I am laughing even typing it, not to provoke laughter out of anyone else, or get approval on my humor...just because I am just. that. random.
Which probably only = funny to me, but nonetheless, I am laughing.
Seriously, the randomness is ever increasing, my apologies to my family for the toll that has taken on their upcoming Christmas gifts...I felt inspired, panicked, and completely sane when picking them out. Only to realize, one day, with 3 HUGE boxes sitting outside my door, a mailbox stuffed with trinkets and a credit card bill looming, that maybe I wasn't as inspired and as sane as I thought. Sorry guys. Hope you get a kick out of your random presents as much as I have!
I just typed to my sister, which in turn gave me the blog title, something along the lines like " I was going to ask you something, but decided to just buy it, the joys of my irrational thinking" which I share only because it is pretty much the theme of my existence these days.
I wait for no one when I get an idea or something I deem as reasonable pops into my head. I just do. Which is sort of unlike me. Example, the other day I just decided to clean out Annabelle's closet. No one was around, it seemed like a good idea, it was FILLED with crap, tons of B-dub's crap (sorry to call you out honey, but it was). Paint, nails, tools all filled my sweet girls room, and I was over it. I set to my task, not realizing that I had no place to put all this "stuff'" or that a lot of it was very heavy and slightly awkward for me to carry with my huge belly. Nothing deterred me, my mind was set. 30 minutes later, I was knee deep in nails and some other weird little things in the nail box that had scattered from one room to the next, sweaty, out of breath, and dealing with a WAY bigger mess than I started with. Then and only then did I realize this wasn't my best idea.
Next challenge, Christmas. As previously mentioned, Christmas this year = random. I am usually one that puts lots of thoughts into my presents, has unique ideas way before the deadline, knows where to purchase items, and finds a lot of joy in finding the perfect gift. This year, I have no idea what I have done. I am not going to give anything away, since really the only ones that read this will be the bearers of my generosity :) but let me tell you, I am not sure what went on....
B-dub yours was especially irrational. Sorry, Annabelle and I owe you one. To ensure my B-dub was well taken care of for Christmas, I was generous with my knowledge and let everyone in on his wish list. What I didn't think of was the fact, that given my irrational state, I was in no place to come up with something on my own. All ideas taken, I was forced into somewhat of a desperate search for something good for my B-dub. Well, one good deal later and free shipping for signing a minimal contract (that I hope I didn't pay for) we have a present.....I will keep you posted on how well it goes over.
Same is true as I go down the present list, I got a spur of the moment idea, and next thing I know, BAM it was ordered and on its way. I am not sure if I should blame it all on pregnancy hormones or the ease of online ordering, or some serious combination of the two, either way, I may need to be monitored.
My most recent randomness has spilled over into room decor and outfit choosing. Seriously some days I get to work, look down and think, huh....I would have never put that together. Weird. Today I got the sympathetic "aw Tara, you look so comfy" comment at work. Maybe I took the casual Friday thing a little too far this time! LOL!
The room decorations are a little scarier, since they cost money and are somewhat permanent. I have no idea how all my orders will come together to make my little girl's nursery complete, but I am hoping someone maybe not as hormonal as I, with an editing eye will help me put all the puzzle pieces all together. Anyone volunteering? Seriously, we now have a foot and a half rendition of Annabelle's name one the way to our doorstep, keeping our fingers crossed it will become the focal point of her wall. Really? Was that a good idea???
Guess we will see, until then, I may need my credit cards taken away from me while I toil away my days in front of my computer.....and a wardrobe stylist. If left to my own devices, you may find me wandering in the men's section of Target looking for XL T-shirts pushing a basket full of weird snacks and socks...wait, I already did that. Who knows where the hormones will take me next....
P.S. If you couldn't tell, this blog post is credit to my randomness, no thought went into it, I had a thought and 10 min later, a post. You never have to read this one again, if you even kept reading up to this point. My apologies :)
Friday, December 17, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Updates...baby-dub style
Annabelle, me, and the now nursery in our house have all been busy these days, undergoing lots and lots of changes to make way for our Annabelle's big day! Each one of these changes are met with lots of excitement, a little anxiety, and tons of joy as we all get ready for our little girl! Every decision, growth, update and new development are thought on, pondered over, analyzed and discussed to make sure everything is perfect for our new arrival!
From the ever expanding waistline, to my sweet girls face on the 4D screen, to the blush pink we painted her walls we are all changing, adapting and preparing for Annabelle's life outside! And I must add, now that we are getting to the last couple of months, we are getting increasingly anxious for our girl to get here!! Hard to believe we have to wait 7 1/2 more weeks to finally meet our AB.
My original thought was to put all 3 of our changes in one post, but based on the fact, that 1. I have to muster up the courage to actually upload the belly pics to their permanent home in the computer and 2. I haven't done it yet, the belly pics will have to come in a second installment.
