Week of September 4-9, 2007: No Baby Yet
Written by Annaliese
Well, it's been a busy & somewhat exciting week, but not exciting enough for pictures- so you'll just have to read about what's going on in our lives! :) But it is a shorter week since I wrote about Labor day last week!
Tuesday, September 4th- It was back to work after a long weekend. It's always hard to go back after such a nice relaxing time! I also went back to babysitting that day. The older of the 2 girls I was watching is in junior high and they offer a wonderful after school program that she is participating in- so I only have the younger of the 2 (8 years old). I wasn't sure how it would go, but it's actually been great as she is much more independent & responsible without her sister there. I think it will work out nicely with the baby on it's way too!
Chris was pretty excited that day as he FINALLY got the firewall at work fixed. He's spent WEEKS AND WEEKS trying to get it figured out and it finally all came together. We celebrated that night with a bottle of sparkling cider! :)
Wednesday, September 5th- Baby's due date, but no baby! :) Oh well, I wasn't expecting it as Corrine was 2 weeks late and nothing exciting has been going on my last 2 doctors appointments. I went in the garden and picked a good sized bucket of sweet peas (luckily Corrine & I LOVE snacking on them) and quite a few zucchini too! I'm just glad that our garden is FINALLY producing SOMETHING- it's been a pretty sad year as far as our garden goes.
That evening Chris watched Corrine while I went to a Presidency meeting at the church. Since I had been out of town for the weekend, lots of people thought I had maybe had the baby, so were surprised to see me still big & pregnant!
Thursday, September 6th- that afternoon I got motivated to use some of the zucchini I picked- I made 2 batches of zucchini bread- 3 large loaves and 5 mini loaves. Chris & I both laughed about the fact that my recipe calls for raisins, but I have NEVER put raisins into my zucchini bread- I prefer chocolate chips! :) It's been fun eating & sharing it.
I had a surprise phone call from my friend Britnee who is living in London- she & I worked at camp together and were roommates for awhile in Fresno. It was LATE London time and she just wanted to be the first to wish me a happy birthday! So sweet of her! And such a fun surprise to hear from her!
Corrine had gone up to my in-laws to play for a couple hours that evening, so when she came back my mother-in-law, Pat, brought over a birthday present for me- a beautiful Kitchenaid mixer! It will be fun to use! And of course, Chris couldn't resist bringing out his gift either- he got me a laptop backpack! I wasn't so sure about having a backpack for a laptop bag, but with a baby & a toddler it may make the most sense- and it does have a lot of really cool compartments and extra room for other stuff. Either way, it's much better than hauling around my laptop in my diaper bag!
Friday, September 7th- I turned the big 31. I seriously don't feel that old. I don't know what happened to the last 5 years since the last big b-day I remember was turning 26! It was SOOO fun to hear from all my family that day- my parents and each & every one of the boys called to wish me a happy birthday (Corrine loved that as she got to talk to "her guys"). I really think the world of all my brothers and wish we all lived closer so we could spend more time together.
I had a doctor's appointment that morning as well- they did an ultrasound to make sure I had enough fluid & check the placenta and everything looks "too good" (as in nothing is happening any too quickly). But it's fun in these late weeks to really "see" the baby- to actually be able to see a little face is incredible. They had a hard time getting a good picture as he was all snuggled up to the side of the placenta- babies like to do this because it's warm and they can hear & feel the mother's heartbeat. Amazing how connected they are right from the start. So the doctor is going to see me again on Tues the 11th and tenatively has me scheduled for inducing on Fri the 14th- we'll see what happens!
After work we ran some errands including a trip to our local fruit/farm stand. They had several cases of peaches that had fallen off the pallet- so many were bruised. Each case was only $1.00!! I bought a case, not sure what to expect and once I got working on them at home realized it was less than half that were bruised- I wish I would have bought more! I cut off all the bruising and turned those ones into peach freezer jam (they were perfect as they were a bit soft and made for easy mashing) and the rest were put in the freezer for pies, cobblers & smoothies or into the fridge just to eat. I love deals like this!
Chris gave me a second present when he got home- a mini mouse for my laptop! Another fun toy! :) He insisted that I shouldn't cook since it was my birthday, so we had Chinese takeout and Chris did all the unloading & loading of the dishwasher- what a good husband!
Corrine & I had fun that night sorting & organizing all her puzzles- we labled each puzzle with a certain letter so they wouldn't get mixed up and put the matching letter on any boards for those that were board puzzles and then zipped them up in ziploc bags. I'm amazed at how good she is at doing puzzles- she can see what colors/shapes/pictures go together and does it! And it's been a fun way to help her remember her letters as she goes. And the best part is that I'm not finding puzzle pieces all over the house anymore!
