Thursday, November 20, 2008

39 weeks and my bags are packed!


The big day is... TOMORROW!

Charlie is set for his arrival into the world at 1:30 pm. We should arrive at the hospital at 11:30 am or so.

The problem is that we are always late. Always. I'm hoping that we can manage to be on time tomorrow!

I am so nervous!
So excited, but SO nervous.

Here's how I spent my last day as a mommy to ONE child:

8:00- woke up and cuddled with my Avery. What a great way to start my day!

9:30 - David and I took Avery to Preschool together. I had to show him all the procedures for checking her in and making her feel secure, etc. Inevitably, he won't remember any of them, but there are lots of lovely ladies there to help him out!

10:30 - went to breakfast with my sweet husband

11:30 - made David take me to the dollar tree where we got some things to put in Avery's "Happy Bucket" for the hospital.

By the way, I scored BIG TIME and found some styrofoam cones for $1 each (way cheaper than Michael's or Hobby Lobby). That's a beautiful thing.

12:00-12:45 - took a nap. Good stuff. Not long enough.

1:00 - got my hair cut

1:45 - got my car washed

2:20 - picked up Avery from Preschool

3:00 - made David go with me to Walmart.
I had a $10 gift card that was burning a hole in my pocket and had to spend it ASAP.

I bought this:

and this:

Exciting, huh?

4:00 - came home and got dressed for cheesy church directory family photo - in coordinating colors, of course. 'cause that's a requirement for cheesy directory photo.

5:30 - arrived SUPER late for cheesy church directory family photo session.

I felt like a blueberry in my light blue-too-tight cardigan.
I kept waiting for the Oompa Loompas to roll me to the Juicing Room...

6:00 - attempted to keep Avery from screaming during the ENTIRE church photo session while The Kinda Scary Photographer Guy was calling her, "Avera" and shaking a stuffed teddy bear in her face.

6:05 - tried to convince Kinda Scary Photographer Guy that we were not interested in posing for the "David touching my belly and looking sweetly into my exhausted eyes shot".

6:15 - sat through SUPER long presentation where sales lady tried to convince us to purchase a queer-looking staff photo and several random-looking family photos (while having major Braxton-Hicks pains).

FYI: Every woman should have a publicly viewed photo taken of her the day before she GIVES BIRTH. It's great for the ego.

6:30 - dinner at Sonic.
I cheated.
I'm done.
Seriously, done.
You don't even want to know what I ate.
Hint: It rhymes with "silli sneeze stony."

6:45 - dropped Avery off at my SIL's house and went to...

7:00 - David Crowder concert. A.maze.ing.

Side note:
Charlie either really loved it, or REALLY hated it 'cause he was going crazy the whole time. Our friend plays guitar for Jeremy Horn who was opening for David Crowder tonight. It was really fun.


9:30 - picked up a very sleepy Avery and cuddled, cuddled, cuddled until she ASKED me to put her in her crib.

10:45 - started BLOGGING and am currently listening to David clean my kitchen. Because he is precious.

Now... if I could just get to sleep.
I don't know if that's going to happen! Maybe I should lock up the Mod Podge.

I'm liable to start decoupaging the walls at 3 AM.

16 comments:

Margaret said...

What a busy day! Enjoy tomorrow, it goes by so quickly!!

Jackie said...

Jennifer - I forgot it was tomorrow! Yay! I am so excited, and I'll be praying for everything to go smoothly.

That Silli Sneeze Stony looks fabulous. I would've totally gotten that too.

Molly said...

Oh, Jennifer! You are so funny!
I will be thinking of you today and praying for you. wow, Heat Bond?! I not sure that was such an exciting purchase but to each his own!

Stacy said...

Yay! Good luck! And welcome to the world little guy! Cant wait for pics!

~Stacy

Wendi@EveryDayMiracles said...

Oh - so exciting! And your last day as mommy to one sounded wonderful! :)

I'm praying for you friend!

maribeth said...

i am most excited about the ironing board holder. it has been on my list of things to purchase for years-pitiful!

Rach@In His Hands said...

What a fantastic last day as a mommy of ONE!
Praying for you today that everything goes very smoothly. Can't wait to hear about Charlie's arrival!!
I agree with Jackie, I would've ordered that, too. :)

--Leann-- said...

Good luck today! Sounds like a wonderful way to spend your last day as a mommy-to-one. :)

misty said...

what a great day! good for you... you deserve it!

good luck & be sure to post pictures of the little man as soon as you get home!!! ha

Sonya @ Balentine Bliss said...

Loved the the church directory story - sounded like our experience sans the pregnant picture part. The scary dude kept calling Perri -Terri and that totally ticked her off! Our pictures are sooooooo B-A-D!

It's 11:30on the spot right now - I am praying for you guys and will give you a buzz later! Happy birthday, Charlie!

Tracey said...

I'm so excited for you!!!! God Bless!!

crazigirl80 said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Charlie!!! Hope your entrance into this crazy world was an easy one for mommy!!! Can't wait to see pics of you! Wishing you great birth vibes from California!!

The Moseley Family said...

i love the blog! i love what you bought at w-mart- you are still nesting!hehe! and i love the sonic! i bet the concert was a blast! how fun! praying for you and anxious to hear about everything and see pictures!!!

Diane said...

Seriously...you made me laugh until I thought I was going to pee in my pants.

leah said...

I love this post Jennifer.. it makes me laugh so hard!! You found cones for a dollar?!?! For the button trees?!?!

Colored With Memories said...

jennifer!
this is the best pre-birth-giving-day story ever!
love it!

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