and still pregnant!!!!!!!

This baby must like it's daddy better than mommy because I am still pregnant. Despite many, many contractions (even some that were 2 minutes apart for 2 hours in the middle of the night last night) nothing seems to be happening at the moment.

And a pregnancy updated

For those wondering if I've had the baby yet, nope! Still pregnant and not feeling too bad at all. We went to see Marcia, the CNM, this past Tuesday and everything looks great with the baby. Guess Chad might get his wish to not have the baby until he finishes work next week.

Pumpkin Pictures

Taking pictures of our kids is especially challenging for Chad. He does great with other people's kids, but ours for some reason are harder for him. They just don't like to sit still which we're working on. This picture is how about 99% of our attempts at getting pictures of them turn out.

Cabarrus County Fair - September

We love going to fairs. There is a great fair near us, in Concord, that has a huge section of kids rides. It was so hot we had to wait to go later in the day but we had a wonderful time. This was the first week of September, we're just getting around to downloading the pictures.

Tomorrow I'll be 38 weeks. Twice this week I was positive I was in labour but then contractions stopped. I am now over being pregnant. I'm surprised I was okay this long. Today our Sunday School class had a shower for us which was really nice of them considering in the past year we've gone to SS maybe 5 or 6 times. They are such a friendly, giving class to do this for us.

Chad and Kennedy just left for an overnight camping trip with some other dads and their kids. It's only an hour from here so in the event that I'm lucky enough to go in to labour tonight they should be able to get back here pretty quickly. I'm a little nervous that Kennedy might wander off and get kidnapped or eaten by a bear or something but hopefully since she has recently become so afraid of the dark she won't want to leave daddy's side. It's supposed to go down to almost freezing tonight so it'll be an interesting experience for them.

Here are a couple pics of K and P's first haircuts. Parker just got the hair hanging in his eyes trimmed. Despite the many times people refer to him as a girl, we love his hair and don't want to cut it right now. Kennedy had also never had even a trim. She was so upset at the hair place it was traumatizing for everyone in the place. We just got a few inches off of hers, it's still pretty long but it was getting so long it was starting to look like we were part of a cult that didn't believe in cutting hair.

The other night Chad went in to check on Kennedy and found her asleep in one of her princess dresses. She must have gotten up to put it on and gotten back in bed. I was working on a supper for Chad and I after (I thought) the kids were asleep. When Chad got home he went upstairs to change and found Kennedy asleep on the stairs. I had no idea she was down there!

The fall festival at Calvary church.

Chad took the kids to the Balloon Festival in Statesville. His mom met them there.

Chad and Kennedy went to a workshop at Lowe's and made pumpkins.

Pregnancy Update

As you can see from my baby countdown, I don't have much time left in this pregnany. Parker was born 3 weeks early so this baby could really be coming any time now, or it might take its time and wait until the middle of December. Who knows. If the number of contractions I've been having is any indication, it will be sooner rather than later.

Overall I'm feeling great. Aside from restless leg and constant night time trips to the bathroom which interfere a great deal with my sleep, I don't have much to complain about. I feel much better in my 9th month then I remember feeling with the Kennedy or Parker. I think it's because it's cooler out.

Kennedy and Parker are so sweet together some times. At least once a day something really cute happens that I mean to share but I always forget. In the car today Kennedy was singing along to her Strawberry Shortcake movie and she turns to Parker, who wasn't singing, and says "come on brother, let's sing some songs". She doesn't usually call him brother. It just struck me as funny.

Pumpkin Patch

I forgot to bring a camera when we went to the Hunter Farm Pumpkin Patch a couple weeks ago. I really wanted to get some pictures of the kids. We went with our preschool homeschool group and one of the other moms sent me some pictures. If it weren't so expensive to go, we'd probably go every day. Kennedy and Parker love the wagon ride, learning how to milk a cow, feeding the animals and playing with the pumpkins.