It's about time . . .

that I get on here and update our blog with something new! Ha ha ha I'm so mean, I made you think we were having a baby, huh?
Well, I only wish I had that to write. But I don't.

In the meantime, let me share some of the funnies of our lives. Evidently, men in the general public aren't used to seeing women whose babies are nearly due. I have had more stares in the last 1-2 weeks from them than I can ever remember getting when I was not pregnant and probably looked more cute!

I have heard of women whose ankles were so swollen you could push in on them and the pressure from the pushing would actually leave a dent. Never thought I would experience that, but my ankles have been especially swollen this week, so I tried it. And, really, it's gross but interesting in the way that you can actually leave dents in skin swollen with water. I'm looking forward to the 15 lbs in water weight I will be losing when I have this baby.

Reed's knees are still scabby and gross, but thankfully not as painful as they were. He is so busy with all the things he's involved with, and having a baby, and helping me around the house. This week, he finally told me that he thought he had put too much on his plate. I started laughing. Poor guy, ever the optimist, that had to be hard for him to admit. But, as he usually does, he told me that it just meant he would have to organize his time better. His persistence is definitely one of the qualities I love about him.

Well, that's our mini update. Tomorrow is my last day at work. I was going to work until the day I had this baby, but when I go to work, I don't feel productive because I feel so slow and sluggish. I feel good that, essentially, I will have worked up to my due date.
Hope everyone has a fabulous and fun Memorial Day Weekend!

Visiting Teaching Companion Saves Waddling Pregnant Woman at Walmart !

That would have been the headline if it had made it to the papers.

Yesterday, I ran to Walmart to buy a couple of things. Literally, 4 insignificant things I felt were important enough to drive about 4 miles down the road for. As I drove there, I turned a corner and overturned my purse, knocking a lot of things out of my purse, most importantly my keys. (Our ignition key is stuck in the ignition, and our door key is a separate key. It's a long story, and I don't know why our ignition key sticks, but it does.) Anyway.

I get out at Walmart, after sticking what I THOUGHT was everything into my purse, including Reed's phone which he had just recently left in our car. Obviously, minus my keys. I do my shopping at Walmart, and walk out to my car, finally noticing that I have no keys in my purse. I begin to panic, because it's hot and Reed needs the car ASAP, and if you remember, we're still sharing one car.

I start to think, who can I call? Long story short, I'm talking to one of my sisters on the phone, trying to figure out what to do, when my visiting teaching companion calls, needing the primary book I still hadn't returned to her. She lives close to my house, so I ask her if she would mind going to my house, asking Reed for HIS set of keys, and then coming to Walmart where I could return her primary book which happened to be locked in the car with my keys. And she did all that for me! Can you believe that?! I have to say, I would do absolutely anything for this very kind sweet woman now. I feel eternally indebted to her.

I was seriously in a panic, b/c of course I'm thinking that I could go into labor any moment, and I had no way of calling Reed b/c I had his phone. I could call an ambulance, but then we'd have to swing by the house and pick up my husband. Wouldn't that make for an interesting story? :) Anyway,it all ended well, and the whole problem was fixed about 30 minutes after I had originally found out I locked my keys in the car. What a blessing!

It's a Contest of Wills

I'm convinced this little stinker inside me is just trying to prove that she can be more stubborn than me. And honestly, I'd tell her she's right if she'd just come out so I could tell her. I have my next Dr's appt on Monday, but instead of seeing my Dr at the Dr's office, I'd like to see my Dr at the hospital sometime in the next 3 days. Oh well. If not, I'll still be here, letting Aftyn make her point, that she is truly more stubborn than me.

The Biggest Loser Finale . . .

I just gotta say it - I'm so glad Mike didn't win! Way to come out of nowhere Helen, and blow all the competition out of the water! No one even thought Helen had a chance of winning. Way to be an underdog, and show the rest of us how to handle it humbly. Thank you and goodnight.

