post thanks

Hope you all had an excellent holiday weekend. We certainly did.

We spent Thanksgiving day at Autumn's house with family and friends -- the food was incredible -- main thanks for that goes to Auty and my Mom and Dad.

Why didn't my camera come out? Probably because I barely lifted a finger all day...except fingers to face, shamefully. :)  But I did snap a few of the girls and their grandparents right at the start of the day.

my girl is getting too big!

these two.

The Baby Blue Cat Who Said No
(it's been read to 2 year old Imogen nearly one hundred times
by Nona...and it doesn't even belong at our house, but Immy requests
that Nona bring it every time we're together :)

Boppa got a turn to read it, too!

My parents stayed with us on Thursday and Friday night and we got tons of work done around the place...the huge, huge job of getting the leaves all cleaned up was a major thing that got done, no thanks to this mama.

troubleshooting a stolen blower
(oh, by the way, can we borrow your blower, D and L?)

Mom, busily working

Immy, taking a ride

the finished project

I promise I didn't just sit around eating bon bons all day :).
Big thanks to Mom and Dad for working with us and helping to cross a few things off the list.

The kitchen is coming together quite nicely -- shelves are hung, floor is laid, laundry and half bath complete (minus a little trim painting), cabinets face-lifted, dishwasher is humming, and all is well.

The countertops are the last big job, and they're supposed to be in by Thursday. It's so, so exciting to see everything coming together! I've been quietly (and mostly not-so-quietly) amazed to see my super tech husband tackle these projects nearly single handedly, one by one, with the help of a YouTube tutorial or two. :)

More photos forthcoming after the countertop is installed. And I'm hoping to be able to find a 'before' photo...I'm kicking myself now that I didn't take some in the beginning.


So now it's about time for our new little Campbell to arrive. I'm 39 weeks and counting, had an appointment yesterday and was told to expect a baby any day now...but I'm not too hopeful, because they told me the same thing with Imogen...and she was 4 days late. :) But even 4 days late gives us a baby next week...and next week doesn't seem that far away.
And things are progressing nicely on the pre-labor front, so that was good to hear. And I'm feeling good and sleeping ok...so no complaints.

a drawer of baby things

Can't wait to meet this little one. And for him to meet you all!

Love.

bake. bake. bake.

This is a post about pregnancy.
You've been warned.

Naw, it ain't really as bad as all that.


Oh, second pregnancy, how you've differed from the first...
-Weeks have gone by so much faster.
-I'm carrying a rowdy boy this time, instead of a rowdy girl.
-My back cooperated with life so much better this time around...with Imogen it was a non-stop annoyance from 17 weeks on, but with the boy it's been hit and miss from 30 weeks.
-But I must say I feel so much older and creakier with this pregnancy...dunno if it gets more and more this way with each consecutive child...makes me wonder how folks with several kids manage it.
-Last pregnancy my best friend was the swimming pool...this time it's the heating pad. I think this is a seasonal difference, but also due to the fact that taking a toddler to the pool is not the most relaxing experience you'll ever know :)
-I really do feel like I'm 100 years old.
-And ready to be done.
-And ready to meet our son.
-But until that day I really could just sit in a strongly detergent scented room, crunching ice...all day long. (this one isn't different from pregnancy with Im...)


20 weeks:


36 weeks:




And yep, I'm nervous about the events that are quickly approaching (labor, birth, postpartum, bringing a new baby home, juggling baby and toddler and everyday stuff...), it'd be silly to say that I'm not...but it's funny because I used to think that girls who were having second (or third, etc) babies wouldn't have to deal with nerves and all that because they'd done it all before...and now I know. :)
But I'm excited. Super excited. And full of overwhelming love for my sweet, sweet, amazing little family.

And I've been learning more and more that faith trumps fears...when I allow it to.

God is so good.



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