Life as a stay-at-home mom.

 My life has been all too hectic lately, and I thoroughly apologize for not being here for you like I should have. It's like losing your dog when you were seven and forgot to chain him up and you weren't sure why he ran away... does he not love me anymore? 

Okay, okay, enough of that. :) 

Really, I've dubbed February as being dead to me. From now on, we will have no Februaries. I have alerted the media (kindof) and they are (maybe) thinking about doing away with Februaries all together. When you open your 2010 desk calendar, please note that the month between January and March is now called Daniery. I feel like this will be a tribute to my hardships in the month of February, and it will serve me well.

I'll spare you with the horrid details, but let's just say that technologically, February spat on me... again, and again, and again. My cable went down (what does one DO without the internet and cable for a week!?), my computer went nutso (still kicking out the bugs), and then Will's laptop died when we were relying on it because my computer was with our trusty repairman, Garret Cox (please look him up if you have any computer issues!)... so, essentially, another week without a computer/internet. My phone will no longer let me check voicemails, so to the approximate 35 of you who have left your lovely voices on my machine... I do so apologize.

Now it's odd that this has occurred in this special way, but my bad luck streak started on January 30th. It ended around the approximate date of March 1st. Coincidence? I think not.

To all of you Valentine's Day lovers, I may consider keeping the holiday around. I may consider keeping Black History Month. I may consider any other random holidays, birthdays, or special agendas you all have. But above all else, February will be Daniery and will be a tribute to the technologically challenged. It will be a crime for internet to shut down and a blasphemous act for computers to crash. It will be a glorious month filled with business, wealth, and cell phone voicemails... Simply because this year, it was exactly the opposite.

March has brought about several sessions and other miscellaneous events for me.
2nd (yeah yeah, it's already passed) - I delivered proofs to the daycare that I did spring portraits for in the last week of Daniery
7th (today!) - family session
8th - Charlee's party at my mom's
13th - daycare portrait orders are due and can be placed with my lab
14th - Charlee's birthday party at our house (you're invited!)
15th - our friend Emma Grace's birthday party 
16th - NKOTB concert (I'm a dork)
17th - headshots
18th - meeting with a bride
19th - LHP session (www.littlestheroesproject.org) <--- GO THERE!
20th - 8 year old twins session
22nd - boudoir session for two best friends
29th - MY best friend is coming to visit from Orlando for the remainder of March and some of April!

So, as you can see, March has already chalked up to prove itself superior to February. Now that we are at the end of this post, dear friends, I hope you will not be offended when you never hear or see the word "February" anywhere near me. :)

Wow.  It's so weird saying that I have a toddler and not a BABY.  She's still a baby though, just in toddler-esque form... who drinks milk (lactose-free) instead of  formula... eats real food instead of mush... babbles in sentences rather than random noises... goes to sleep on her own...

I think I'm going to cry.  

We're now less than a month away from the monkey princess's birthday, and you are all still more than welcome to come to her party.  It'll be March 14th from 3:30 - 5:30pm in the form of a casual cookout.  I would do it at normal birthday partyish time, but Charlee is usually napping at that time and we don't want the monkey to be pissy on her big day.  HAHA.  

Anywho.  Just thought I'd check in.  Not much is different...  

Geez it's freakin COLD outside.  I don't care what anyone says... it's just not natural.  

Updating... Hmmm..... Well, I believe that this week is the official "Oh-my-goodness-my-wedding-is-this-week-and-I-haven't-done-ANY-planning!" week for brides all across North Alabama.  That's what I'm calling it, anyway.  I've booked 5 out of 6 calls for weddings this week.  One (that I didn't get) is in February, another in June, July, August, November, and December.  It makes me tired just thinking about it!!  Great, though.  I'm just going to sit back and book'em.  :)  

My first shoot with the local talent agency's kids will be Saturday.  Wooohooo!!  That should be interesting.  As long as I'm not surrounded by Jon Benet mothers, I think I'll be fine. ;)  lol.  

