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Friday, August 10, 2012

Pregnancy Update: Week 35 & 36

Yes, I am alive and well on the other side of blog world! :) Life sure has gotten busy getting ready for Ava to arrive. My mind is now consumed with a constant "to-do" list that never seems to end. I started a list about a week ago with seven to eight things on it and am now down to four so I guess I can consider that progress.

This awful Oklahoma heat is making running errands at 36 weeks pregnancy very difficult. What I once could get done in a single afternoon ends up taking two to three days to accomplish. Oh but I'm so close!!

You will be happy to know that one of my "to-do's" is to BLOG so here I am getting yet another item off my list. :) Although, I think I will end up having to do more than one post to recap the past month's events.

I have had two baby showers and will have another one this weekend. So of course I have pictures from those that I want to share. Wes and I are realizing just how blessed we are to have such wonderful family and friends to support us and love on us and our new baby. Ava is already one special little girl to many people!

So I will start up the updates with a pregnancy update. A lot has actually happened in that area since my last update from a very fast growing belly to now more complaints than I know what to do with. I am officially ready for pregnancy to be over. :)

Here are a few weekly pictures to catch everyone up on the ever growing baby bump:

35 weeks: Taken just before my baby shower last week!

36 weeks: This shirt really showed off the belly for sure!

My body is starting to let me know that I am carrying around a full term infant in my body. My hips and back are hurting more and my knees! My goodness! Just squatting down to pick something up lights my knee joints on fire trying to get back up! My increased weight gain would explain that pain. I am now at a weight gain of close to 27 lbs and it is ALL baby.

My biggest and newest pregnancy symptom is my feet; swollen...swollen...swollen...all the time. It started to come and go and now they just stay pretty puffy. They have gotten really bad after being on my feet at work. I had to take a picture the other morning after working three nights in a row just to document how bad they really were.

Yikes!!! Do those feet even belong to MY body??

I try my best to elevate them sometime during my shift and drink lots of water but sometimes that unfortunately just doesn't happen. I am more than ready to be off work but I know the more I work maybe the faster she will be here! :)

Speaking of that....at my most recent doctor's appointment this week I got some good and shocking news. Looks like my body is already in preparation for baby Ava's arrival: my cervix is already soft, 1-2 cm dilated and 30% effaced. Pretty impressive for 36 weeks and first baby.

However, working in Labor and Delivery, I realize that some women can be dilated to a 1-2 for weeks before anything exciting happens. But some women also never dilate at all until they are induced at 40+ weeks.
I talked to my doctor about inducing me on her due date and her response was, "Of course! But I really don't think you are going to make it that long. I would be very surprised if you did."

Well okay then! You can only imagine what that news did to my already "to do" list, overdrive brain...super overdrive now!! I haven't been able to let my mind rest since. Like I said, it doesn't mean that anything will happen anytime soon but there's a good possibility it will be before September 6th.
Just for my peace of mind, I requested to have one more ultrasound to check her size. I'm not sure why I feel like I need to know this information but it's just a mental thing I guess, needing to know what size of a baby I will be delivering. :) I'm not at all concerned with her being too big. But I was curious because of so many people saying, "You are how far along??! You are so small!!"

I thought maybe I was going to prove that I was carrying an 8 lb baby just out of spite, but that isn't the case. We had the ultrasound yesterday and she is measuring perfectly at 36 weeks exactly which puts her at 6 lbs 1 oz.
I was 6 lbs 8 oz when I was born so it looks like she might be on track to take after her momma. Everything looked great though. The sonographer was even nice enough to flip over to the 3D for us to get one more look at her. She showed off quite a bit again by opening her mouth, yawning, sticking her tongue out. She's already a character. :)

The sonographer commented on her full lips just as the other lady did. haha I'm anxious to see if those lips are as pouty and full as they appear on the ultrasounds. Too cute!!

I finally ordered her baby book a few weeks ago. I knew I wanted to get one before the showers arrived so I could have a page for guests to sign. I ended up ordering it online and really love it!

The front...

A few of the inside pages. This one is so cute for the family tree.

My other project a few weeks ago was to make a sign for the door at the hospital with Ava's name and date of birth information on it. I see so many patient's family members that put up the cutest signs for their doors and knew I had to come up with something.

I got online and looked around for something I could easily replicate. I don't consider myself the most creative person in the world so I knew it had to be somewhat simple.

