To Be Announced

My friend brought me some newborn baby boy clothes of Cam's on Saturday that I had lent her last year.  Looking at the newborn onesies with little trains and tigers on them made me hope it's a little boy.  But I know as soon as I go through all of Roo's newborn clothes it'll just make me want a girl!  Really though...I just want a BABY!!  I'm so excited.  I'm feeling pretty good...the severe hip joint pain has seemed to ease up a tad, although I'm still pretty slow on my feet.  Headed south with the fam for my OB appointment today.  We got to see Baby on ultrasound, and he/she is measuring perfectly at 24 weeks.  We're looking at scheduling the induction on August 3, but obviously we will make that decision as it gets closer.  I just can't believe how fast time is flying by!

I got a little treat in the mail today from the wonderful Sarah Taylor.  I had went ahead and ordered a pearl attachment for my necklace now because I was too anxious to wait until August...and heck, she only charges $2, so why not??  So it arrived today...along with a surprise from Sarah...a little 3rd tag that says TBA!  Sooo adorable!!  It'll be fun to switch it out with Baby's name in August, but until then, I'm so excited to have our 3rd little one represented in such a cute way!!  It made my day, and once again reaffirmed how much I love supporting small businesses where the owner cares more about customer service than anything.  Her giveaway ends in 2 days, so be sure to enter!  And once again, even if you don't win, please consider her cute shop because I promise she is wonderful to work with and goes the extra mile for her customers!

Here's a random picture:

Literally headed out the door to Church.


I finished reading Pride & Prejudice on Saturday night.  Even though I love to suggest good books to other people, I get nervous reading classic books that everybody likes...or is supposed to like.  Because then I feel pressured to love it instead of being able to truly form my own opinion.  For example, I read The Help last month because everyone said how amazing it was....it was just okay for me.  But then I liked Guernsey and Thousand Suns WAY more than I thought I would.  That said, I truly loved P&P!  Everybody knows I already romanticize everything in my life, so I definitely love a good romantic story!  (Although my top favorite love story is still These Is My Words.)  Even though I couldn't understand all of the dialogue sometimes, I kept wishing that I could talk/write like that!  I told Nate he needs to start speaking to me with such eloquence!  I can't wait to watch the P&P movies next.

Even though I bought it for Nate to read, I just started reading Meg Meeker's Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters.  It just talks about the incredible influence that fathers have on their daughters, whether they want to or not.  She says that no matter how strong the pull of worldly influences can feel, fathers always have an even stronger influence.  As a mother, not a day goes by that I don't worry about my children and whether or not they will be strong enough to stand up for what they know is right as they grow up.  I'm so grateful that their father is such a wonderful man who loves them and spends time with them because that will ultimately bless their lives more than anything else we could do for them.

Speaking of daddy, he is the coolest and decided to build Cameron a homemade volcano since Cam is learning about them at school right now.  (He even made the clay himself!)  It was a big hit with Cam and his little friends when it 'erupted' outside.