Odds and Ends

• I never did a Mother's Day post.  I probably would have been more excited to do one if I didn't look like a HUGE pregnant person in all of the pictures we took.  On Mother's Day we went to church, had a great lunch at Macaroni Grill, I took a nap, and then we went to Omi's for dinner.  It was a great day!

Me and my two babes.

• Parker has been saying some really sweet stuff lately.  He has told me several times this week that, "I love Mama very much."  He also asks to play with my hair all the time.  Almost every time I pick him up or he sits in my lap, he runs his fingers through my hair.  He tells me that my "hair nice" and   then says "Parker's hair nice."  I am excited to see how he is with his sister when she gets here.

Taking a phone break on our bed.  This was right after his nap while I was vacuuming.

• Speaking of his sister--if I don't go into labor on my own by Tuesday, I will be induced.  So basically, in about five days, I will have another child, meaning two children in total.  Crazy!  I am excited about it but also a little sad that these are my last days with my first baby.  I have been trying to savor every moment and really focus on him.  I think he is going to be really good with her and overall pretty excited but I am also aware that things will not be perfect.  Overall, I'm just keeping a positive attitude but being realistic as well.  I think this is the best way to go into this next phase of our life!  

"Sleeping" on sissy's changing table. 

• I have been in major nesting mode this week.  I have cleaned the entire upstairs and been organizing random stuff throughout the house.  I don't remember doing this with Parker, so maybe this means I'll go into labor on my own?  Probably not, but a girl can dream, right??  I have been doing some walking and eating some pineapple over the last couple of days.  I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and am hoping they'll say I'm a little more dilated than I was last week.  I am really hoping that I will go into labor on my own.  I'm not getting my hopes up, but we'll see.

• My feet have been SO swollen.  They were not like this with Parker at all, but it wasn't hot outside when I was pregnant with him.  I have only been able to wear one pair of flip flops that are even semi-comfortable.  They gross me out more than my stretch marks and huge-ness in general.  I am looking forward to seeing my normal feet again soon.  

Talking to someone on his phone.  Sissy maybe?

• Parker has been waking up this week around 5am.  This morning he did sleep about 6:30, which was nice.  He used to sleep until almost 7 or later.  5am is a pretty early wake-up call for us, although it is better than waking up at 1 or 2, which sometimes happens.  This all makes me just a little nervous for next week when baby sissy comes home.  I am hoping that she will be a good sleeper like he was when he was born and that his sound machine and a shut door will keep him asleep when she's up.  Only time will tell, but as with everything else, I am trying not to worry about it too much.  We will do what we can and go from there!

Love the arm around the neck. 

• We are having Opa's birthday dinner tomorrow, and then the plan for the weekend is that Ryan and Bryan will come really close to finishing the shed!  I am looking forward to a weekend of either bonding time with Parker or the birth of our sweet baby girl.