Mothers Day Thoughts

Well, first of all, as you can see, the computer still seems to be hanging in there. I think we might be in the clear. We downloaded a free anti-something,(after doing some research first) checked the whole computer and then had the program clean it, and now it is running SO much better.
And, as I'm sure so many are wondering, what does my dr. have to say at this point in the game? Well, I'm dilated to about a 1, and she thinks for sure I'll still be pregnant this week. :( That made me a whole lot of sad on Friday when she told me, but now I'm doing better. After all, what can you really do about it? And, no matter when she comes, hopefully all will be well, and we'll still have a baby girl to love whether she comes tomorrow or on May 29th. (But I think I might love her more if she comes tomorrow.)
;) Just Kidding!
Mothers Day has been very nice. Reed got me a whole tray of cupcakes made by the Young Women in our ward, I got a chocolate bar at church, my mother-in-law gave me a new geranium, and we had fruit and truffles and macaroons in Relief Society today. Yum! Really, what more could you ask for?
Reed did a nice number on his knees on Friday. He helped one of his co-workers pour a patio for his home, and decided it would be a good idea to kneel down in the concrete to do the finish work. His knees look like someone took a sander to them. It's been 3 days, with lots of TLC, and he still hurts when he walks around, bends, anything. He's been taking Aleve and icing his poor swollen knees, but they haven't decided to feel better yet. Reed told me I need to have the baby tomorrow so he doesn't have to go to work with his knees hurting. :( No pressure, right?!

Quick little side note. Thursday night, I was sitting in our baby's room on the computer, Reed was in the room next door. I decided it was time to test out Reed's skills and how capable he would be when something does happen with this baby. So, I said,"Let's have a test Reed." Reed was kind of confused by what I said and not really paying attention, and he says, "Huh?" So, I wait a few minutes, he doesn't ask again, so I go ahead with my test. I say to him "Reed, my water just broke."
Reed "What?! Did it really?!?!?"
Me "No! I just told you we were having a test!"
Reed was very grateful it was only a test, after which I proceeded to grill him about what we would do next. I hope he does better when/if that really happens. :)

Our Computer's on the Fritz!

So, if we don't stay on top of blogging as per our norm, just be a little patient. I'm busy trying to talk Reed into buying a new computer. :) But we're still alive!

~ A Unique Problem ~

I finally remembered what at least one of my "dream" posts was about.

Friday night, I got a phone call around 10:58 pm. I remember, b/c it was close to 11, but it was still 10, so I thought I would answer it. The number showed up as being from Missouri, which should have been my first clue. But, nonetheless, I answered it.

I hear a young woman start talking - trying to come off as very kind and informative, saying something about how she was calling from planned parenthood, and she had some sort of tube or something saying that I was pregnant.(Gee, that's a shockeroo, I thought as I looked down at my almost 37 week pregnant belly.)

Now, you have to know that Reed and I had some genetic testing to make sure all was well, done on the baby back in December. So, insert me, thinking someone had somehow received something meant for us? Whatever - anyway, at this point, this girl seems like she's rambling and starting to repeat the same kind of information in different ways, so I say to her,"I'm not sure what this has to do with me," (cause she never had really gotten to a point in her statements). Anyway, right after my comment, I hear this evil 2nd voice say "calm down lady". At this point, I hang up, b/c clearly this is a prank call.

That's just the latest. I'm pretty sure b/c my phone number, the numbers repeat themselves and they are fairly easy to dial and come up with, I have had at least 5 prank calls from random people I don't know in the last 5 yrs that I've had this number. I wonder if anyone else receives prank calls as often as I have. I've had the random young boy calls - 2 of those I think, one person who just needed someone to talk to at 1 am when I happened to be awake, one sick perv who was asking me weird questions - he was weird.

I am just wondering, does anyone else have this problem? Is it b/c of my number or are weird, bored, psychotic, perverted people just drawn to my number for some reason?
Just some food for thought.