Creativity Continues

After all these years of no sewing, it's so fun to jump in and start creating new things. We bought some Halloween material a while back so I could make candy bags for the kids this year. I decided to create the pattern and start working on them before I forget! They were so easy; it actually took me longer to create the pattern than it did to sew them together. I made three 11x16 bags with a yard of material and I think they turned out pretty good ;) We plan to use them when we go to Mickey's Trick-or-Treat party at Disneyland, then again on Halloween night.

Try it!!!

This was a pretty tough brain teaser; it took me three times to get 100%. See how many times it takes you!

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And a half

Enough posts about the baby right? But that's all that consumes my mind right now. I have 9 days to go until her due date and right now I am beyond being nervous. I am done being pregnant and want it to be over already! Yesterday was my 38 week check-up and the doc says I'm dilated to 1 (and a HALF). He "gave" me the half because I said I wanted to be at a 2 or 3. So reassuring huh? :) He also tells me now I just need to hurry up and wait... yeah, I've been doing that for a week now. I'm miserable. All I want to do is hibernate until she arrives, but there are two other little ones that need me all day and two bigger ones that need me in the evenings. There are a million things I can do to occupy my time but nothing sounds fun. I even tried to go to Michael's the other day to find a little craft to do and I couldn't find anything cute enough to spend my money on... silly huh? I have scrapbooks galore that need to be worked on, but if I sit at the table too long my feet and ankles swell to the point of pins and needles and my husband teases me that I have "cankels". I could do word puzzles or sudoku but that gets boring after about three puzzles. I could read but I like to have no interruptions when I'm reading and that just isn't going to happen with a 3 1/2 and 1 1/2 year old. TV is... I'll just say that I've had enough of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song.

I'm ready for Annie to come out now. Can you send contraction vibes my way? :-) Oh, and thanks for letting me complain. I don't care who you are, the end of pregnancy is NEVER fun. I really don't understand the people who love being pregnant. There isn't any part of pregnancy that I enjoy at all except the part where I know there's a little miracle growing inside me. You can all have the rest. I want my body back! And yes, I know I'm lucky to be in my shoes... I'm one of the very fortunate ones to be having a baby right now and I do count my blessings every day. I've been in circumstances where I didn't know if I'd have another baby, and where one more miscarriage would break me. But right now, I'm 38 (and a HALF) weeks pregnant and I'm ready to be done with the baby bump.

Happy Wednesday!

Really?

So my stork ticker says 17 days to go. I'm getting nervous. Not so much about the birthing process, although that is part of it. I am nervous about making it to the hospital on time, but I'm more nervous about bringing home a new baby when the older girls are still babies. They both want to cuddle with me all the time and usually take up the entire mass of my lap and arms. Where is a 3rd baby going to go? I need a third arm and leg! :) I'm also nervous about the lack of sleep and adjustment to nursing again. My body will be taken over by this new tiny little "bundle of joy," as if she hasn't done that already. People say things like "It doesn't look like you are about to pop" and "You're not that big." Well, that's because all 50 pounds have spread out over my entire body. My rear end is as big as my stomach! And the process to lose it all is also making me nervous. I know it will happen over time, but it will never be soon enough. Although it sounds like I'm complaining, I am really looking forward to meeting Annie. Who will she look like? What will her temperment be? I pray that she's healthy. I need to pack my overnight bag for the hospital and then I will have everything checked off on my to-do list. But somehow I think that I still have a lot of time. I'm starting to have some braxton-hicks contractions, but nothing to call Mom about. I don't feel like I'm that close to having her. I wonder if she'll be late like Chloe was? I hope not. 9 months is long enough without adding another week (or two!) But, she will get here when she gets here. And the countdown begins...

Josh Turner, take 2

It was so worth the 5 hour drive :) Barry and I left Friday morning and got to Turlock around 1:30pm, visited with my mom for a while, went to lunch, then took off for the Stanislaus County Fair at 5:15pm. My mom went with us to the fair, and I was so glad she got to spend the evening with us. We all had a great time. Here are some of the highlights from the show:

The Meet and Greet took place right before the concert. While I was waiting in line, I got a picture of the tour manager (his name is John or Jim, can't remember!), and I went to stand by the tour bus and out came the lead guitarist, Jared. He was nice enough to take a picture with me :)

Then, the moment we were all waiting for... Josh came out of this tour bus and you can see where the line is headed nestled in between a couple other tour buses.

My exciting moment came and went very quickly. Josh has the DEEPEST voice with the strongest southern drawl you'll ever hear. He was super nice. Our conversation went something like this: "Hi, how are you?" "Good thank you." I congratulated him on his newest baby boy, who was born 6 weeks ago. and he said "Thank you". There was an "It's nice to meet you" and one more "thank you" before I left the area and went back to my seat. Isn't he so cute?! He's much skinnier than I imagined though... look at my big legs compared to his!! LOL

This is my mom and me right after we got to the fair and after the ferris wheel ride. It was so fun to hang out... we don't get to do that anymore.

Here are some more shots while we're in our seats. We were about 15-20 rows back from the stage and enjoyed a really great show.