BUT!!!! I do have something WAY more exciting to share! Our 32 week photos of our girl, taken yesterday have really sent the wheels of excitement spinning. We got to see our sweet Annabelle up close and personal, almost as if we should just pick her up and hold her in our arms. Oh, how I cant wait for that day. To finally meet my girl. I guess a picture will have to do until them, along with her constant jabs, twirls and occasional painful kick or two, I will take what I can get to give her, her time to grow, grow, grow! She's doing excellent in the growth department, with an estimated weight at 4.2 lbs as of week 32+1 day. At this rate she will be bigger than any of us if she is born on her due date :) I do think sometimes those estimations are a little on the large side, but we shall see. Her little heart was beating strong at 144 beats per minute, we got our 3rd confirmed sighting that she is indeed a girl, and were able to see her little pouty lips an Bobby nose up close! What a sight to behold. Beyond miraculous.
Pause here for a tissue break....oh wait, is that just me that needs one, gotcha....moving on. :)
CAN you believe that is in my belly?!?! I am in constant awe! What an amazing, amazing miracle. Oh, yes, did I mention, she has HAIR! My baby....HAIR?!?! I was bald until I was 3 and go through days still where I think I am balding, but nonetheless there was confirmed hair sighting, and not just peach fuzz. Our technician said it is little hair floating on her head, none that you can see here in these pics, but on the screen in other views I saw it with my own eyes, little hair! I will put my official guess in that she has dark hair, everyone keeps telling me it will be light, but for some reason I am thinking otherwise :)
Quite the update from her last the last photo session, right?!?!
Bobby and I are bubbling over with excitement and anticipation to meet our girl. Imagine anticipation of Christmas morning times a thousand!!! Plus side, since Christmas morning is actually on the way, it is coming way quicker than usual, almost as if its is just a little mile marker in our journey to meet our baby. Not to diminish the importance of Christmas by any means, just all the glittery presents and material things we look forward to so much on that morning pale in comparison to the gift we have been given in our little baby.
Not to try and make this the longest post in blogger history, but I do have some other updates to share. Our nursery is FINALLY underway. Now with 2 pieces of furniture in place, and one on the way, it almost feels like we are starting to be parents. Her room is turning into the sanctuary I imagined, maybe just because of the love that has gone into every ounce of the process from all our family & friends. It is a space bathed with love! Just as I had hoped.
Daddy-dub has been in full installation mode as each furniture piece has landed on our doorstep! He is getting pretty good and reading and following instructions, and making all the pieces actually look like the picture!
Here is her crib in the put-together process, and finally at the end with her bedding and tutu waiting her arrival. How cool is it to think, that our baby will be sleeping HERE! A thought that keeps my mind full, every day.
54 days to go, I am counting each one. Bathing them with prayer and looking at them with excitement, anticipation and joy. I am feeling more like a mommy more and more every day. A transformation that is completely out of this world!
Annabelle, your daddy and I are so excited to meet you! Love you sweet one!
From the ever expanding waistline, to my sweet girls face on the 4D screen, to the blush pink we painted her walls we are all changing, adapting and preparing for Annabelle's life outside! And I must add, now that we are getting to the last couple of months, we are getting increasingly anxious for our girl to get here!! Hard to believe we have to wait 7 1/2 more weeks to finally meet our AB.
My original thought was to put all 3 of our changes in one post, but based on the fact, that 1. I have to muster up the courage to actually upload the belly pics to their permanent home in the computer and 2. I haven't done it yet, the belly pics will have to come in a second installment.
BUT!!!! I do have something WAY more exciting to share! Our 32 week photos of our girl, taken yesterday have really sent the wheels of excitement spinning. We got to see our sweet Annabelle up close and personal, almost as if we should just pick her up and hold her in our arms. Oh, how I cant wait for that day. To finally meet my girl. I guess a picture will have to do until them, along with her constant jabs, twirls and occasional painful kick or two, I will take what I can get to give her, her time to grow, grow, grow! She's doing excellent in the growth department, with an estimated weight at 4.2 lbs as of week 32+1 day. At this rate she will be bigger than any of us if she is born on her due date :) I do think sometimes those estimations are a little on the large side, but we shall see. Her little heart was beating strong at 144 beats per minute, we got our 3rd confirmed sighting that she is indeed a girl, and were able to see her little pouty lips an Bobby nose up close! What a sight to behold. Beyond miraculous.
Pause here for a tissue break....oh wait, is that just me that needs one, gotcha....moving on. :)
CAN you believe that is in my belly?!?! I am in constant awe! What an amazing, amazing miracle. Oh, yes, did I mention, she has HAIR! My baby....HAIR?!?! I was bald until I was 3 and go through days still where I think I am balding, but nonetheless there was confirmed hair sighting, and not just peach fuzz. Our technician said it is little hair floating on her head, none that you can see here in these pics, but on the screen in other views I saw it with my own eyes, little hair! I will put my official guess in that she has dark hair, everyone keeps telling me it will be light, but for some reason I am thinking otherwise :)
Quite the update from her last the last photo session, right?!?!
