Carlyn

luther showing off his cupcakes he decorated pearl greeting daddy when he got home from work yesterday. he away gets lots of squeals, hugs and kisses luther painting calvin's letter to go over his crib me and my girl pretty gal playing in her playhouse pearl and luther testing out calvin's music box

just so you know, this is the greatest life jackets for 1 &2 year olds, i wish they had them when luther was this age.  the summer luther turned 2 he did not have much fun in the water because he was too big to enjoy a floaty but too little to be able to stay upright in a traditional life jacket.  these puddle jumpers work great!

i had my 37 week appt this afternoon. i have been having contractions all week. they are usually just a few minutes apart for a few hours everyday, but the rest of the day i will just have a few an hour. they have been pretty painful at times, so i was hoping they had done something and was looking forward to finding out. well, i think i have good news. i had my doctor check me and she says that calvin is even lower now, and i have thinned out about 50%. i am dilated just a little more, but not even enough for her to say it is 2 cm. so, i am still at 1cm. i was hoping for more results, but this is more than i ever saw with my other two, so i am still excited. james and i talked to her about that possibility of a VBAC, and she said that as long as i start dilating then she is fine with me trying. she said up until 39 wks, she feels like the risk of having a 3rd c-section verses having a VBAC are about equal. but, at 39wk, especially with all of the contractions i am ha...

So, I don’t know what is going on with my body. Maybe it is nothing, or maybe it is a miracle. I went to my 36 wk OB appt yesterday and got some interesting news. I had been having contractions off and on for a few days, so my doctor wanted to check me. She says that calvin’s head is really low and she had to reach around it to check me and that I am dilated 1cm. now that may not sound like much but what you have to understand is that with luther, I was induced for 2 days and he never dropped and I never dilated at all. And with pearl, I waited until 41 weeks for labor, and had tons of contractions for weeks and my water even broke, and my doc stripped my membranes. And in all of that she never dropped and I never dilated at all. When I had my c-section with pearl, the doc said that it looked like to her, that pearl was stuck above my pelvis because the whole was too small for her head to drop into. So, the fact that I am 36 weeks and have just had some contractio...

ok, so i am down to counting the days until i have calvin. i have discovered that it is pretty hard to take care of and keep up with my busy family with this huge belly i am carrying around!! luther just spent a week at my parents house. mom thought that might give me a little break, and she wanted extra time with luther of course too. pearl and i had a fun week together. it was nice to have lots of one on one time with my favorite little princess. i tried to take her to do something fun everyday, so she wouldn't get to bored without her very entertaining bubby around. the really nice thing about pearl is that she is mostly content to just hang out with me and play with shoes. my house stayed so clean, it was amazing. she never got out any toys. she loves to read books, especially any about animals, so we did that a lot. we also went to the zoo one day, but only for 2hrs because my back couldn't take more. her favorite part, and she is still talking about, was seeing...

my wonderful hubby and me!! we should take more pictures together. aren't we cute??? james has been enjoying sporting a beard the last few months. he likes it because he thinks it makes him look older. not sure why a 28 yr old that is about to be a father of 3 wants to look older, but i have to admit it is pretty cute!! pearl posing in an old dress of mine that my meemaw made for me when i was a baby. i have to say i think she is cuter in it than i was!! i am loving her blond curls :) playing drums at the kindermusik tent during a recent festival. they both LOVE music. being super cute on our 2nd trip to AL adventure. they walk around holding hands all of the time, and every time it still makes my heart melt!! i love seeing them enjoy each other. luther painting seashells we had...