I got a phone call earlier from Liz!!  I'm so excited... we made a playdate for Friday for Charlee & Nolan to finally meet and say hello to their destiny. ;)  (I mean, they're only 10 months old... why in the world has it taken us so long? LOL.)  

Aside from playing catch-up and booking brides, my week has been pretty dull.  I did have a band photo shoot on Monday that was pretty fun, and some boudoir pics that afternoon.  Those are part of my "catch-up" -- editing.  Wheee!!  I've got to go to Wal*Mart soon... but Charlee's asleep.  Ha.  I should also catch up on laundry.  Eww.  Catch up... my phrase for the next lifetime. :) 

 Well, we've all been blessed with a new year to make things better.  Isn't that great??

I don't have many resolutions this year.  I'm definitely doing a 365 project with my photography.... taking a photo every day for (duh) 365 days.  My theme will be "things that represent me"....  I've seen self-portraits done, and I don't really want to do any of those.  I'd much rather do other things that represent me.  I'm one day in and feeling confident.  Of course, that's just one day in. ;)

Charlee's first Christmas was great.  It was slightly anti-traditional first Christmas.  The only "baby's first Christmas" outfit she wore was one that mom got her... and it looked way more comfortable than the awful red and green taffeta and tulle dresses with matching pantyhose and hat.  Ha.  Poor kid.  The other kids in her class are going to think she's crazy when she's the only one not dressed in Christmas colors the entire month of December.  Where's your sparkly tree shirt, Charlee??!

Anywho.  So wow, a new year.  Charlee's birthday -- as I realized yesterday morning -- will be in 2 & a half months.  That's CRAZY.  Since her birthday falls on a Saturday, I imagine we'll have a get-together that day.  OH, Liz -- if you and Nolan could make it, that'd be a fantastic time for them to play. :) :)  

Of course, you're all invited.  I just... haven't been so great at remembering to send out cards.  Ever.  LOL.  Leave your address if you want an official invitation, and I'll try to remember to send them out... you know... sometime before the 14th. :) 

I busted my face last week on the corner of my bookshelf.  It's amazingly funny the horrible looks that people gave Will at the ER when they saw me walking in holding a bloody ice pack over my face.  I guess it didn't help when he was complaining about the time spent waiting and I sarcastically said "Well, maybe you should think about that the next time you want to punch your wife."  LOL.  Errrrr, maybe I should think about that the next time I decide to be a klutz, no?  I've got 7 stitches in a perfect line that crosses over my cheekbone.  I feel like Sally on A Nightmare Before Christmas. :)

Charlee is pulling up on everything.  If she's not walking by Christmas, I'll be REALLY surprised.  She started pulling up 2 weeks ago, and then this week it's been the little shuffle around objects -- like pulling up on the coffee table and then scooting her little feet all the way around the coffee table until she gets to whatever object she's eyeing. (Mmm, coke zero...)

She also goes to sleep by herself now, which is amazing.  Once she got mobile (when she started rolling over at 2months), she wouldn't let me rock her to sleep.  She would, however, let the SWING rock her to sleep.  Grr.  Anyway, now she lays down and goes out on her own.  She gives me a nice little cue of grunting and rubbing her eyes, I lay her down with her blankie, and she talks to herself for a bit before she's out.  So nice.... but at the same time, I just want to cuddle and rock my baby. :(  lol.

We're going to Gatlinburg for Thanksgiving, thanks to a long chain of events that ended up with having a free cabin offered to us. Score!!  My favorite fall/winter spot.... and it's free.  Well, except gas & groceries, and we'd be buying groceries anyway... so we're out gas.  Still a good deal, and I'm excited.

Photography has been pretty busy, and fun. :)  I've done all sorts of sessions the past few weeks!

We just found out this morning that my grandmother is REALLY sick.... :-\   They also went to Gatlinburg a few days ago, and the night they got there she was hospitalized for pneumonia.  At 3am today, my uncle called my dad and said that there was fluid around her heart and that they needed to transfer her to Knoxville, but that they were scared she wouldn't make it.  So.... they drained some of the fluid, got her to Knoxville just fine, and now we're waiting to see what the specialists have said. 

