Letter to Noah

My Dear Noah,

Hello little man!  I am so excited for you to be joining us soon!  Today is June 23 and you are due July 26th, so we are getting closer!  Daddy and I think that you may come before then, but that could just be us getting anxious for you. :-)  Auntie Dayna has been helping us with some birthing tips and "classes" so that we are prepared when the time comes.  So far I've been having Braxton Hicks contractions, but nothing more as far as I can tell.  We did get out the pen and paper to start timing and documenting our contractions the other night though.

I started contracting after a long day and it was enough that I had to pause a bit in what I was doing, but didn't hurt.  They seemed really close though and when we started timing, they were varying from about 3-5 min apart and were lasting about 45 to 60 seconds.  We started to get excited and wondered if we needed to pack a bag, but you are a little young still and that is worrying.  So I drank two full glasses of water and put my feet up to see if it would slow things down.  You are not here with us yet, so needless to say it worked. :-)  The Contractions died down after about 25-30 minutes.  It is hard sometimes to not want you to come right now!  You've most likely got some more "cooking" to do though, so your mommy gets to practice her patience until you are ready.  I know that whenever you come is when you are supposed to come and you will be so loved by your daddy and I!

Speaking of Daddy, he got to celebrate his first real Father's Day this past Sunday!  It was so sweet and he was very proud.  Some people may say that it was an "almost daddy" day, but I disagree.  You are very real at this point and there is no "almost" about it!  For his gift I made him a new shirt to wear at the hospital that says "I'm a Daddy and proud of it!".  He liked it, of course, but the best part was when I told him that there was more in the bag.  He reached into the bag and pulled out a little onesie I had made for you that says "I love my Daddy".  Your Daddy even got teary eyed at the thought, that's how much he loves you!

I have been enjoying making scrapbook pages for you lately too! We have one little 8x8 book and a 12x12 book as well, so it's nice to have my pick of whether or not I want to do a big spread or just a little one.  The little book I think we will use for all the beautiful newborn shots that Destinee Blau does and the big one for the everyday snapshots!  Either way it's been fun! I just can't wait to get the pictures to go in them!

We are so excited for you Noah and already love you more than we ever thought possible!

Love,
Mommy

Baby Shower!

Today I went to a wonderful baby shower planned by my friends Dayna and Robyn.  The whole thing was decorated so cute, with some super yummy snacks, and fun games!  Thank you ladies!

Thank heaven for wonderful people!

For those who don't  know, I am currently the Primary President at my church (which means I'm in charge of over-seeing all the classes and activities for ages 18 months-11 years) and I have two counselors that I meet with occasionally to help coordinate things.

Well, last Wednesday was a really long day for me, with work starting at 7:30 a.m. and I was scheduled to have a meeting that night.  Around 4 I found out that one of my counselors couldn't come, so I thought it was a great reason to re-schedule and go home for some much needed rest!  I called the other counselor to see if she would be ok with having the meeting another day, and she said she was really wanting to discuss some things that night.  I tried to tell her we could discuss over the phone or via email, because the other counselor wouldn't be there anyway, but she was pretty insistent.  So finally I said that I would swing by the church and meet with her "real quick" to go over whatever it is she wanted to discuss.  I feel bad, because I hung up feeling rather grumpy... I had gotten my hopes up that I was actually gonna be able to go home and get some rest!

So I grouchily ran home as soon as I got off (20 min drive), fed this child inside me, and got back in the car to go back to town for a meeting...really grumpy pregnant lady at this point.  When I showed up, the door to the primary room was closed (they had cub scouts that night) and I didn't see my counselor anywhere.  Finally, after wandering the halls for 5 minutes, I decided to peek into the primary room to see if maybe she was just waiting in there.

When I opened the door, I was bombarded with blue balloons and giggling kids saying "SURPRISE!!!"  Feeling horrible for being such a grump I was almost in tears from the sweetness of others.  My counselor had apparently arranged for a surprise primary baby shower for me, and that was the big issue to "discuss".  :-)

I don't have any pictures, but she and the kids had made some blank scrapbook pages for me and gave me a super cute scrapbook for baby Noah.  The best part, almost every page had at least one star on it just for little Noah!  They even had cupcakes and punch for us in the kitchen.

I am VERY glad I didn't cancel completely, and I wish I hadn't been so grumpy about going.  This was a wonderful surprise, and I LOVED it!  Thank you to all who participated, you really made my day!