almost baby time!

37 week appt today.

i was 4cm and about 70% effaced, with the head super low he said. my dr. is SERIOUSLY laid back. almost to a fault...and even he said not to go anywhere this weekend, and that if i have any consistent contractions[braxton hicks or not], or added pressure, anything...to go on to the hospital to get checked. he's hardly ever an "on the safe side" kind of guy! so i'm excited. he is on call on this weekend, so that is nice.

he knows i tend to have these boys quickly, and he almost missed it with gus, haha. he said that if i don't have this weekend[which wouldn't suprise him. he said it wasn't going to take much to have a baby from this point]....that next wed morning(12-2) at my 38 week appt he'd just go ahead and strip my membranes and send me straight over. which is exactly what we did with gus at 38 weeks exactly. so 7 days max!! i am trying to clean up, pack the boys, but take it as easy as possible today, b/c i really don't want to mess up everyone's thanksgiving plans...nor do i want MY meal to be from the hospital, lol. but after i eat thursday it's on like donkey kong. but babies do what they want, so we shall see. this is the exciting part!!

26 days until my due date.
20 days til my birthday.
16 days until the time rex would have been born.
12 days until gus would have been born.
6 days til thanksgiving.

wonder if leo will hit any of those random dates.
i feel alright, but all the sudden i'm looking at myself thinking i've never looked so pregnant. and walking around thinking i've never felt so pregnant.


the other day rex had a thanksgiving lunch at school. i thought he looked cute in his pilgrim hat. he's getting so big.


gus had some animal crackers for snack the other day, and i noticed him saying "huss" [horse] and making him walk around. seriously cute.

i'm really enjoying getting some one on one time with him. we read books and play blocks a lot. he gets funnier every day.

our friend melissa bought us this harness from our registry. the boys have had SO much fun taking turns pretending to be the dog. it's hysterical to watch.

i've been wanting to get some more one on one time with rex before leo is born. the other day sandy watched gus, and i took rex home early from school. we went to chick-fila for some ice cream. he was so sweet. he tells me, "when leo cries i will just say, 'oooo little baby leo, it will be ok!' and i will get him pacis to help you." he is such a great brother!

i can't wait to see how he and gus react to leo. not too much longer!

a choppy update. i'm not even going to put those pictures where they go. blogspot is more work.

35 weeks...just a few more to go. hoping for a tad early like the other boys. still debating on our thanksgiving plans...i will see the dr the day before and we probably won't decide until then! i just don't want to be in labor in the van. and if that means we eat at dixie cafe here on our own, i'm cool with that.

rex is getting excited and every few days asks if "leo has come out yet?" i tell him he will KNOW for sure when that happens. he tells me a lot that he will "babysit all the babies" when he gets here...

my dearest sister, sister-in-law and friends threw me a "sprinkling" today...though it was very generous to get a wimpy name like that! we are set.

kev took a trip to russellville today and i put all the new diapers, clothes, etc away. love it.

halloween costumes

alrighty jan and leo...consider yourselves caught up if you see this and the 2 previous posts!:-)

lil super krouts.

fally pics

i add this first picture so you appreciate the effort of getting them to look in the same general direction...in the same picture;-)

can't forget one with leo....

Leo's room

i have a few finishing touches like finishing a canvas, and hanging the letters...but this is basically done. i'm in love with it. i love each nursery more than the previous one!!

i prayed and prayed about me wanting another baby...and asked kev if he would pray to. and what do you know you we got one. one night kev was flipping through the bible and ran across the verse

"for this child i have prayed, and the Lord has given me what i asked of Him..."

1 Samuel 1:27

he said we should put it up in the baby's room---so i'm painting a canvas now with that verse. it only occured to us later, after naming him, that the verse was in reference to SAMUEL...conveniently leo's middle name:-) making me love the idea that much more.

catch up

i have been horrible at updating this!
gus is TWO. sob! my sweet baby. he says/does the most hysterical things.

everything he does is prefaced by, "daddy, WATCH". he does not consistently call me 'mama'. it's usually daddy...and lately kelly...??? but occasionally i get mama. i should stop answering to every random name he uses...but i can't resist that fat face.

a few cuteness words he says before i forget...

moses[sandy's dog]="motion"

sajo= "jojo"
granny and grandaddy both = "grannin"

all done = "ah nun"

blanket is still "Bacon" and will be forever as far as i'm concerned...

everything you ask him that he wants to do is followed with major excitement and repeating the word. "gus, you want to read a book?" "YESH!!! ah BOOOOOK!" "you want some milk?" "YESH!!! AH MUK!!!" you get the idea...

the room sharing is still going well. they goof and talk for a while before bed, and while kev finds that kind of annoying...i find it very adorable that they love each other that much. and if they stay in their room and there's no crying a whining...i know better than to complain about that!

the other day in walmart kev was pushing gus in the cart and i was holding rex's hand. we were moving on to another section while kev looked at something and gus just yelled, "REEEEEEX!!! REEEEEEEEEEX!!!" like, how could you leave me?? and rex looked back reassuringly and said, "gus, gus it's okaaaaaaaaay....i'm just going with mommy b/c i love her!"

33 weeks this week. only a handful more...

we will finish leo's room for real in the next few days and i'll post pictures.