Last week in Mississippi

So I know this sounds weird but i'm learning to slow down these last few weeks. We went to Memephis this weekend Saterday and Sunday and it was nice to get out of town just the two of us and check out some place new. The town was perfect as we had a trolly stop right in front of our hotel so when I got tired it was only $1 to go home! Unfortunatly it was really hot! But luckily Beale Street - the main street filled with bars, with blues bands, also had Hawaiian Shave us for those of us that couldn't order up the Big As Beale Street Beer! I loved the Symphany by the river to fireworks, and a performance by the real "Four tops".

The baby however odd this sounds is getting heavy! My back is finnaly starting to hurt because of the amount of weight i'm carring up front and getting up is proving to me more and more difficult. Chris and I are driving home on friday so cross your fingers for me that the 13 hour drive goes quickly! then cross your fingers again that the baby won't come until after the 9th, which is when chris will start working out of detroit until baby arives. So from the 2nd till the 6th we'll be hoping the baby doesn't want out, since those will be the only days chris and i will be in different states!

This art in Memphis is supposed to sympolize the curves of the Mississippi, I thought my "curves" fit right in!

36 Weeks

Pictures! I have lots of pictures to share now that i've been with out my tequnology for the last 3 weeks. Yes, that means we made it to Michigan this weekend and it was so nice to be at our house again for at least a little while. Michigan is beautiful in the spring, so green! I'm hoping that our peonies wait to bloom until we get home. Maybe until little Carnell arives.

It was also a very fun time to play with our gifts that so many of you gave us at our showers. It was fun trying to decide if bib's go in the kitchen or the nursery. I know important stuff. The wonderful thing is that i have Chris to help me organize and make room for things like sippy cups, and bottles!

This picture of me dressed up was at a wedding when i was 32 weeks when i wasn't sure how i would get any bigger, crazy i know!

We were also lucky and honored to become Sammy's Zeller's Godparents this weekend! He was a champ and even a head to toe dunk in the Holy Water didn't make him cry! Check out his cute little outfit. He was one of five little ones getting Baptised but was deffinaly the star of the show. (Proud God Parent speaking!)

We also got to visit the Carnells at Grandma Yola's, Victoria was nice enough to give Uncle Chris some songs to sing for her baby cousin. I also fit in some "Adult Trick or Treating" aka Subdivision Garage Saleing! Mom, Aunt Mar, Grandma and I did some damage! Lots of baby clothes, and everything else for that matter.

Ok and I know i'm nuts but I talked about a gymnastics picture an i thought at 1 month to go it was time to take the picture! So i hope this last one gives everyone a good giggle!

As for me I'm feeling good most of the time. The baby, I like to say likes to swim north. So at crunched times, like on the plane today i kept pushing feet out of my ribs! Sitting up as opposed to the picture of my bridge is the hardes thing, I officially have no ab muskles. And sitting up is officially my hardest excercise! I had my 36 week appointment today and the Dr. said that the head is down and that i'm measuring at 35-36 weeks so right on target. I also had him check me and i'm not dialated at all which is great! I'd like to keep this little one right where he or she is until at least June 1st when i'm parked in Michigan for the long hall!

P.s. Thanks to those of you that post comments it helps me to feel like someone hears me.

Baby Showers

Multi tasking! Shower games everybody secretly loves them - (right?) Heather was good at holding the baby, and phone while hanging up clothes, she didn't win the prize on this one though!

I was very lucky to have two wonderful showers last weekend when we were home, and we were given many wonderful gifts. This little one is so lucky to be loved by so many people and was given so many great gifts. Thanks to both my family and chris' for giving me two fun filled days of gifts, gabbing, and well eating! Sorry no pictures of shower # 2 but these were down loaded from our new video camera (thanks so much Grandma Tres, and Grandpa Lee).

I'm feeling well at 34 weeks the baby is moving so much that my stomach actually shakes so much you can see it now! Crazyness! My feet ache everynight eventhough I'm not working i'm usually out and about everyday and at least going for a long walk to check out the million dollar neighborhoods around us for about 45 min a day. I'm hoping it will help me during labor but who knows!

Mississippi

We made it we're officially living in Tupelo Mississippi, well until June 1st anyway. The drive went suprisingly well. 13 hours and we were here. The house we're renting turned out great, when I was down a month ago picking it out it was being completly redone, all the way down to new hardwood floors and brand new appliances. It is also completely furnished so we were able to drive down with just our car a few duffel bags of clothes and of course my scrapbooking supplies (a girl has to have a project, you know other than as a human oven)! The only thing that is odd is some of the decor - one needle point says that Cotton is a golden gift from god! Eesh, every room has an earn or two, some of which i have already moved to the closets. but mostly they chose really nice furnature and our bed is very comfortable. Janet (chris's mom) was nice enough to let us borrow her crib for the baby so the spare bedroom will always be ready for guests, hint hint! We'll just have to move some of the scrapbooking suplies.

I'm sorry to day we forgot to back the cords that connect the camera to the computer so i don't have any pictures to post until we go home for the Zeller baptism on the 18th. But for now here is one pic that chris took of the dinning room/kitchen on his work camera.

As for how i'm feeling - huge is all i feel, I'm so lucky not to have other issues, but feeling huge and achey feet are not fun either. On the good side for those i haven't told yet, my good friend Katie had her baby on sunday at 8am a beautiful (i hear) baby girl named Magerate Ann (Maggie)! So good things do happen everyday and for her a week early!