Here is the picture I found that I decided to go off of:

Believe it or not, I was even considering painting that little butterfly on the side of the letter too! Let me tell you what though, I got into Hobby Lobby and got completely overwhelmed and suddenly had NO idea what direction to take with this thing.

I was amongst all the millions of ribbon and had no vision in my head in order to pick something out. Of course I end up picking out two or three and would just decide later. After gathering all the rest of the supplies, I was ready to go home and figure out how I would make this work.

Turns out, I love what I was able to do with it and probably even more than that one above. I couldn't find an "A" as big as that one, so the buttons weren't going to fit. I didn't paint anything other than the colors of the letters and dots. I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to make though and how cute it ended up.

The plan is to have it hanging on the door at the hospital and then hang it on the outside of her door at home. One more "to do" to check off the list!!

Close up.

And one more....

Well, except for baby shower pictures and updates, that is all I have for now. Time to go complete more items on my "to do" list. :) First things first...thank you cards!

Hoping to post again soon but no promises. I will do my best!

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Pregnancy Update and Nursery Projects

It has been a while since I have done an official pregnancy update so I better go ahead and do one. :)

I'm also behind on my weekly pictures, so let me get caught up on those first.

31 weeks: Fourth of July!

Pregnancy Highlights

(You'll have to forgive my picture this week...I randomly decided to take it as I was leaving a bathroom while shopping in Nashville) How Far Along: 32 weeks
Size of baby: Still growing!! Baby now weighs in around 2.5-3.8 pounds and measures about 15.2-16.7 inches long; the size of a squash.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: She is definitely continuing to grow because my weight keeps climbing. Still putting on an average of 1-2 lbs a week. Total weight gain so far: 18 lbs.
Maternity Clothes: Absolutely! Gender: Girl! So excited! :) "Ava Rae"
Movement: Nothing has changed here either! She continues to be one active kiddo. Always kicking those tiny feet. Tiny feet sure do have some force at times though. :)
Sleep: Still sleeping just fine. My back has started to bother me more and getting out of bed has started to pose a challenge. But I sleep through the night just fine and don't have any trouble taking a nap now and again.

What I miss: Can't think of a thing! Loving pregnancy!
Cravings: Nothing in particular. I really feel like my appetite and food choices are the same as they were before pregnancy. I have been craving water lately though which is probably a sign that I'm dehydrated. I just notice myself anxiously craving cold water.

Symptoms: My feet are killing me most of the time. The only way to relieve the ache is to get off my feet and get in a nice, warm bath. I can't go a single night without a warm bath which also helps my lower back pain. The heartburn has eased up a little, surprisingly since she's getting bigger. My feet are starting to swell up easier if I am up on my feet for too long.

Best Moment this week: By far the best moment was the 3D ultrasound. Getting to see her facial features up close really makes it all seem that much more real. That there really is a REAL person in there with already distinct features and a personality. I'm so anxious to meet her!

Nursery Update/Projects

I really still do believe that getting the nursery pretty much completed very early on in pregnancy (April) was the best idea. Wes still thinks it was way too early to turn his music room into an infant's sleeping quarters when no infant will set foot into the room for another 6 months. But I am glad I did the bulk of the work when I did.

Have I mentioned how much I love my husband and the sacrifices he has made for me and our precious first born?

(Wes would be rolling his eyes at this comment and saying, "yeah, yeah")

But he really has been a trooper in agreeing to my crazy, OCD need to get things done earlier rather than last minute. God knew exactly the man I would need in my life and He has given me just that and I am beyond grateful and couldn't ask for a better husband and father.

That being said, the nursery hasn't really been messed with in a few months because, like I said, it was pretty much completed months ago. But of course I managed to find a few "to do's" before Ava arrives.

We had bought a ceiling fan back in April but never got around to installing it. Her nursery is actually the converted garage so it can be a little warm in there at times so I knew I was going to need some type of circulating air.

Problem solved! We just picked out an inexpensive, white ceiling fan from Lowe's and it looks great! (And feels great too!!) We installed in a few weeks ago and let me tell you...it definitely proved to be a two person job. There was no way that could be done by one person. Teamwork!

Here is a look at the new ceiling fan. I said it actually now looks like a room and not just a space.

I had to turn the light off in order to get a good look at the ceiling fan. Here is the latest nursery picture with a little more light.

