Because Inquiring Minds Want to Know

I had my check-up today with the nurse practitioner. All is well, I am dilated to 2cm and 70 % thinned out, and baby's head is right there. Yay for progress! Tomorrow is 39 weeks, I am feeling like a champion. With a tiny bladder.

It's Thursday night, still no baby

Let's face it- I detest supper time. It's lots of work, the boys don't like anything, Abby is really messy... it's just lots of work. But tonight the Favorite Child Award goes to Rachel, because I pulled these potato wedges out of the oven and she said, "Those look YUMMY!" Awwwww, that's my girl. They were actually a hit with everyone but Adam. What a surprise.


I LOVE when the four of them play together! After supper they played picnic... and used the bowl part of the plastic potty for their food. Don't worry, nobody ever uses it.


Tonight Aunt Sarah (Casey's sis), uncle Kyle, and little Liam came for a visit. Liam is going to be 7 months old tomorrow, I just can't believe it. And he gets cuter every time we see him!


Tommy really enjoyed his one on one time with uncle Kyle. Dump trucks and bulldozers are not my favorite topics to read about, so it was great that someone could share in Tommy's enthusiasm.

Babies and Blooms

When I look at pictures like this, I almost forget about all the snit-fits that Tommy had today... I said almost.


Abby is enjoying her last days as "the baby of the family". Oh that's bologna, she'll still be my baby.


Yay for the butterfly bush! Even though it looks pretty spindly this year, the butterflies are still coming!

Jackie- this is for you

As you can tell, not much going on around here. I love my Mondays at work, but last week was my last one until after the baby comes. Jackie, you are right, I usually go early, and I find it weird that baby #5 is going to be the one to hang on the longest.
Here is a bit of my baby history in order-

Rachel- 8 weeks early, 4lbs 4 oz.
Adam- 5 weeks early, 6 lbs. 3 oz.
Thomas- 3 weeks early, 7 lbs. 10 oz.
Abby- 2 weeks early, 7 lbs. 12 oz.

So here we are less than 2 weeks to go now! I have definitely been feeling more pressure the past couple days, but I felt that way for weeks with Abby. So who knows. God knows and I am trying to not be anxious. It is so hard when you are so ready to see that little face looking up at you... oh now I'm feeling sappy. I need to go to bed now. Goodnight.

Today's Bounty

Three tomatoes were picked today. I sent them home with my parents, they seemed quite excited about them. My grandma even came along to visit, that was a nice surprise. :) I was glad I made a blueberry pie this morning, my dad has grown to expect treats when he comes over.


There were 8 raspberries, but Amanda snagged 3 of them. It was the least I could do after she brought me that cute apron and a vase full of flowers.


Here is my precious little pumpkin that will make some delightful muffins for me.

My AWESOME New Apron

This is by far the coolest, most adorable, most personalized apron a girl could have- and Amanda made it! She cut out the little people from fabric to resemble all the members of my family, and it is perfect. I can't wait to bake something tomorrow!

It's times like these...

It's times like these I wish I could freeze them so they would be my babies forever. I know it looks like Adam's mad here, but he wasn't at all, he was just a making a funny face for his mother. :)