In other words... getting my house back!!! It's been FUN to say the least. Baby is officially 'allowed' to come now!.. though only if he's ready. I've seen 2 friends go a day or 2 shy of 2 weeks late, and if it means mine needs a little more chub too then I'm happy to wait :)

Also tonight Gabe and I are going OUT!!!!

Out as in a date.. not 'out' as in our church's annual members dinner :) Okay in all fairness we felt like we were on a date without the kids and good food (that was even free)! and we had fun too!

We will be heading to our nearest mall in Massena to hopefully finish up some Christmas shopping and just get out!!!

Can you tell I'm excited?!?!?!? We might even treat ourselves and eat out at the food court :)

I feel great still! I've amazed myself and Gabe with all I've gotten done in just the past 48 hours ie.. book cases and chairs I've managed to carry up and down stairs as I move things back to their proper place on the main level now that our floor is in! Just check out fb. It's exciting!

I've got a non-stress test scheduled for Thursday. I have never made to one of these appts in the past. This could be the first.

As of this past Monday I have gained 29 pounds. I'm told it's all in my belly. I'm so curious to see how big this child is. I'm told I look HUGE!!! (I most definitely feel it) and to take the basketball out from under my shirt.. jokes over!

No joke.. there REALLY is a baby in there. I left my b-ball moves back in high school at MCA years ago where they belong!

In case you didn't see this on facebook... and I have quite the range in weight guesses (7.6-9.7). Take yours if you haven't already. Asher was 8. Sophia was 8.13


Sophia is going to miss her pillow to hug while she drinks her bottle. And talks non-stop now about "new baby" and a new baby "brother".



I'm getting anxious and excited to see how this labor is going to play out. They have both been so different. But I'm really looking forward to it!!! I think it's so amazing and unique how God designed it and I'm trusting Him and my body to do what it's designed to do. Other than that I don't and haven't given it much thought. I've never read any books to prepare and I most definitely haven't had time to do that this time around. I honestly think that's how it's supposed to be though.. that and I'm not much of a reader! :)

So our busy work weekend is completed. Gabe and I can't believe how true the saying rings true for us now that we are that much more ahead "many hand make light work". What a blessing. We sure feel like we've been run over and hit by a few semi's now.... but I don't think late nights like that are in store for either of us anytime too soon, unless well baby comes in the night!

And it started Friday night, actually Thursday night when friends volunteered to help us with their amazing painting skills....


Liz at about 1 in A.M. Sat. morning! So sorry guys.. and you simply ARE the best.

Our floor did arrive finally after the possibility of it not since it was so heavy and Gabe's brother only had a mini-van. But he made it work. Don't know how the shocks etc. are now but..... Thanks Mike!

Saturday was major work day for the guys. Our sweetest adoptive student, Ivy, came to join us for the day and Asher's party later that night. Ivy and I pretty much ran errands for the guys all day getting supplies while Gabe's mom hung out in the basement (our new play room and LOVING it) with the kids. Yes that is the nasty blue carpet I hate from upstairs, but I love it down there for the kids. So much more cozy than the cement floor that was just down there.



New boots and sugar babies from G'pa and G'ma among TONS of other presents. Okay... Asher made out like a bandit. Thank you grandparents!





And call me really boring but the color is called 'Elegant White'... pretty much white with a subtle noticeable difference than our brilliant white trim more at night, but I love it because my 'idea' is to now get tons of color in things and curtains and fabrics. Somehow that is more fun to me to pick out, change, play around with etc...than painting and having to work with just one color. But this is the start to what I'm visualizing. I know not very good yet. But mostly to see the sample of our floor which will all go down hopefully this weekend.


In terms of baby, tonight I got our room finally organized and cleaned (just for sanity purposes) but also since this little one will be in there with us for a while. IT WAS BAD!!! I was a bit embarrassed I'd let it go for so long, but now everything has been dusted and vacuumed and out of there that was being stored while we needed it to be doing house project. I feel SO MUCH better. Thank you nesting skills! A gift from great-grandparents has a simple white bassinet ordered and coming to the house hopefully sometime next week. I feel I'm getting there.

Tomorrow or in the next few days Gabe keeps telling me I need to pack my bag. So that is next on the list. Though I really have no intentions of going early I'm reminded often I really could.  And it part due to the  few times especially over the weekend I felt I could have overdone it, like on a late night run to Walmart for the guys and I could barely walk and contractions started and I 'thought' my water slightly broke. Okay it didn't but I came home and went to bed! That certainly was my fault though. I've been trying to take it easy starting this week and I even took a nap today of which I have not done in months! After this weekend I plan to be in bed by 9 should 'something' wake me up.

We are getting really excited more than anything!, and as selfish as it sounds I'm just getting plain ready to not be pregnant anymore.