Her room is definitely getting very full, very quickly. However, I don't intend for the stroller and two car seats to stay in the room at all times so that will free up some floor space.

I have a feeling after having her home for about three months or so, we are going to be having the "it's time to move into a bigger house" talk. We already talk about it and realize it has to happen in the near future. But for now, this space will work while she is an infant and once she starts becoming more mobile....time to move!

The next nursery project was installing shelving in one of the closets. I was looking forward to having two closets for her clothes and other stuff but soon realized that this house is already limited in space and we are going to have to resort to just one closet for her and the other for our winter coats and other storage.

That being said, I knew I was going to need more room to hang clothes and shelves to store all the extra baby stuff. So we went to Lowe's and bought the wire shelving that would allow us to hang clothes on it as well.

Too bad what sounds like an "easy" project with an "easy" install turns out to be a nightmare. We cut the shelves,to what we thought was the right size, in the store. Only to get home and realize we needed just about a half inch more cut off.

Wire shelves....we didn't have anything at home to cut through wire....great....

Another trip to Lowe's and a Dremel later...we were cutting away at wire in the nursery with sparks flying. That is a pretty powerful little tool, I must say!

Two hours later, we had two shelves installed. I had hoped to fit three in the one closet but our alarm system box got in the way and we could only install two. I'm thinking about getting a tension rod for the top of the closet just for extra hanging room if I need it.

New closet organization!

The baskets came from Michael's and were all 40% off. Very cute and great price!!

Now I mentioned in my previous post that I would be talking about Ava's growing wardrobe. No, her wardrobe has not grown because I have been crazy, buying clothes for her.

The last time I actually bought something for her was probably back in April after we found out for sure she was a girl. Even then, I bought the clothes from a consignment store and so I have not paid full price for anything she owns thus far.

Well, about two weeks before going to Nashville, my sister sends me a text telling me that a guy she works with was offering her a car seat for $50 and also size 0-9 months baby girl clothes (at no charge) if I wanted them.

No charge?? Can't pass up that offer!!

Ashlie has no clue how many clothes he was talking about giving to us. She figured it would maybe be a few onesizies, a couple sleepers, and a blanket or two.

Oh were we ALL wrong..... TWO, FULL boxes of clothes!!

Okay, baby clothes are pretty darn small so to fill two good size boxes with baby clothes....there's a LOT in there. All of these clothes look practically brand new, maybe worn once or twice.

At this rate, she has enough onesizies that she can wear a new one every time we change her diaper. haha (Who knows, that still might not allow her to wear them all before she grows out of them!)

I took an extra suitcase to Nashville so I could bring back as many as I could but only got HALF loaded. Ashlie is going to have to ship the rest.

This is a picture of what didn't fit in my suitcase that will be shipped to Lawton.

This is why I bought the baskets because I knew not all these clothes were going to fit in her dresser. The plan is to put them into the baskets by size so when she goes into the next size, they are all together.

Yes...if you don't already know me well...I'm one of those crazy, has to be organized, person. :)

I tried taking pictures of the other half of the clothes once I got them organized...

This basket is just pants...FULL of all sizes and colors.

Like I said...SO many onesizies!! These are all 0-6 months.

Her dresser drawer which is already FULL.

One of my favorites. :)

We just couldn't believe the amount of clothes and he didn't ask for a dime! This would have cost us a lot of money if we were to have gone out and bought this amount of clothes for her.

We of course had to do something nice for him and his family as a "thank you". We ended up getting them $150 in gift cards to local restaurants in Nashville. Some for he and his wife to enjoy and a few to places that their kids could enjoy too.

I am beyond grateful to this family, who doesn't even know Wes and I, for giving us more than we could have ever imagined.

We are SO blessed and will forever be grateful for their generosity to our growing family.

Things are definitely falling into place as we prepare for one of the most important days in our lives.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Nursery Progress

So I'm a little over the top and I have pretty much come really close to finishing the nursery. Small details left but the big stuff is done!

I know, I know...I've still got what? 4 1/2 months to go? But I must say I am glad we got on top of it when we did because I can't imagine doing everything we have done and being much more pregnant than I am now. I was able to move around pretty easily which I know won't always be the case here in just a few short months.

But this room had a lot of steps we had to take before it could even begin to think about being a nursery.

