one makes me have to think!! Imagine that. I don't suppose I have 5 people to tag, but if there is anyone out there who happens upon this blog, consider yourself tagged. List at least five things you do to support and spread a love of the written word, then tag five people. (If you list something that touches youngsters, you get a bonus letter!)

1. I take my kids to the library. REGULARLY!! At any given time, we have nearly 100+ books checked out. Lots for homeschool, but lots that the kids check out just for personal reading time. 

2. I have always read to my children, especially when they are younger. I think it instills in them a love of reading and being read to. So far my theory is correct. Six of my seven children LOVE to read, the others are too small to read on their own. 

 3. I have always thought that I would like to be a literacy volunteer and help illiterate adults to read. I simply can't imagine life without reading. While I have yet to do that, I have realized that by homeschooling I am getting my training in. I still plan to volunteer to help with that at some future time, when my kids are more grown and I have the time. 

 4. I also blog. It's my computerized journal. I will at infrequent intervals copy and paste the posts into my Word Doc journal and at some point I will print them and place them in a binder for future generations. This reminds me that I haven't done the copy/paste routine in a while and need to. 5. We have shelves of books all over our house. I have one in my bedroom, my DH has his own in our room. We have two absolutely overflowing ones in the family room. We have a school related one in the dining room where we do our 'studying' and we have a basket for the library books there as well. Soren has his own box of books near his bed that he can choose a night time story or nap time story from. 

Books are just part of our family culture. We can't imagine our home with out reading materials scattered everywhere. If you look into each of the bedrooms in our house you will find stacks of books near the beds. Sometimes it feels as if the books are taking over.

False Alarm!!

It was all a false alarm. I misunderstood what antibody the dr. said I tested positive for....it was a random antibody that he didn't even know what was.
When he spoke to the lab about it and asked what the implications were, he was told by the nice Indian(from India) tech that it was "not clinically relevant". So he asked why they test for that antibody and he was told "because we can" (rolling eyes here, that's the excuse my kids use all the time).

So there is nothing to worry about with this pregnancy or any other. Whew!!