Waiting and waiting and waiting.....

The house is spotless, the bags are packed, nursery all ready, now we sit and wait.   I don't wait patiently very well.  So, I have scoured the house and painted lots of odds and ends things!  I did find out last week though that I will not go past my due date.  So if this little guy doesn't come on his own by then, I will be induced.  So now I at least have a final day!  I am more then ready! We are just ready to meet him and start our new family of 4. 

The nice warm weather though has kept us busy lately and kept our minds off of waiting.  The new pool in our subdivision opened last weekend, so we got a chance to go and Payton loved it!  He loves to play in the water.  Its a good thing too as he starts swimming lessons again this year in two weeks.  He also had his first TBall game this saturday.  They look so cute in their uniforms!  They are all so little! The games are interesting because there is no score, and no outs.  Each child bats each inning and even if they get out, they get to stay on the base.  So I don't know if you can really call it a game, but it is pretty amusing.  Payton did really good the last practice, but had problems paying attention at the game.  It was hard for the kids though because it was hot (94 degrees) and they had never played in a game setting before.  So we will see what happens next weekend.  I have a feeling he and daddy will be practing some more this week.  I have still been busy working and will continute to work through next week. 

 

I probably will not have another post until after this little guy arrives!  So then I should have lots of updates and pictures!

 

( I have updated lots of albums recently, I think the Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Pregnancy and Ultrasounds and Belly picts).

35 weeks and spring time fun!

We are now just past the 35 week point!  Which means that there is less than 5 weeks to go.  And if I happen to go into labor anytime after the next week and a half or so, they will not try and stop it!  I am now going to the doctor once a week.  We have completed some refresher childbirth and breastfeeding classes and Payton has taken his sibling class.  It was nice to go to these refresher courses.  Even though we have gone through it before, it was nice to hear some things again and from a  different perspective.  Payton did great at the sibling class.  I see a teachers pet in my future!  He was very into the class and answered all of the teachers questions, and even a bunch that she didn't ask! This week we had an appointment at the hospital to get preregistered and get a lot of paperwork filled out.  So it looks like we are almost ready!  The next thing on our list is to pack our bags!  Not only do I need to pack a bag for Justin and myself, but I also need to pack one for Payton!  He will be staying with Grandma Joy while we are in the hospital.  She will be taking him to/from school and to visit us at the hospital.   We really want to keep his life as normal as possible during this transtion period.  Luckily, my mom knows our routine and his schedule and the rules that we expect him to follow.  So, that takes a huge amount of stress off of our shoulders by knowing that he will be able to follow pretty much the same routine with her.  It is going to be crazy enough for him having a sibling after being an only child for 4 1/2 years, we don't want to also make things chaotic for him at home.  He is still very excited to have a baby brother and talks about him constantly!  The other day he told me that he was going to teach his brother to go potty in the potty, but since he would be small he would have to hold him over the potty so he didn't fall in!

 

Besides getting ready for baby, we have been enjoying the nicer weather.  We have been able to play outside a lot.  Payton starts TBall practice next week, so I am sure that will be interesting!  Justin is thrilled and went and bought him a bat and a fancy tee.  He can hit pretty well, but is not really into listening to the directions.  So lets hope he does better with the coach then with daddy!  He has also been really into playing school lately.  He will 'read' to us, the cats, or his animals and even call on us as if we are in class. 

 

This is Payton sort of playing basketball (the neighbors were mowing, so sorry for the load noise):

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