Saturday, September 8th- we mostly worked around the house and got a few projects done. We also went out and picked a HUGE bowl of apples from one of our trees- they are delicious! We just picked these ones for eating, but hopefully we'll be able to get a bunch for applesause too. That night I was trying to get some online work done, so Chris offered to take Corrine out of the house for a few hours so I could work- what a great husband!
Sunday, September 9th- church was great and many were again surprised that I was still "with child". There is actually one sister in the ward who was due 3 weeks after me that had her baby last week and they were there at church- kind of crazy!
That afternoon Chris was good enough to finish the last major thing that needed to be done in the playroom- moving the bed out and the futon in. We feel so blessed as it is a really nice wood frame and the mattress is in pretty good shape- and we got it for free! And it adds to that room, giving us an extra guest bed and a nice play area for the kids- which will especially be nice for when the baby is sleeping upstairs and Corrine needs to be somewhere else.
I talked to my dad for a quick minute- they are home from the cruise and I'm sure are trying to catch up and recover from a fun vacation. Pat stopped by with flowers & chocolates- for when the baby is born- maybe in hopes that it will give the baby some motivation to come out sooner!
Well that's our week- maybe next week there will be baby news & pictures- now THAT would be an exciting week! :) Love you all!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
August 27th- September 3rd
Week of August 27- September 3, 2007
Written by Annaliese
Monday, August 27th- Chris had spent the weekend working (again) so his work told him to take Monday off. This was fantastic for me as I was able to let Corrine sleep in while I went to work. Chris was also home with her for the afternoon while I ran up to a dentist appointment for a cleaning. It has been far too long since I've had a cleaning and it showed! I need to stay on top of that in the future. Corrine went and spent the night at my in-laws that evening since I had an early morning doctors appointment the next day.
Tuesday, August 28th- The doctor's office was PACKED that morning, so it took awhile to get in. My doctor pretty much said that nothing is going on that looks like this baby is making an arrival any too early. He scheduled my next appointment for after my due date even! So I'm guessing he's really not too worried. As long as it's after the 9th this baby can come whenever he wants. :) That night we got the stuff cleaned out of Corrine's room downstairs so we can take the twin bed out of there and put the futon in soon so that it's more of a playroom than a bedroom. I didn't sleep well that night as my mind was reeling with all I wanted to get done before the baby comes, so after tossing & turning I just got out of bed and worked for a couple hours- I got the crib bedding all put together and all the clothes organized- I was pretty impressed with my middle of the night productivity!
Wednesday, August 29th- Corrine & I spent the afternoon cleaning up around the house and working on a few big projects. We finished her "little room" (as she calls it) upstairs. She's been sleeping on a crib mattress on our floor for some time now as she didn't like being downstairs by herself. But we now have a toddler bed upstairs and a little area that's all her own. I let her pick out the sheets, blankets & pillowcases she wanted on it. We moved the crib mattress into the bed, we put her little cd player (she listens to the primary songs when she goes to sleep) and a few of her favorite books by her bed. She was pretty excited about having it all set up.
It wasn't too long until my mom arrived from Maple Valley. Corrine was so excited to have her there and wanted to show her our "big trampoline" right away- she's actually pretty good on it. We enjoyed visiting and watching Corrine for awhile. Then my sweet mom was good enough to tackle one of my large baskets of clothes that needed ironing while Corrine napped and I got some work done on the computer.
That evening we headed up to my in-laws as my mother-in-law, Pat & sister-in-law, Cheree were throwing me a small baby shower. There weren't many people there, but it was so kind of them all to come and they were all so generous with their gifts! We got some darling things- which I'm so grateful for as we had very few "boy" clothes. Mom headed out shortly after the shower as she still had a long drive back to Maple Valley and lots to do to get ready for the weekend. I know it was lots of driving, but loved having her here for a few hours!
And our big accomplishement: for the first time in MONTHS Corrine slept in her own bed!!! Her new little bed! Yay! I think the fact that it's just outside our bedroom helps as she knows we are close by and doesn't feel so alone. But I'm glad to get her transitioned to there before the baby comes.
