Paisley, have you any mercy?

As I sit here at my creaky computer desk chair

I wonder if Paisley even has a care

The fact that her mom can't even bend over or see her toes

Her belly button has ceased to exist, and she has a zit on the end of her nose

The Dr's all say, "this baby will be big, like the last"

but they just shrug and smile, I guess until the due date will pass

The baby booties I've made, a ton I'd say

And the hats I've knitted, the Knifty Knitter way

I'm still teaching preschool, hanging in til the end

And the complaining I do, I'm lucky to have a friend

My husband can't find his once sweet bubbly wife

She's lost in the blubber and all of her strife

There's amazing people out there who go past the date they are due

They smile and keep on trucking, the incredible few

But here I am at week 39

And all I can do is moan and whine

I've smiled enough, cracked a joke or two

But yesterday and today, man I feel blue

Oh the miles I've walked, the cartwheels I've turned

All to help this baby out, but the lessons I've learned

She'll come when she's ready, nails polished, hair long and flowing

But next time you see me I probably won't be glowing! :)

LIA SOPHIA

I can't get to my sister's jewelry site from the site that I posted, so here's a different one in case you want to check it out! http://www.liasophia.com/sites/britniwidmier Thanks and happy browsing!

LiA sOphiA

LIA SOPHIA ever hear of it? No... You are missing out. My sister, Britni, sells this fine jewelry but unfortunately has not been able to have a party for awhile (bed rest for the past 4 months! WOW!) Anyway she is now hosting an online rendition and would like everyone to take part so they can enjoy the benefits! As always buy 2 get the 3rd half off!And for all you out there, that is the most expensive one!So buy the cheaper ones and get the spendy one at 1/2 off!

April's sale is..Buy 2 at regular price and get 4 1/2 off (3 out of the 4 have to be pins or slides)

Check out her site at http://liasophia.com/sites/britniwidmier to view all the jewelry and her contact info.

For everyone who places an order, big or small,will be put into a drawing to receive all the hostess benefits! Which include: 20%off the sales in free jewlry, 4 items at $15 a piece, 2 half off items! GOOD-LUCK and have fun shopping!!

Paisley's Room

I made some cute little clown booties, does anyone have a baby clown costume?

Anyways, I wanted to post some pictures of Paisley's room because really it is just waiting for her like I am. It's funny because she will probably sleep in the cradle I painted that's in my room for the first few months anyways, so why her room is ready and waiting I have no idea. All I need is curtains, which I found the ones I want, but am waiting for them to go on sale, I know, I'm cheap. :) I was scared about the color that I painted the walls because I hadn't ordered my bed set yet, but I painted anyways and just crossed my fingers, luckily the match is close enough. And yes, those are all shoes and clothes, the funny part is, the shoes are only shoe sizes 1 and 2, besided the white cowboy boots, and all the clothes are only up through 6-9 months. That's what I get when I have a great sister and sister-in-law with 3 girls a piece and willing to share. Plus the fact that I had a great baby shower and lots of good friends and family AND I can't control myself and buy buy buy anyways. Just today when we were in the Tri-cities I bought her another outfit. Oh, to think of the money I could save.....

The good news is that I haven't gained any weight in 2 weeks. A few weeks ago when I had gained 4 lbs in 1 week I think that I made my midwife a little nervous. I figure this Paisley is going to be big anyways, so why not eat just one more box of Peeps? Or have another donut. My neice Alizah makes it very easy because every time she comes over she knows that I have donuts and if I don't she says, "Kiki, let's go to Wal-Mart and buy donuts."

I am now officially 38 weeks and 4 days. If she comes when Beck came, it's be Tuesday the 1st of April, so Happy Fool's Day to me! haha! If she's not here by then I get induced on the 3rd because my midwife is going out of the country, so we'll see how that goes. Stephen is even very anxious. I feel like every hour or two he says, "so are we gonna have a baby yet?" Sometimes I feel like kicking him in the ..... I worked pretty hard at the school the last 2 weeks, but didn't go back Thursday or Friday to sub for people, but I plan on going back in on Monday for my 3/4 class. I figure if I'm still prego I might as well work and get some more money in my pocket. :) And to reward myself, instead of saving, I am going to buy myself a new sewing maching. Just a cheapy from Costco to get some different type of stitches. Because I promise I am going to use it because 2 kids can't take up that much time, right? *In case anyone didn't catch that, it's sarcasm.....