After much debating, Wes and I decided to not move to Yukon before this baby arrives. We did toy with the idea for a few months but eventually had to be realistic and realize we have some saving we need to do before we can make such a huge decision.

That being said, we then had to determine which room we wanted to use for the nursery. Our house is right at 1000 square feet with three bedrooms, including the converted garage.

Therefore, with three bedrooms, it seems logical to have our bedroom, guest bedroom, and the nursery, right?

Well, if it were only that easy.

My mom will be staying with us to help out once the baby is here. So she will need a place to sleep and I want her to be comfortable and feel like she can stay as long as she or I want her to. :) Getting rid of the spare bedroom was not an option for me at this point.

Soon after Wes and I got married, Wes claimed the converted garage for his "Studio B" so he could work on music and mixing whenever he wanted without having to always go out to Yukon to the studio. This has worked great and he has learned to actually work better in this room than his own studio!

Okay, so here is the before picture of Wes's music room:

The spare bedroom is right across the hall from our bedroom so most people would think there wasn't much to debate about which room to put the baby in. But...after discussing the amount of moving of furniture and painting that would have to be done if we moved one room versus two rooms....we decided that the spare bedroom would stay"as is" for my mom and Wes's beloved music room would soon become the new nursery.

This was hard to convince Wes of let me tell you. We discussed this for a good month before he finally gave into the idea and just went with it. I have promised him that once my mom is not staying with us, we can move his desk into the spare bedroom in place of the bed and he can have his music room back.

I'm sure he will continue to remind me of this every day until that day comes, trust me.

I am pretty spontaneous with home projects. I usually don't plan on when I am going to do what, it just happens. So one Saturday, I asked Wes if he wanted to do some "spring cleaning" and starting cleaning out the shed, closets, maybe his music room, in preparation for starting the nursery.

Well once we got started, we didn't stop! We started at 10 AM and I don't think my feet came off the floor until 10 PM that night. Whew!! I was one tired momma!!

We completely cleared out the nursery, cleaned out closets, took a ton of stuff to Salvation Army for donation, and moved Wes's computer to the spare bedroom. Doesn't sound like much just typing it, but it was a ton of moving stuff around which really takes it out of you!

And here's what the rooms looked like after this phase of the process:

Not all of Wes's music equipment could make it to the desk. There just isn't as much space on this desk. He has added two speakers that take up most of the rest of the desk, but it's all about compromise. :)

My mom's "home away from home" come September!

And the new nursery!

I got this glider for FREE from a girl I work with.

I was pretty excited about free and it's in great shape!

The room stayed this way for a few days before I decided on what I wanted to do with the color scheme of the room. Now you have to remember that this was two weeks ago before I knew for sure if he were having a boy or a girl. So I really couldn't do too much with the color and I was not allowed to by Wes or my mom to paint any pink until April 11th. :)

I knew I wanted green and then planned on bringing in pink or blue.

See why we ultimately chose this room instead of the other? The room was already green! Maybe not quite the exact color green I would have chose but it will definitely work just fine.

So I picked out an accent wall for the pink (or blue). One wall to paint versus four....yes please!!

I may have been told I couldn't paint any pink, but nothing stopped me from getting the wall primed and ready! :)

After the ultrasound, I figured I would be painting pink walls that Wednesday evening because I'm just weird that way. But my mom and I ended up really busy running around to various doctors appointments and of course baby clothes shopping.

So believe it or not...the painting wasn't finished until that Saturday. Luckily the pink covered great in just one coat unlike the primer which took two coats to cover the green.

PINK! "Lauren's Lulliby" to be exact. :)

My parents bought the crib for me for my birthday so after cleaning up and clearing out the room, we put the crib together. I have always heard stories about dads-to-be having trouble putting the crib together but it was super easy and really fast! Probably one of the easier pieces of furniture we've put together.

And the finished product.....

Crib ended up coming from Wal-Mart and we are very pleased with it. It's not the most high quality wood, but it will definitely work for us.

This diaper caddy came from Target and cost only $22! I read reviews online and most people said it worked really well considering how inexpensive it was. So far, I like it. It was almost harder to put together than the crib!

I have yet to mention the HUGE deal I got on this crib bedding! I got the blanket, crib bumper, diaper stacker, mobile, big hamper, trash can, two sets of valances and curtains, and a lamp for only $100! I got it at a local consignment store and it is by far my favorite place to go now. I have even bought several onsies and a few other pieces of clothing for very cheap.