Thursday, August 30th- Chris surprised us by coming home early! He was going to have to put in some more hours over the holiday weekend so his bosses told him to take a couple days at the end of the week which was really nice of them. I was able to run some errands while Corrine napped- it's amazing how much faster it is to shop by myself! :)
Friday, August 31st- after work, Corrine & I came home and did some packing, ran a few errands and headed out of town to Maple Valley for the long weekend. Traffic wasn't bad leaving town, but was really bumper to bumper coming INTO town as you have to go through Aberdeen to get out to the beach towns. I was glad we were going the other direction! We got into Maple Valley, had dinner with the family and helped mom & dad get everything ready for all the company that was arriving the next day. It was Maple Valley's 10th Anniversary- they were having a BBQ, music, etc in the park down by the lake below Mom & Dad's house. While we didn't go down for all the festivities we did get to enjoy a fantastic fireworks show from their balcony & bedroom window! It was great! Corrine LOVED watching them- fireworks are so much fun!
Saturday, September 1st- Uncle Larry & Aunt Myreel (Linton) arrived that morning, we all said our hellos and then headed to the airport to pick up the "rest of the gang"- Uncle Malin & Aunt Sally (Lewis), Sally's mom, Beverly Nelson, Uncle Clyde & Aunt Delon (Pease), Clyde's Parents, and Grandma Myreel Lewis had all flown in from Arizona. After making the hugs & kisses rounds we loaded up the vehicles for a bit of a tour around Seattle. First stop was the Klondike Museum, which I think was especially fun as they will get to see much of the route while on their cruise. After the museum, we went by Pike's Place Market, the Seattle Center (space needle, Pacific Science Center, etc.) We took the floating bridge across to see the Temple and were able to see the Univ. of Washington on the way. After seeing the temple we headed back to Mom & Dad's house, gave everyone the grand tour and the men all settled in to watch the BYU game.
Written by Annaliese
Monday, August 27th- Chris had spent the weekend working (again) so his work told him to take Monday off. This was fantastic for me as I was able to let Corrine sleep in while I went to work. Chris was also home with her for the afternoon while I ran up to a dentist appointment for a cleaning. It has been far too long since I've had a cleaning and it showed! I need to stay on top of that in the future. Corrine went and spent the night at my in-laws that evening since I had an early morning doctors appointment the next day.
Tuesday, August 28th- The doctor's office was PACKED that morning, so it took awhile to get in. My doctor pretty much said that nothing is going on that looks like this baby is making an arrival any too early. He scheduled my next appointment for after my due date even! So I'm guessing he's really not too worried. As long as it's after the 9th this baby can come whenever he wants. :) That night we got the stuff cleaned out of Corrine's room downstairs so we can take the twin bed out of there and put the futon in soon so that it's more of a playroom than a bedroom. I didn't sleep well that night as my mind was reeling with all I wanted to get done before the baby comes, so after tossing & turning I just got out of bed and worked for a couple hours- I got the crib bedding all put together and all the clothes organized- I was pretty impressed with my middle of the night productivity!
Wednesday, August 29th- Corrine & I spent the afternoon cleaning up around the house and working on a few big projects. We finished her "little room" (as she calls it) upstairs. She's been sleeping on a crib mattress on our floor for some time now as she didn't like being downstairs by herself. But we now have a toddler bed upstairs and a little area that's all her own. I let her pick out the sheets, blankets & pillowcases she wanted on it. We moved the crib mattress into the bed, we put her little cd player (she listens to the primary songs when she goes to sleep) and a few of her favorite books by her bed. She was pretty excited about having it all set up.
It wasn't too long until my mom arrived from Maple Valley. Corrine was so excited to have her there and wanted to show her our "big trampoline" right away- she's actually pretty good on it. We enjoyed visiting and watching Corrine for awhile. Then my sweet mom was good enough to tackle one of my large baskets of clothes that needed ironing while Corrine napped and I got some work done on the computer.
That evening we headed up to my in-laws as my mother-in-law, Pat & sister-in-law, Cheree were throwing me a small baby shower. There weren't many people there, but it was so kind of them all to come and they were all so generous with their gifts! We got some darling things- which I'm so grateful for as we had very few "boy" clothes. Mom headed out shortly after the shower as she still had a long drive back to Maple Valley and lots to do to get ready for the weekend. I know it was lots of driving, but loved having her here for a few hours!
And our big accomplishement: for the first time in MONTHS Corrine slept in her own bed!!! Her new little bed! Yay! I think the fact that it's just outside our bedroom helps as she knows we are close by and doesn't feel so alone. But I'm glad to get her transitioned to there before the baby comes.