I also wanted to congratulate the cast of the Stake's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. It truly was amazing and we have some great talent in our community. I went and saw the dress rehearsal on Tuesday, for fear I'd have a baby and miss all the chances to see it, but I was still prego on Thursday, so I went and saw it again. I really didn't hink that it could get any better, but it did. I really enjoyed it and thought that it was such a great performance.

Well, here's to me and keeping my spirits up, I know that there are people out there that go over their due date and I congratulate them full heartedly, but that's not for me, and I just REALLY REALLY REALLY want to have this baby, so feel free to mention me in your prayers. And yes, I've tried it all, the only thing I've not done is drank the castorol oil stuff, I just can't bring myself to do it. Cartwheels and handstands don't work either, they just make me see stars...

Baby Booties Craze...

I know, I know, and I still have 5 more patterns cut and ready to sew. The good news is, I'm getting faster. :) Beck is getting bored, but I'm getting faster. And yes, I am still pregnant. :)

Check out my Slide Show!

12?

There is a a little 4 year old in my Spanish preschool class named Kaydence. Her mom is expecting a baby as well, but is about 4 or 5 months along. So this is what Kaydence says to me in class yesterday, "my mommy's tummy is getting bigger and bigger." Then she looks up at me very slowly and says, "So you got like 12 babies in there or sumtin?" I think that's when you know it's time. :)

Sewing class

Okay I have an idea, more like a plea. I need to take a sewing class. I know how to thread my machine and do a backstitch and a few other things, not much really, but I need to take a class and stop wandering around blindly. I want to be able to take MY machine to this class to learn how to use IT, not someone's nice and new one and I want the class not to cost me 100's of dollars. Is there anyone out there who wants to teach me? Amber? A plea to you maybe? Someone in the ward, you want to do an enrichment sometime? This would be just great... Let me know. :) And yes, I am still pregnant, so after I am not still pregant I will probably have run out of time, dang it..... :) And P.S. I may have just broken my machine, so any help in that department is appreciated. The tension or timing is off? It keeps skipping stitches....

SPRING!!!

The first is a picture of Beck and how we both feel. Time just seems to be dragging. It's like we're both waiting for something to happen, gee, I wonder what that could be, but it seems like it may never happen. I remember feeling like this before Beck was born, but it didn't happen until about 38 weeks when I was really anxious and waiting and right now I am 36 weeks AND 4 days, yes, that 4 days makes a difference, and my doctor has said any day now, and I am so impatient! I have knitted, sewed, cut apart, painted, and driven myself crazy for about a week and a half now. The funny thing is, I am still going to be pregnant 2 weeks from now. hahaha! Joke's on me.

The following 2 pictures are our hope for the future and that spring is here. We had a great winter and the snow melted too fast, but we are just as excited about spring. Last Saturday Stephen and I worked in the yard all day and it was so great! But today he is at Youth Conference all day and Beck and I are counting the hours until he gets home. Also with his new calling we went to a Stake Youth Dance in Ephrata last night (He is now the 1st counselor in the Stake Young Mens) and boogied until Beck just couldn't boogie anymore. No, mostly we just walked around and told kids to stay out of trouble, but we didn't get home until late and by that time Beck was done and kept yelling, "out, mamma, out!" and pointing to the door. But he was pretty popular with the ladies.

I have been trying to work a bit more and will be subbing as an aid in kinders all next week. It's funny, with Beck I stopped working like 2 months before he was born and with Paisley I can't seem to keep myself busy enough, the 3 mile walk a few days ago didn't trigger anything and jumping on the trampoline and teaching cheerleading last night didn't do anything either. This baby girl is not wanting to come out! Man, sure hope it's a girl, because I'm ready and if a boy pops out, I better call for some help to drag all of Beck's old clothes out of the attic and get my washing machine going!

Don't even go there....

