I have a Maker....

So everyone knows that song...

I have a Maker
He calls me his own
He'll never leave me
no matter where I go
He knows my name....blah blah

You know it. If you don't, you're missin out. Oldie, but a goodie. Anyhoo, I had my first sort of 'parent' moment tonight at church when we sang that song, thinking about the two kids I know nothing about, not even what they look like....It was cool thinking about all the different things God knows about them that He will share those things with Ryan and I in his own time... Everything about our sons is unknown to us, and yet at the same time, EVERYTHING about our sons is known by someone who already loves them more than we ever can. Dad told me today God has the perfect birthday picked out for them already, not a day late.....

ode to my stomach.

What did I do this afternoon? Any guesses?? Ok I'll tell you...actually I'll show you. oooo

That's right. I cast my stomach. hahahaaaaaaaaaa.... You should see it sitting over there, now that it has been removed from my body. It's hilarious. So if anyone wants to try on a pregnant stomach, come on over! Had a pretty good time with my assistant, Emily...I made a huge mess too. Oh well. Ryan and I think that it doesn't actually look like mine, now that's it's unattached, but it does belong to me, so I guess I have to claim it. Erin ordered the kit for me last week off the internet and I would have been pissed if I went into labor before it came to me. haha.

Soup was amazing last night, as was the pizza the night before...tonight we're meeting a bunch of Ry's classmates for supper at the 5 o'clock grill bar thing....gonna be good. And then tomorrow, you guessed it, enough food to make me the stuffed turkey. This is fabulous.

Again, pry won't post before tomorrow, so HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all, and to all a good night!

more doctors...

had two appointments today...one with my regular clinic- she didn't tell me anything new...and the second at the hospital for a non-stress test, which I will be doing every Monday from now on. Basically I reclined for 45 min. on a hospital bed and drank a sprite to get em goin (pretty sure they don't need a sugar drink for that- but whatever)...had two heart monitors strapped to my stomach to listen to the little guys while I clicked a button every time I felt something move...which was like every 10 seconds. Turns out, their normal! Phewwwwwww...good thing I had that test. Sheesh. Pretty much the only thing that I want them to tell me is when they're coming out, but that's probably not going to happen, huh. =)

We're going over to some friend's house in a few minutes for some pizza, yummo. Tomorrow night I'm making chicken noodle soup for our friends, Josh and Emily, and then Ry's bro, Nate, will get into town at abouts 10:30 to begin the holiday festivities. !! Can't believe Thanksgiving is 3 days away. There's Christmas everywhere you look, music already playing on the radio, just like Thanksgiving got skipped. Show the turkey some respect. As my brother said. hahaha... R E S P E C T. The outlet mall about 25 min away opens at midnight Thurs night for some extreme shoppers, if anyone wants to come out for that. There's talk of going, but we'll see.

Back to the subject at hand: My ideal Thanksgiving. I'll list.

1. I wouldn't be 8.5 months pregnant.
2. It would last more than one day.
3. We would have a house with comfortable furniture and friends comin over just to be.
4. Nebraska wouldn't be so far away.
5. The food wouldn't take multiple ovens and days to prepare. (and I would know how to cook all of it)
6. I would never get full.
7. We would have a coffee shop in St. Joe to sit and watch the action.

Might have stuck #7 in even though it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving. =) woah, look at the time. Gotta go eat some peetza. Hope I don't go into labor before Sunday. Although....then I wouldn't have to go to all these appointments anymore.....hmmmmm

Happy Thanksgiving everyone if I don't get a chance to write again until after then!

NEWS FROM THE NORTH!!!

hahaha, that sounded exciting but there's really nothing huge going on. =) YES the picture below shows my enormous tum...but it is getting easier to lay down (I can still breathe) so something must have shifted??...who knows what the little doods are doin in there....not wanting to come out....sheeeesh.

At any rate, it has been extreeeeeemely windy here the last two days and pretty much really cold....the water is out of control. Very loud, we can hear the waves roaring from our apt. Makes me think of Nebraska...the wind, not the roaring waves. just to show you, I ran outside quick and took some pics...



As you can see, it's pretty dang windy. we pretty much don't have a beach anymore, it's all under water. Also, being the front-heavy individual that I am, I was a bit concerned I would topple over the cliff right into the thick of it, so I quickly snapped some shots and got the heck out! ppphhhhew!