I ended up adding a little more pink to the little nook area just to the in-set and left the sides green. I wasn't sure if I would like it, but I love it! It brightens up the area quite a bit just by adding the color.

This was yet another great deal my mom and I came across from the same consignment store. A Chicco Key Fit 30 car seat with THREE bases for $120! Did I mention how much I love that store?

(Lexi doesn't quite know what to think of this new nursery, ha!)

The other wall stayed green and I actually think the existing color green works well. This dresser was the most expensive purchase we made but so worth it. We are going to use it as a diaper changer.

As you can see it has two small slide out drawers which I thought will work perfect for putting wipes and diapers on. Plus three larges drawers. This piece is real wood and very good quality.

The best part: it came put together, in the box! All we did was cut the box off and stand it up. I was so excited not to have to put it together! Worth the money!

That's about all the pictures I have so far. We still need to figure out what will hang on the walls, put up the curtains and hang a new ceiling fan, but we have definitely made a lot of progress.

This is where I have to brag on my wonderful husband. :) Right as we were leaving the house for the ultrasound on my birthday, UPS pulled up and handed me a ProFlowers box. I was shocked that it was there so early and right on my birthday!

This is what I found inside from Wes:

And yes, he planned the green vase and pink and green flowers to match the nursery. :) It's always the little details that end up meaning the most. <3

I am blessed!!!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Post Well Overdue!

Okay, this post is WELL overdue for sure! It's been what...almost a month since my last post? Geez...I will blame it on nursing school. But once school is over, I won't have that excuse. So I will use it now and just say to all my readers that I will try harder. :)

Maybe there just hasn't been anything really exciting going on, so I haven't felt that urge to blog. I say that now and watch this post end up being incredibly long just trying to get all of the past month's happenings in one post.

I will try to due a condensed update.

Nursing school has taken up quite a bit of my time lately. Due to having clinicals two days a week, class two days a week and then a test pretty much every Friday, doesn't leave a whole of time to even sleep at times. But we are getting SO close to being finished!

A respiratory educator at the hospital asked how long we have until we were done. After telling him we only have just a short three months, he gave the best response I've heard thus far to explain what we are all probably feeling right now.

He said, "So at this point you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you just aren't sure whether it's the light of being finished or a train coming at you full speed."

Exactly! I think we are all feeling that BOTH of those things could be happening at the same time. Yes we are finally able to see the end of school (finally!) but also feel like that end is just the beginning of the unknown, crazy world of nursing. And it's going to happen whether we want it to or not, full speed ahead. No turning back now!

Uh oh... Are we ready for this??

I don't think any nursing student is ever ready. But, we have been equipped with all the knowledge and tools we need to succeed. We just have to believe in ourselves enough to get started and take that first step.

In saying that...my first step is not anywhere near the ICU. I hope I don't ever have to set foot in the ICU ever again. That sounds pretty harsh doesn't it? Let me explain....

So far I have gotten to experience the NICU, Adult ICU, Children's ER, and PICU.

NICU is do-able. I really enjoyed the time I got to spend there. Even though these babies are so, so small, I wasn't scared by their size and felt extreme compassion to help them the best I could. These little babies did not ask to be in such situations of poor health and therefore they need us to survive. It is up to the doctors and nurses to nurture them and ensure their survival despite the challenges that might be stacked against them. Children's ER and PICU were just "okay". Nothing too exciting; don't think those areas are my calling.

However, Adult ICU was a completely different experience. An experience I don't ever plan on experiencing again. Definitely not for me. I really can't put into words why I feel so strongly about not enjoying the ICU but I just felt like I was way out of my element. I was uncomfortable the entire time. I wanted nothing to do with all the machines, pumps, IV lines, catheters, chest tubes, and overall such critical patients.

For those of you who are not in the medical field and will never set foot in an ICU, let me give you a visual, just a glimpse at what the nurses in the ICU deal with on a daily basis. I found this picture online and it is a pretty good depiction of what the ICU rooms and patients look like.

Umm..yeah...No thank you. I will leave this job to the nurses out there that thrive off of constant adrenaline. And I am so thankful that nurses all have their own desires in different areas of nursing. Thank goodness there are nurses out there who love the ICU and love their job in that setting. God bless them!!