And... that's my life today.

Will has dubbed Charlee as his little monkey since the day she was born.  Partially because of her monkey toes (that she gets from him), and partially because he says he doesn't feel like we have a kid... just a pet monkey.  lol.  Anyway..... my sister got her a monkey hat, which led to me making a brown & yellow (bananas, duh) tutu..... so of course, pictures. :)

I go through these phases with LJ.  Sometimes, I'll check it every day and wonder what's wrong with you people and why you aren't posting... ;)  .... and other times, I'll forget the site even exists until one day I think "hmm, I wonder what so-and-so is up to?" and then... Oh gosh! They're on LJ!  Heh.
Here's my life lately...
~ watch Charlee roll, scoot, laugh, and get into more things than ever.
~ take pictures again and again and again
~ buy and/or acquire new photo props
~ clean
~ watch the weeks and months go by 
And that's about it. :)  I'm sure you guys have heard (probably) that Will's mom passed away suddenly at the end of July.  It was... not a fun time.... I'll just say that.  He's doing fine, as is Emily Kathryn.  She's been like a rock -- such an awesome kid!  You do what you've gotta do.  
That being said, our house has gradually piled up with more and more STUFF since they've been cleaning her house out.  Will doesn't even want any of it, but it's technically his and so here it sits.  Waiting for a yard sale.  Ha.  
Charlee is right on target with everything.  It cracks me up how predictable she's gotten.  Well, even in the last few months of pregnancy she was like that too.  The week that the calendar said I "may experience heartburn"... that was ALL I experienced.  Haha.  Anyway.  She's trying so hard to sit up on her own.  We started on baby foods -- veggies & fruits, not much cereal -- and she loves them.  I almost monotonously (is that a word?!) bought Gerber foods because, well, it's Gerber.... and then I saw Earth's Best on diapers.com (also sold in walmart, but not as many varieties) and realized it's better AND cheaper.  Way to go!  Also, diapers.com is a plus.  It's amazing.  Free 2-day shipping straight to my front door if the order is over $49.... and come on, a case of diapers puts you nearly at that much, so......
I've got her outfit for Christmas cards planned out.  It's amaaaazingly cute.  Yep.  That's all I'll say about that until you actually SEE the pics.  :)  
I'm going to go start on dinner now.  Wheee!

hours in a day.
that popular show with Keifer Southerland.
two dozen eggs.
two dozen of anything.
the number of years in my life.

Yeah.  Birthday #24 is coming up.  Woooo....  Just another day. 

But it WILL be my Birthday #1 to share with husband and daughter, and THAT is something to be excited about. :)   

If Friday night's wedding were the dream wedding, then Saturday's would have been considered the wedding from hell.

Whew.  I don't think I've recovered from it, truth be told.  Friday was so smooth, so quick, so... happy.  Saturday was so rough, so long, and so irritating.  If I had been that bride, I might've just fled the scene.  That was like a huge warning sign -- THIS is the family you're marrying into.  Beware....

Of course, they had been together for over 7 years.  Still...... She was so sweet, and his family was all so harsh.  So rude.  So.... drunk.  (They were rude before they were drunk, too.)

Needless to say, once their pictures are all ordered and I can take them off of my website, that will be the last time that I deal with any of them.  If they call again, I'll tell them I'm booked until the year 2020ish.  Sigh.

Charlee's doing well.  She's got such a personality now.  It cracks me up to watch her as she's learning about the world.  She gets so excited over the little things.... I love it.  

Sleep is wonderful now.  Of course, that'll only last until she's teething and then we'll have to go through the whole waking up thing again...... bleh.  But for now, it's awesome.  She sleeps every night from about 8-7.  Yay!!!  11 hours isn't too shabby. ;)

We're having a cookout this weekend.  Should be fun.  

I don't really have much to say..... just felt like I should update. Hah.  

That's how I've been lately -- busy.  I love it.  

