I have been following this blog, My Charming Kids, for a woman (3 kids under 3 and one more on the way! *faint*) in the midwest for a while now. I really like this girl (she reminds me a lot of me! Maybe that’s why I find her so agreeable..?). She is a great writer, very opinionated, creative, a family photographer, about 31 weeks pregnant and has been carrying a gravely ill small boy. Her faith and strength has blessed me immensely as I’ve prayed for her. Lately, things have been “looking up” as her small boy’s heart seemed to be lining up. But this morning, they received some bad news and are clinging to Jesus once again as they wait for their miracle.
If you have a chance, pop over and let her know you’re praying for her and her son.
I had my 40-week doctors appt scheduled for this morning. But she was called out to deliver other babies and so it was cancelled/moved to late this afternoon.
And I, enormous as I am, will refuse all induction methods.
I must be nuts. 
I haven’t done much with the “natural methods”. The castor oil thing freaks me out! I am amenable to drinking tea, going for a walk and having lots of hot-ten-months-pregnant-sex (HAH!) but that’s about as far as I’ll go. Some of the crazier stuff is too crazy for me. I don’t want to monkey around with stuff too much.
The baby is healthy and strong and so am I. I figure I can wait. What’s the big rush?
Maybe if I’m really good about waiting, I’ll show up at the appt and Baby will be crowning already!?
Riiiiiiiight.
Anne and I are having a great time these past few days. She’s learned the Hokey Pokey and the Itsy Bitsy Spider. She keeps asking “‘Gain hokey, Mummy? ‘Gain hokey?” (Translation: Can we do the hokey pokey again, Mummy?)
She has also fallen in love with getting her hair curled. She saw me do it once this month (I usually wear my hair in its natural wavy state but occasionally (Rarely if ever…) I straighten it and curl the ends.) and ever since has wanted the “Curler”. She gets so excited and sits, still as a statue, while I curl her little ends. She doesn’t’ have much to curl since I keep her hair short in a bob but she still loves it.
Not quite as much as brushing her teeth but she loves it.
She also informed me this morning that “Annie needs a bra.” 
Anne’s gotten to be a bit of a snuggle bug this week. This morning, she woke up at 4.30 (must to my surprise – she sleeps 12 hours straight every night). She had accidentally tossed her Blankie on the floor and was standing up in bed in despair of ever having it back. But when she saw me, she said “Mummy, I want to go to Mummy bed.” So I picked her up and took her back to bed with us. She snuggled up between us and promptly fell back asleep. I carried her back to her bed at 6:30 because Bri was getting up for the day. And then she slept until 7:45 – an hour past when she usually wakes up!
Why don’t they tell you when they’re going to sleep in? Because then I could sleep in.
I had four good strong contractions this morning. And nothing since. 
Thanks for all of the suggestions on boy names. I think we’re finally good to go (maybe? who knows? we change our minds like crazy over these silly names!). We’ve narrowed down to about 3-5 names and I figure that’s good enough. Right?