Now even though going to the ICU was not a good experience for me, it did reinforce the area of nursing that I do want to go into. I told myself I was going to continue to keep an open mind about critical care before I got my sights set on a career in OB.

But the decision has been made, I want to pursue a career in the OB field of nursing.

Look at this picture and tell me that this would not be the most wonderful job to get to experience this every single day.

Ahh...so much more comforting and peaceful when I look at this. I know there will be challenging situations that can happen in OB but it is still such a happy place with nurses working who absolutely LOVE their job.

I can't wait! The plan right now is that I will be doing my Leadership this summer at the Integris in Yukon on the OB floor. The good news....we have been told that the OB supervisor not only wants to have Leadership students this summer, but she has plans to hire them after. YES!!!

Wes and I still plan to move to Yukon in a year or two so this would be perfect! God is so good! It is so obvious that He is continuing to work in our lives in mighty, mighty ways.

My mom was here this past weekend. We ran around getting everything needed to finish up the flowerbed. So after new stone edging, four bags of soil, five bags of mulch and fifteen Gerber daisy plants, it's finally done!!

Next item on the list of improvements to the outside of the house is a new driveway which is much overdue. The driveway was in bad shape when I moved into the house and it has only continued to get worse. So finally having a nice, smooth driveway will be great!

We are going all out too. Decided to make the driveway wide enough to fit two cars and extend the concrete all the way to the back of the house to give us a small patio area in the back. We are also going to have a walkway up the house and redo the patio surface. All of these changes are going to make such a huge difference in the way the front of the house looks from the street. I know we will have no trouble selling with all the improvements we are making and it is only adding to the value of the house too.

We hope the driveway will get done next week. We went through quite a few estimates before deciding on who was going to do it. You know you are a true adult when you get excited about house improvements like a new driveway. HaHa

But we are excited! It's going to look great!

And of course the last update is Lexi. She is doing really good. Even more of a brat than my last post. :)

My mom and I went into a so-called pet "boutique" in a mall we have in OKC. They carry a lot of little dog stuff so I knew I had to check it out. It would have been so easy to spend a lot of money in there but I stopped myself and just bought her two shirts and a bow.

And here is the crazy, funny thing we discovered about Lexi and wearing shirts. First of all, she doesn't mind them at all. The bow is a different story but I think she is getting used to it.

As soon as my mom and I got home, we put the shirt on Lexi. Normally she is running around like crazy, jumping, biting at our feet and just out of control. The minute we put the shirt on her, she was calm. I mean just sat down and looked at us. Whoah! I have a magic shirt!! It calms dogs down!!

My mom and I couldn't believe it. It was a very pleasant evening having her so calm. I thought it might just be a short lived thing, but we have continued to put the shirt on her and when it's on...she's pretty calm. So weird...I think I might be visiting that pet store frequently. :)

She's grown so much again! She is already 3 lbs and only 3 months old. Let's just say, she doesn't skip a meal. HaHa She's a little pig when it comes to food. But I guess that is a good thing. Better that than not eating at all.

Now if we can only get her to stop biting so much. Ugh...We are hoping that she will start to grow out of the biting phase, soon!!

She is really smart though. She already knows how to sit for a treat and is fetching her toys when we play with her. She does know what "No!" means but I think most of the time she knows and just doesn't want to listen. Imagine that.

We thought it was funny when she couldn't get out of the bucket. She looks defeated in this picture.

This picture was only taken about a week ago. Her ears aren't standing up all the way and they are now. Crazy how fast they grow!

This bow didn't stay in for long. We got these at PetsMart. They don't stay in as well as the one I got from the little pet boutique.

Both ears are up!! When I took her to the vet this last time, they took some of the hair off her ears to help them to stand up. And it worked, so cute!

This is the sweet face I get to look at every day.

I guess that's it for this update.

Hopefully I will have a good post to come since my birthday is this coming Monday, April 11th. I don't know what we have planned but it being on a Monday, I don't know how much time we will have to do something.

My parents are coming into town Saturday, April 16th. We are going to have a big family get together for my birthday out at the DeWitte's. It should be fun, I'm looking forward to it!

All I've asked for my birthday is a cookie cake. :) I don't know why I want one so bad but it sounds so much better than the usual birthday cake. No one else agrees so maybe I will end up getting the entire cookie cake to myself!

Hope everyone has a great rest of the week and weekend!