March??

Seriously.

March?

Wow...time flies...and somehow manages to drag

all at the same time. I told Paul the other night that

this has been the longest pregnancy on record. At least

that's how it feels to me! At the same time, I don't think

we're quite ready for her to be here yet...you know...since

she still doesn't have a name and all. Poor kid.

{any suggestions welcomed}

On the bright side, the girls rooms upstairs are almost

finished-we're hoping to move them in this weekend.

I'll have to post pics when they are done.

Then we just have to put Noah in the twin bed with his and

Jacob's new bedding, and get Emmie settled into the toddler

bed in the girl's old room after we move them out and get it

all cleaned up, and get the baby stuff out and

ready for the baby...

Phew...did I say we weren't quite ready yet??

In other baby news, I'm roughly the size of a whale.

Really, I've never been this big, I don't think, and the

funny part is I'm ALL BABY. So I look sort of like a stick

bug that swallowed an olive.

Yeah, I'll give you a minute to process that one...

She's very active, and I'm very awkward. And tired.

And very pregnant. I'm not complaining too much, though.

I DO love being pregnant, and I am crazy excited to meet

the newest member of our brood, so the aches and pains,

and distorted body image are very much worth it. :)

Wanna know what I'm most curious about with this one??

All the girls in our house-including me-have blue eyes.

All the boys in our house-including Paul-have brown eyes.

Will this baby follow the pattern?? This is one of my favorite

parts of having a new baby...who will she look like, whose

temperament will she have, will she follow the unusual

gender-eye-color pattern thing we have going on??

As of now, we are scheduled for a repeat c-section on

March 24th. I'm none too happy about the section...I hate

them...but after the mild scare with Emmie, I'm just doing

what I feel is safest for the baby. Although my OB did say

that if I went into labor on my own before that and things

progressed quickly and smoothly (they never have in the past)

that we could try the v-bac again. In his words, 'You HAVE

had more vaginal births than c-sections at this point, and

it stands to reason that you could do it again.'

I had a successful v-bac with Noah, and then things got a

little scary with Emmie near the end, and I made the call to

just do the section for her safety. I would LOVE to have

another v-bac, but we'll just have to see. I'm praying

about it, and I'll do whatever I feel God is leading us to

do when the time comes.

If you're still out there, thanks! :)

TTFN,