Thursday, August 30th- Chris surprised us by coming home early! He was going to have to put in some more hours over the holiday weekend so his bosses told him to take a couple days at the end of the week which was really nice of them. I was able to run some errands while Corrine napped- it's amazing how much faster it is to shop by myself! :)
Friday, August 31st- after work, Corrine & I came home and did some packing, ran a few errands and headed out of town to Maple Valley for the long weekend. Traffic wasn't bad leaving town, but was really bumper to bumper coming INTO town as you have to go through Aberdeen to get out to the beach towns. I was glad we were going the other direction! We got into Maple Valley, had dinner with the family and helped mom & dad get everything ready for all the company that was arriving the next day. It was Maple Valley's 10th Anniversary- they were having a BBQ, music, etc in the park down by the lake below Mom & Dad's house. While we didn't go down for all the festivities we did get to enjoy a fantastic fireworks show from their balcony & bedroom window! It was great! Corrine LOVED watching them- fireworks are so much fun!
Saturday, September 1st- Uncle Larry & Aunt Myreel (Linton) arrived that morning, we all said our hellos and then headed to the airport to pick up the "rest of the gang"- Uncle Malin & Aunt Sally (Lewis), Sally's mom, Beverly Nelson, Uncle Clyde & Aunt Delon (Pease), Clyde's Parents, and Grandma Myreel Lewis had all flown in from Arizona. After making the hugs & kisses rounds we loaded up the vehicles for a bit of a tour around Seattle. First stop was the Klondike Museum, which I think was especially fun as they will get to see much of the route while on their cruise. After the museum, we went by Pike's Place Market, the Seattle Center (space needle, Pacific Science Center, etc.) We took the floating bridge across to see the Temple and were able to see the Univ. of Washington on the way. After seeing the temple we headed back to Mom & Dad's house, gave everyone the grand tour and the men all settled in to watch the BYU game.
Corrine & Mom at the Klondike MuseumSome of us women decided to walk down to the lake and were surprised when the men came and joined us- it was half time in the game! :) We (mostly Delon & Clyde) picked a lot of blackberries on our way to the lake to use for ice cream later! Yum! Dad was even good enough to let Corrine wade in the lake, but of course she cried the whole way back about needing her swimsuit so she could play in the water some more.
Blackberry Picking FUN!
That evening Aunt Myreel did a wonderful ham dinner and delicous chocolate cake (in honor of Grandma's 87th b-day). It was even nice enough to enjoy eating out on the deck. After
dinner Tanner told us about his experiences as a missionary in South Africa, showed us pictures and some fun things he brought back. It was so fun to hear about! It's so wonderful to hear about how much he loves the people there and learn the insights into the culture. We all visited for awhile, but tried not to stay up TOO late as Sunday was another big day ahead! I stayed up with the boys for awhile as they watched "Holes".
Sunday, September 2nd- All the "adults" went to another ward at 9am so they would be able to attend a full block of meetings before they had to meet the cruise ship. Us "kids" (me, Corrine, Tanner & McKay) went to the regular ward block at 11am. Tanner was teaching Gospel Doctrine for Dad, so it was great to get to hear him teach! My little brothers have all grown up so much and matured! It's so great to get to know them again as adults and really appreciate who they are. I slipped out of Sunday School a little early, picked up Corrine from nursery and headed back to the house. The shuttle was coming to take the bulk of everyone to the pier, but couldn't quite fit everyone- plus it was good we took another vehicle just for luggage! My goodness you guys pack a lot of stuff! :)
Uncle Tanner playing computer games with CorrineThe rest of the afternoon the house felt pretty quiet. We made dinner together, watched the video of when Mom, Dad & Taylor picked up Tanner in South Africa (Corrine especially loved watching all the animals!), visited, made cookies and stayed up WAY too late playing a couple games of Settlers. It was fun just to be together!
Monday, September 3rd- While technically this is part of another week, it just fits better here being a long weekend and all, so next week you won't have to read as much! :)
Both the boys had to work that morning so Corrine & I enjoyed lazing around the house until we finally got motivated- we did some cleaning and got ourselves and our stuff ready to go. Before we left town we stopped by Goodwill to see Tanner in action. Corrine was so excited to see him and would tell every worker we saw that we were there to see her Uncle Tanner. He's only been there a day, but they already had wonderful things to say about him! I'm so proud of all my little brothers.
We got a few things and headed back to Aberdeen. Corrine slept the whole way home and we were lucky as traffic was great- once again everyone was headed the OTHER direction!! Once we got back Chris took all of us out to dinner- it was the perfect way to spend time together (and not have to cook) to wrap up a great weekend.
Well another week gone! More excitement to come I'm sure! :)
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