Okay, I haven't posted without a picture in a while, but this one is going to be pictureless because I just HAD to vent my frustration and my love/hate relationship with Wal-Mart, bless their heart. There are somedays when I am soooo excited to go, to buy some more yarn for my Knifty Knitter for example, then there are days when I really don't want to go, like when all I need is vegetable oil and Beck is cranky already and we haven't even pulled in the parking lot yet.
Anyways, today was a good Wal-Mart trip day because Stephen was going with us and he always buys lots of things that we don't need and then he realizes that it's a good thing that I do the grocery shopping or else we'd be broke. So he was nice and bought me some yarn and a present for my sister and he got him and Beck some movies and we had a big long receipt, but anyways back to my story. He was checking out and I went out to the pop machines to get a Mountain Dew because they are 28 cents cheaper when you get it from the machine as opposed to getting it when you are in line and I got my pop and opened it while standing right by the machine and it exploded and made a big sticky mess all over the floor.
I went (waddled) over to the lady that gives you a cart (Picture big pregnant me, supposedly "taking it easy" and keeping this baby in a few more weeks) and said (very kindly mind you) "excuse me, my pop from the machine exploded, can I get someone to do a clean up, or help me?" and she says, "there's the mop bucket."
You should've seen my face. Ha! My jaw dropped and my eyes narrowed and of course I went over to the bucket and pushed the heavy sucker all the way back to the machines, all the while praying that my water breaks and I can sue this multi million dollar money stealer of a tyrant corporation, and I mopped up my mess and then went and asked for a wet floor sign. And you want to know the sad thing?
I will still shop there because a) cheaper b) one stop shopping with a toddler and a newborn is a good thing and c) they have the cheapest Mountian Dew 20 oz in town :) (I know that I should clean up my mess anyways without expecting other people to do it for me, but I am a cranky and emotional pregnant lady and this story wouldn't be very amusing if I admitted that at the first)

Nesting Projects

Here I am at 35 weeks and I feel as though it has arrived too quickly! I haven't really even thought about having 2 kids! You know that "nesting" thing everyone talks about? Well, I kind of caught the bug yesterday and HAD to dust my house, so my dear sister Kortni was over yesterday and helped me dust. Anyways, I wouldn't call what I have a nesting bug, I'd call it a "create and take on as many projects as you can bug and finish them quickly, so that you can start the next one" bug. Stephen will testify to this as the only sound that he has been able to hear is the sewing machine until late hours into the night. (He can't decide whether he wants to move my desk into the next room or not, for fear of never seeing me again if he does) It started with the burp cloths, moved onto the rag blanket which I must say took the longest, and then the sock and glove stuffed animals and onto the Nifty Knitter for the hats. Beck was gracious enough to model one, even if it is a bit small. :) I still have like 10 burp cloths to sew and another blanket pinned together and ready, but I wanted to stitch a word on it like my friend Rischel did, but our Wal-Mart doesn't sale stitching floss! Are they crazy???? We are also trying to get a trip to Mexico together for the first week of May, so the last few days have been crazy searching for our Marriage Certificate to have my name changed on my passport (I had framed it and hung it on the wall and forgotten!) and get passport photos. And all to our dismay we can't even go if Paisley isn't born in the next 2 weeks! No pressure or anything, but if she's not born by then we don't have enough time to get her passport info sent off and back in time before we leave for the trip. Hmmm.... But if we don't it in time then I can make it to my sister's baby, Broxton's, blessing (if it's in May, if not, no problem, we'll get to it the next month :) and my little brother's college graduation, May 9th. Then hopefully if all works out and Bishop confirms it we can have Paisley's blessing on the 11th of May because my family will be up in Moscow for my brother's grad which is only 2 hours away instead of 8. :) So no hurry Paisley, your entrance into the world will be the greatest of all of these things anyways, so if we have to wait for ya, no problem. ;)

Cupcake Adventure

Stephen helped Beck make cupcakes for Family Home Evening the other night. It was so cute how excited Beck was. I really hope that he gets to stay a baby for a bit longer because I am sad to see him grow up. I know that when I bring Paisley home he will no longer be my little baby.