I've got an outdoor wedding this evening at 7pm.... on Friday the 13th.... and it's currently raining.  *sigh*  To add to the humor, the bride is due to have a baby girl in, oh, 5 weeks.  LOL.  I'm pretty excited about it though.  If the rain will slack off (preferably QUIT), it's going to be gorgeous.  Keeping my fingers crossed.....

I also have a wedding tomorrow evening at 5:00!!  We're doing pictures at Turtle Point -- hooshy hooshy.  I'm wondering if I need to maybe pull out my wedding dress just to be formal enough to get into that place.... hahaa....

I'm doing headshots of an old friend on Monday, then I'm free for the week until Sunday when I'm doing family shots of someone else.  Hopefully I'll book a couple of other things for the week though.  

Charlee's been coughing a lot lately, but she hasn't run a fever or acted like she's felt bad.  Just coughing.  Other than that, she's still really good at entertaining herself, taking good naps, and sleeping all through the night.  Two nights ago she slept from 9pm-6am!!!  Oh, how glorious.  THEN she nursed at 6 and went back down until 9:30.  I love my kid.  LOL!  I'm okay with the staying up late, because I usually do too..... but I LOVE that she likes to sleep in.  It's amazing.

Okay, I'm going to go.  DHL just delivered the proofbook from last week's wedding!!!  YAY!

Although she won't be 3 months old until the 14th, I'm on the ball this time.  

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You'll find them all there.  And if I say so myself, I think they're pretty cute. :)

You know, although 8pm - 4am are not the ideal 8 hours that most people would like to get, those are the ones that Charlee gives me.  And usually I can convince her after she nurses at 4 that it's a good idea to either go back to sleep or entertain herself while mommy does so.  Either way, I'm tickled pink with an 8 hour stretch of uninterrupted sleep!!  (Although I usually sit up until 9 or 10, it's still better than 2 hours at a time.)  

I don't really have too much of an update.  We were planning on having a cookout Saturday, and then our A/C messed up.  Thanks, Murphy.  I needed that!  So today will be spent calling around to various repairmen.  Yay.

This weekend is free, then.  Next week I'm doing a photo session with a 3-year-old (I can't wait), and next Saturday I've got a wedding.  Should be fun!!!

Other than that, hmm... nothing.  I'm boring. :)

Yes, Charlee experienced her worst experience yet (even more traumatic than being born) this morning: her two month check-up.

I know, I know, it doesn't sound bad.  Check the weight (10lb, 10oz -- 50th percentile!), height (20.5in -- 5th percentile! short & fat!), and immunizations.  Wait, what?  Immuni.... SHOTS!?  AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bless her.  Since her tear ducts now work, we saw a show.  The nurse was quick about it (I could tell it definitely wasn't her first shot to give) and got all three shots done in a matter of seconds.  However, seconds were not quick enough for Charlee.  Her face was bright red, she was shaking, mouth wide open, and gator tears pouring down her cheeks.  It was absolutely pitiful.  But now we're drugged up with tylenol and sleeping.  (I said "we" like I'm a part of that... but I'm not. I drugged HER up and got HER to sleep, ha!)

Whew.  So it's a yucky, messy, rainy, sick day.  Since Charlee is doped up on tylenol for the rest of the day, I think I'll be lazy.  :)

I love my life.

Oh, hey, dunno if I mentioned it before, but I've got her two month pics up!!!!  www.daniellemccann.photoreflect.com  :-D  I was proud of myself on these.... lol. 