A question arose this morning to be answered by all the ladies present at our bible study...what would your ideal thanksgiving be?? Interesting question...and I gave a quick answer but the more I've been thinking about it (carefully because it could create some discontentment) my answer is totally different than the one I gave this morning. BUT, it's a pretty long one...so I will save it for the next post and let you all ponder that question yourselves and maybe write about it should you have a blog. =) I'm going to go home and cook my man some supper. Bye now.

heeeeeyyyyy everyone....

So this morning I took the laptop to BestBuy to see what was wrong with the internet....turns out its $60 for them to do a check and see what's wrong with it and then tell me. And then charge me to fix it too, depending on my response. get outa town. But he just tried it to see if it would work, and waaaaaala...internet. Unbelievable. maybe it needed a break for a week. So we shall see how long this lasts.

Ryan and I did have a pretty fun weekend with the sis in town...gotta love visitors you don't have to keep entertained. Cut her hair, she cut mine (just a little), went shopping all day saturday (my ankles were HUGE after all that motion-hahaha), nursery duty for church on Sun am, out to eat a few times, painting things for the boys' room, dipped cones, ultrasound appt, then back to Chicago. Short weekend, but it was fun to have her here. And she'll be back in a month to meet the boys. woah.

Speaking of boys, latest update: they are 5 lbs 2ozs and 4 lbs 10oz. wow. I've almost gained 45 lbs myself...hahahahaaaaaaaaa, few more and Ryan and I will be the same! I'm showing no signs of them wanting to come out (to keep this PG) so our guess is the 2nd week in Dec...maybe. We have no idea. But pretty sure it's not going to be Nov. Dang. But we do think they are ridin lower than last week or so....time will tell. I'm still able to move around and wander the streets (via mobile) of st. Joe and surroundings...so that's good. I'm trying to think of everything household that I might need to stock up on before they come out....think I'm pretty much there...

Here's a good pic of dad and the boys as I sign off...

Internet at last!!

I'm sitting here in Dale's Donuts, across the street from our apartments...just to use their internet. Somethin with our connection...who knows. Anyhoo, just me and some locals...about 7 guys sittin around the table gettin their coffee refils talkin about the drinking age and being 70-something and the news that's quietly playing in the background. Being the pregnant 24-year old lady that I am, I am totally out of place, and I think I smell like a donut. It's worth it, I'm on the internet. =)

Few things to report: I loved every minute of Heather's stay. Wasn't long enough. We started making plans for her next visit, Bama's birthday weekend possibly (5 weeks from yesterday) for her to come and see the little dudes. That seems very strange to say, because I can't even think of what it will be like to do everything with two little sidekicks. The thought also does cross my mind that inbetween now and then I will have to go thru a lot of pain. oh man. Anyhoo, I didn't take a single pic when scipp was here. I'm a horrible friend. That is unacceptable. But it was fun to drag her along to my first pedicure EVER. (even though I'm extreeeeeemly tickilish and my feet swelled up in the hot water-hahah) My toes started looking pretty bad since Ry painted them for me the last time..what a nice hub....I've been assured that a time will come soon when I can reach my feet again...

Erin come this weekend...I plan on putting her to work. Actually she'll just have to go along with me to a bunch of places around the area...still a few things I need- especially xmas shopping since that will soon become a bit difficult...

No I didn't forget about my man's newsclip...it's STILL not up on their website...now they have all of October's stuff up, but his was on Nov 1. Just have to wait a bit more...

33 weeks!!! Baby Center tells me they should be abouts 4 lbs each and around 17 inches long. We shall see if they are right next week when Erin and I go to my next ultrasound appt...then I have to start going in for checks every week! Dang it's gettin close...

That pretty much sums up the last few days or so....ttyl! I heard maybe some snow tomorrow...that would be crazy!

commmmmmoooonnn...

So the internet we swip from the neighbors hasn't been working since Tues afternoon. Sheeeeesh. Totally inconvenient. psh.

Now I am at the practice, came to eat lunch with my man, and catch up on my internet action...I wanted to post that link to see Ryan's newsclip (cause we totally didn't wake up to see it, hahaha) BUT the news station hasn't updated their own site yet, so who knows when it will be. That will keep you on the edge of your seats!

Neal just walked in, he's wearing purple. He looks very nice. hahaha. He says hi.

ok gotta go, this isn't my computer. bye

PS, heather comes tomorrow. yesssssssssssssssssss