Bobby and I are bubbling over with excitement and anticipation to meet our girl. Imagine anticipation of Christmas morning times a thousand!!! Plus side, since Christmas morning is actually on the way, it is coming way quicker than usual, almost as if its is just a little mile marker in our journey to meet our baby. Not to diminish the importance of Christmas by any means, just all the glittery presents and material things we look forward to so much on that morning pale in comparison to the gift we have been given in our little baby.
Not to try and make this the longest post in blogger history, but I do have some other updates to share. Our nursery is FINALLY underway. Now with 2 pieces of furniture in place, and one on the way, it almost feels like we are starting to be parents. Her room is turning into the sanctuary I imagined, maybe just because of the love that has gone into every ounce of the process from all our family & friends. It is a space bathed with love! Just as I had hoped.
Here is her crib in the put-together process, and finally at the end with her bedding and tutu waiting her arrival. How cool is it to think, that our baby will be sleeping HERE! A thought that keeps my mind full, every day.
54 days to go, I am counting each one. Bathing them with prayer and looking at them with excitement, anticipation and joy. I am feeling more like a mommy more and more every day. A transformation that is completely out of this world!
Annabelle, your daddy and I are so excited to meet you! Love you sweet one!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Showers of Blessings
"There shall be showers of blessing:
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
Sent from the Savior above. "
Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved hymns...like the good old Baptist Hymns. I love finding the pages, singing every verse, knowing all the parts that were funny to sing high and sing low. Laughing with my sisters on how silly we could make them sound and truly basking in their meaning. There is just nothing that can replace a good old hymn in my book.
The last few weeks I haven't been able to get this tune out of my head. Every time I start thinking on the last 8 months, this seems to be the theme. We have been showered with blessings, sent from the Savior above, indeed. Blessings beyoned imagination, blessings that could come from no one else that our Lord.
I could write and write on all we have received, each item, note, thought, word of encouragement, deserves a post of their own. Oh how I cherish each one. To know my girl is so loved brings me a joy I could have never imagined. My family, friends, and loved ones have all gone above and beyond to help shower us with blessings. All out of love for our new little girl.
I cant help but think, that above all the beautiful things we have been given what Annabelle's true blessings are, are the people that are doing the showering. She has been blessed, before birth, with an amazing group of people that love her already, love her mom and dad deeply, and most importantly love our Lord so genuinely. What a lucky girl. She is already surrounded by people who pray for her and who will from the day she is born point her in the direction of where these blessings are from. What a feeling of peace that brings.
I could and may, write several installments on my showers of blessings, but I will start somewhere, and I guess that is here :)
In good old fashion baby welcoming, we have been blessed with several "showers" that have all brought friends from near and far, pink and ruffles galore, tears of joy and sweet celebration of our little one. Our first bought of the precipitation of gifts was in literary form. Our wonderful friends Charlie & Heather, one month after the arrival their new love, Carter, organized a "book shower" to give people from all different parts of our life a chance to share some of their knowledge, wisdom, and childhood favorites to our newest family member. Each person was given a week, to send a book to little Annabelle and instructed to include a note inside the book for Annabelle to remember who gifted that particular book and why they felt she needed those words they chose for her.
What a delight this has been. Every few days or so a new book arrives on our doorstep. Each baring the unique personality and love from another family member or friend. We have received ones that make us cry, ones that make us laugh...and our latest, ones like this!
For those that know us well, you will know just who this came from. But for privacy sake, the gift-er shall remain nameless ;)
HILARIOUS, was just added to our list. I am sure Annabelle & Daddy will love reading this one.
Our books do more than tell stories to our girl, they have shaped up into telling the stories of our family, our relationships, and given a glimpse of our childhood to our little girl. They will be treasured by us for a lifetime.
Our second shower, was more like a downpour as my sisters and dear friends worked tirelessly to throw us the prettiest pink party I have ever seen. Complete with peony's and puffy skirts, our party was one that I could write and write about.
I will spare you the lengthy detail. But let me say, we were loved.
From the invitations that brought tears to my eyes to the precious items each brought by someone so dear, we had the perfect day, Annabelle and I.
Pause here for a brief pictorial....
A party fit for a princess! Complete with carriage (of bassinet in this case), fancy dresses, and beautiful memories. A huge thanks to all my girls that made this day so very special. Annabelle and I are so lucky to have such wonderful women to love and care for us so, so much. They worked so hard to make the day perfect for this mommy to be, and it was just that....perfect.
With one more party day on the books, by the end of this weekend Annabelle and I will be some very clean ladies thanks to all this "showering".
I have so looked forward to and loved each of these moments with the women in my life who have brought me to the point of now being a mommy. Each one has touched me in such an inspiring way, I am so grateful Annabelle will have the same embrace I have been so lucky to experience.
"Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need:
Mercy-drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead."
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