I'm in awe at how quickly time goes by.  I've always noticed it, but never really cared much.  Now.... now I care.  (Although I do like that Charlee's in more of a routine at two months than she was, say, at two weeks.)  I feel like I have to write down as much as I can before I forget.  This logic was reinforced yesterday when Will's grandmother talked about how one of her children used to wake up grumpy, but the rest woke up happy.  I asked which one, and she said "You know, I don't remember. I just know that one of them was always grumpy when  he woke up and the other two boys woke up smiling."  What?  You don't remember your children's quirks!? 
Well, maybe their waking-up habits aren't noteworthy...... maybe.
Charlee has a great disposition about waking up in the morning.  Middle of the night?  She hates it.  Morning?  She grins, coos, and even spits out a little giggle every once in a while (which really sounds nothing like a giggle, but it's adorable anyway).  I can tell that she's amazed with the world around her.  She's so alert.  And yes, I know that I said she was alert the day after she was born (and she really was), but now... geez.  Now she wants to see it all, and if you speak to her... she's studying every little move your face makes.  
Andrea came to visit last week.  She noted that Charlee has "Disney Eyes" -- she smiles with her eyes a lot.  So while she's studying your face, she's usually wide-eyed and "smiling".... I love it.  
Hey, go to my website everyone!!  I've got her two month pics up. :)  
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Charlee's most recent sleeping schedule (that has actually lasted 6 days now!) has been......
6:30am - 9:00am -- sleep
11:30am - 2/3pm -- sleep
7pm - 12am -- sleep
1am - 5am -- sleep
... rinse and repeat.  Whew.  It hasn't been bad at ALL!!  Thursday night she surprised me and slept from 8pm until 2am, then 3:30 to 7.  WOW.  I can get used to that, definitely.  
Her newest trick (that we have yet to see, but we know she's doing it SOMEHOW) has been rolling over in her crib.  She rolled over once one night and I was totally confused when I went to pick her up.  Then, the next night, she had rolled over twice and she was mad because her arm was stuck through the crib slats.  Hmm... I've never seen a 6wk old roll over, so I'm contemplating putting video cameras in with her just to prove it to myself and everyone else!!  She was sleeping in a bassinet in our room until Friday night -- mainly because at the time I put her down for what I thought was a late nap, and it ended up lasting 5 hours so I was already asleep in MY bed by the time she woke up -- and she's done really well in her crib.  I'm wondering if I should move her back to the bassinet (I had wanted to keep her there at least until I stop nursing her), or if I shouldn't push my luck and just leave her in the crib.  She seems to be fine with it.... I think I'm the one who isn't. :)  Anyway, she's only rolled over while she's asleep in her crib.  She won't do it while she's awake, PERIOD.  She gets mad at me for trying to "help" her.  Such a stubborn girl.  Where does she get that trait from!?  Definitely Will's family...
HAHAHAHAA, jk. lol.
I took bridal pics yesterday.  We had fun and ended up with around 300 pics.  Whew.  That'll be fun to weed through.....
My best friend Andrea will be here a week from tomorrow.  I can't wait!!  She'll get to stay the whole week.  I'm so excited, but this means I'm feeling like going through a whole new nesting phase, lol.  The house really isn't bad, but I've got goals -- such as to have every single scrap of laundry done and put away, the middle room immaculate (since this is where Andrea will be sleeping, and it's kindof just been the junk room).... etc.  And of course vacuuming and mopping and such.  I've made myself a daily list.  Every day includes those long to-dos, like the laundry, and then each day has another room to take care of.  Ahh.  This upcoming Saturday I've got engagement pics of another couple to do.  Yay!!  I love my side job.  It's amazing, and it's something that can be done as a stay-at-home-mom.  I love it so much. 
Well, anywho, I need to be going now.  I just feel refreshed and energized since I've been getting 5 hour runs of sleep lately. :) 

Wow.  Charlee was a month old on the 14th.  Here it is the 24th and I've got my 6 week checkup TOMORROW.  Good grief.  

Let's see.... what's it like being a mom?  

Only the coolest thing ever.

I don't get much sleep (my body's adjusted and it gets more every night), I'm a human restaurant (she eats like a pig), and I'm pretty much the only person she wants holding her day in, day out, so I don't get anything done unless she's asleep.

But you know what?  I'm also her comfort.  I'm the first one to see her milestones.  I'm the first one who can get her to stop crying.  I'm the only one who can feed her.  It's my face she looks for when she opens her eyes.  And I get the satisfaction of knowing that God made me.... to make her.  It's amazing that this little being grew inside of me, all full of energy and personality.  It's absolutely wild.   

