Update

Only five weeks left until the big due date! I had an appointment yesterday, and all is well. Mercy's heartbeat is as strong as ever and she is still in the head down position. I mentioned to my doctor that I had been feeling pressure and cramping in my lower back and lower abdomen, and silly me, I didn't even think that those could be contractions, but they are! My doctor said they are just 'practice' contractions that will become more frequent and stronger the closer I get to my due date. I have another appointment in two weeks, and then every week after that until she is born. We're getting so close to holding our little girl!

Tyson and I have completed our childbirth prep class, a breastfeeding class, and have toured the labor/maternity center. I am determined to have a natural birth- no drugs for me! We'll see how I do....I may end up pleading for an epidural, but I'm hoping to use some techniques we learned to ride out the pain the best I can. I would LOVE to be able to labor completely drug free!

In other news, I got tagged for jury duty for the months of Sept. and Oct. Go figure. I called last month only to find out that I could do it now and be excused from Oct., or wait and do it in November. I chose now, since jury duty would kind of clash with taking care of a newborn. I called last night and found out that I am to call in again on Sept. 24th for a trial that begins on the 25th. Yeah....just 10 days before my due date! I'm hoping they will excuse me, since it might be a bit of a distraction if my water broke during a trial!

Love That Silly Dog!

My first graders always sang a song at their music program about a silly dog, and I've had it stuck in my head since last night! Tyson tossed his socks down onto Moose, and Moose didn't even flinch. I can't help but love this goofy dog!

34 Weeks

Last week at my appointment my doctor said I was measuring right on track and we heard her strong little heartbeat. I am now scheduled to see my doctor every two weeks until the 37th week, in which I'll be going once a week. I don't think I've mentioned it on here before, but we do have a name for our girl- Mercy Lee. Mercy likes to sleep with her bum pushed up high in the air, which makes my stomach look awfully strange. She also likes to push her feet into my ribs. I think we're both running out of room! Good thing we only have six weeks left!

Happy birthday Tyson! I love you!

-Sadie

The Line That Divides

Last Sunday afternoon our church group rented the city pool for a few hours. While Sadie sat in the shade chatting with friends, I was splashing around with the rest of the over-heated crew.
The city pool has a basketball hoop on one end and a few of us were shooting the water-proof ball around, taking turns missing our shots—but not caring too much. Then, someone suggests that we organize our rag-tag group into an actual water-basketball game. From somewhere in the group I hear the suggestion, “The old guys will take on these young punks.”

I looked around at the group of guys…It took me all but a second to realize that—for the first time ever—I was not one of the “young punks.” Yep, I’ve crossed the line so that when teams are drafted, I’m with the old guys!

It wasn’t just me who noticed, either. While watching the game from the sidelines, a friend of ours takes a look at the teams, leans over to Sadie, and says, “Hey, look…Must be the old guys against the young guys.” Everyone seemed to have a good laugh!

There is a happy ending, though…We old guys won our game by a pretty large margin. We probably outsmarted them (or perhaps just outweighed them…)

Tyson

32 Weeks

I don't really have anything new to report this week. Yippee to only 8 more weeks!

I wanted to show off this beautiful baby gown that our friend, Pam, had sent to us for our shower. From what I understand, she had this gown shipped from New York. I love the butterfly pattern in the satin and the lace/ ribbon detail on the neck, sleeves, and the bottom of the gown. I'm sure our girl will look beautiful in it. Thank you Pam!