what next???

my precious family-minus my poor hubby who was at work all week :(


I love my sibs!!






Luther and Pearl's first ride on the Posse!!





My girls!!





my baby sissy and i with our grandmother before church on sunday. we all matched!!






is it ok to ride on a jet ski when you are 9 months pregnant????






catherine's sweet 16 bday at my grandfather's nursing home






Luther loves driving the boat with grandaddy!!




there is so much going on, i don't know where to start. luther and i were able to go with my family up to TN last week. we had a great time visiting with friends and family and playing on the lake. james was here working crazy hours. he has been at the hospital over 80hrs a week. he is doing a wonderful job and i am so proud of him but he is definitely being over worked. but, i guess that is what residency is all about. he was on call 3 different nights while we were gone, so we would have barely seen him if we were at home. Lowes was to be installing my new kitchen cabinets while we were out of town. they managed to gut the kitchen and then realized some of the cabinets were the wrong size. they have reordered the cabinets but they will not get here until July 17th. so, we came home to no cabinets, no counter tops and no kitchen sink. they did manage to re hook up my oven, fridge and microwave. everything that was in my old cabinets in stacked up all over my dinning room. it is definitely a mess and very challenging with luther getting into stuff constantly. but, right now the kitchen is the least of our worries. my meemaw (my dad's mom) was just diagnosed with a brain tumor. she has been fine and was even here helping me the week before we left. she kept luther while i had all of those doctor's appointments and we went to the zoo. but, on saturday evening she began feeling dizzy and very sleepy. to make a very long story short, she is now in the ICU awaiting doctors to make a decision about what to do. please pray for her and for my family during this crisis. i know my mom especially is very stressed. she had to leave her mom(my grandmother) in TN, having just put my grandfather in a nursing home. meemaw is now in the hospital and i will be any day now. i know she wants to help everyone and there is no way. i went to the doctor this week and everything still seems ok. i have not dilated any, so i guess it may be a while before pearl arrives. that would actually be a good thing with everything going on. but my due date is in less than 3 weeks, so it is not going to be to much longer. i will go back next wednesday for another ultrasound to check on her growth. i think i am in denial or something. i haven't pack a bag for the hospital or even made any plans for what i am going to do to get to the hospital or what to do with luther. i think i will get on that.

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angela said…
Girl, you have your hands full!!!
I went to doctor yesterday and am not dilated either. Its kinda depressing. I was sure that she was coming this weekend - I don't know why but I had my hopes set on it. Oh well.

You are in my prayers.
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