I just wanted to let you guys know that we're doing great.  Charlee had gained nearly a pound at her two week checkup, and I'm pretty sure she's gained at least two since then.  (We'll see.)  She no longer fits into her newborn diapers, and her newborn clothes are fitting so well that I don't have to roll up the sleeves or pants anymore.  Her newborn booties and shoes are all small now, but she's not quite into the 1s yet, so we go bare (which is fantastic now that the weather is warm).  

We finally have internet & cable at my house!! YAY!!!  Now maybe I won't be so bored when Charlee's nursing.  LOL!  She nurses for about an hour each time, so I usually have to prep by getting a full glass of ice water and several magazines next to me so that I'll be comfortable for that long.  Ahh, the joys.  I wouldn't trade it for the world... I really wouldn't.  

It's also very cool that Liz is a mom too!!  We finally got to chat the other day on the phone.  I love how different, yet how similar Nolan & Charlee seem to be.  It's always fun getting to "know" another person and their quirks.  

Let's see, what else is new??  Not too much.  She's sleeping through the night a LOT better this week!  We went from waking up every 2 hours to waking up every 4 or 5!!!  That's really nice.  That means only one or two wake-ups per night.  Whewww.  I'm holding my breath every night, though.  This revelation of sleeping for long periods just started on Monday, and it's only Thursday.... if we make it to next Monday like this, I can start to breathe easier!! :)  

And I'm getting a sling today, so anything I need to get done when she demands being held will be much easier.  Yaayyy......

Yes, I just used the "less than" sign.  It brings back memories of a fun little song that I was taught in elementary school......

Ahem.

So here I sit, less than a week from having a baby.  Less than a week from being doped up the best I've ever been doped up in my lifetime.  Man, that's something to look forward to. ;)

I've got a mega last-minute to-do list.  It pretty much just consists of getting all of our piled-up laundry done (we accumulated a lot in the time period of living at Will's dad's, and it's just....sat. Bleh)...... I also want to make sure everything is CLEAN clean.  Not just decently clean, but immaculately clean.  I know it'll only last a few days, but it's worth it to me.  Plus, I know how our families are and I really don't want tons of company in a messy house (especially since several of the family members haven't seen the house at all, so they'll want to go through opening all closets and such).  Luckily most of it hasn't been trashed since we've been there, but we do have some pile-age going on in places where we've brought more stuff in that hasn't yet been unpacked.  Ahh!  

That's pretty much it, though.  Just CLEANING.  I want to have it all spotless so that I don't feel as if I have to clean so much when I'm laid up next week.  Maybe then I can just lay back and enjoy my baby and whatever company we have.  :)  

I found out today that it's time for a cell phone upgrade!!  YAY!!!  I love free phones.  Haha!!  The only bad thing is losing all of my ringtones and such.  Oh well.  Now I'll have a camera phone that actually works as a camera (my camera broke a long time ago on this phone...), so I'll be able to flood my friends' inboxes as much as they flood mine.  Mwahaha.  (Let's hear it for unlimited INpix!)

I'm going to miss being pregnant.  It's been one of the greatest experiences of my life, really.  I can't possibly explain it.  It's just fantastic and amazing.  I'd recommend it to anyone. ;)

We thought Will was going to have to go to Kentucky this week for work, and I was *slightly* stressed over that.  (Okay, okay, I was NOT HAPPY AT ALL!)  Anyway, by some miracle the job site isn't ready for them yet (for the second time this month), so they're having to re-schedule.  Whew!  I was worried sick about the "what if" of going into labor, and then Will driving home on the interstate rushed and freaking out because I'm in labor.... agh.  It caused me a couple of sleepless nights, and waking up at 4am Monday morning wide-eyed and worrying.  Thank goodness that I got a call later Monday morning from Will saying that they weren't ready for them and that he'd be home that night.  Ahh.   Yay!

Well, that's it on my life lately.  Just being a roly-poly, cleaning, and waiting. :)

So.  This Doyle/McCann baby has the possibility of arriving on St. Patrick's Day, which I feel is fitting.  

At my doctor's appointment Friday,  he informed me that I appear every bit of ready, so if I don't go willingly in the next week, I can be admitted into the hospital Sunday night (the 16th) and prepare to induce for Monday the 17th.  He said "Unless, of course, you have a problem with her being a holiday baby, and then we can move it to the 18th..."  I said "Are you kidding me?  My husband will love it."  Hahah.

Anyway, there's my update.  I'm a week closer than I thought!!

Whew.

Oh no, just kiddin, I'm not ready YET mom....!

Sigh.  That's what I felt like Charlee was saying to me yesterday.  I've had Braxton Hicks contractions maybe two or three times a week for the past month, and they haven't been bad.  Yesterday, I had several that were pretty intense...... and then they stopped.  She's still wiggling, everything's still normal, and we're still thinking she's going to be stubborn and have to be forced out of hiding. Ahh!  At least I didn't embarrass myself by going into Keller's L&D and insisting that I was in labor when, in fact, I was not.  

Nothing to rush.  I know all too well that we'll be rushing for her to roll over, rushing to sit up, rushing to crawl, walk, talk, etc...... and then she's starting kindergarten and I'm the pathetic mother boohooing as I drop her off.  Yes. Even with the child development degree, I will still be the one.

I got a new shampoo & conditioner that I'm loving.  That was random, I know, but I keep smelling my hair.  lol!!

I've got new pics posted up on myspace of last week's belly.  I still haven't taken any from this week.  I'm a terrible person!

Today is going by SO SLOWLY.   We were busybusybusy on Monday, Tuesday was catch-up day, yesterday was eh, and today I've done nothing office related since I've been here (over 2 hours).  Ugh.  I just want to leave already.......

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There's some quality reading for everyone.  I love it.

Well folks, I am now considered full-term prego!  Still waiting, still anxious, and still trying to get everything in the house finished.

My OCD + Pregnancy Nesting = Driving Me Nuts.  ;)  It's like I'm in anal overdrive.

Charlotte seems to like her home and doesn't want to leave.  That's fine with me.... I'd almost rather induce than to have my water break in the middle of Wal*Mart or something.  Hah.  

We had a fantastic yard sale on Saturday!!!  I was slightly discouraged because when we packed up I hadn't really gotten rid of a lot of things.  We sold the couch, loveseat, & armchair, which were the BIG things that I wanted out of the way.... but other than that, not much.  Well, at 2pm the same lady who bought our couch set knocked on my door and asked me how much I would take for the rest of it.  Yes, the rest.... all 3 carloads of stuff that Laurie & I had combined.  Wow.  We struck a deal and she was off on her happy little way to call her husband and get his big truck and trailor to my house. :-D  It was nice.  The main thing is that it's off of my front porch and I wasn't the one who had to move it!!  lol.  

I'm getting so frustrated at the fact that I can't move anything.  Heck, I can barely sweep the floors.  I sweep, Will brings the dustpan.  Anything that falls on the floor is left there for a few days until I break out the vacuum cleaner.  It's pitiful!!  I'm washing dishes, dusting, and wiping things down with Clorox wipes like I'm a germ-o-phobe simply because that's all I CAN do around the house.  Laundry is difficult.  Ahh.  Not that I ENJOY these things most days, but they've gotta be done..... and when I know I can't do them, it drives me bonkers.  

Will & I had a great dinner last night with his grandparents.  Memaw even bought some sparkling non-alcoholic apple cider and made a toast to Charlee. :)  It was sweet.  It's good to know how loved this baby will be (and already is).  

Hmm.  We've got our hospital bags and diaper bag packed, but we still don't have an outfit to bring Charlee home in.  I'm not quite sure if we WILL have a special outfit, or if it'll just be something random and cute.  Probably the latter.  *shrug*  Mom gave me MY take-home outfit, and geez.  It was an elaborate little ivory gown with a D and flowers stitched on the front, along with a bonnet, pillow, and blanket that matched.  Dang.  Charlee's definitely not going to have anything like THAT...... I was just thinking a nice outfit.  *shrug*  Unless we make it a point to take pictures of her IN said outfit, I don't think it really matters that much.

We're just counting down.  We're thinking she'll be pushing her 40 week mark, but I guess you never know.  :)