So Here's Where We Are

Things have been both eventful and not-so-eventful around here. First things first.

I went to the doctor yesterday for my first progress check and GBS test. I am not dilated at all, but I really didn't think I would be--heck, I'm not even considered full-term quite yet. Plus, if I came home and told Mr. ABC123 that I was making ANY sort of progress, he would probably quit going to work right now and camp out by the door. I love that man...but if you've seen the episode of the Cosby Show where Sondra goes into labor and Elvin kind of...freaks out? That's sort of what Mr. ABC123 is like. (Really, he's just nervous because he has to be out of town next week for 3 days....so no progress is good news). PLUS, my doctor is going to be out on vacation next week. I want to jump for joy a little over that, because it means that he should be here when my baby comes.

We've got ourselves a birthing ball now. Love it. I've been bouncing on it just a little to encourage the baby to drop, but mostly I'm just kinda rolling around on it like our Lamaze teacher showed us.

We've got a session scheduled for newborn photos. I'm glad we're doing this....we even got a package where the photographer will design the birth announcements for us. One less thing I have to do post-baby, score! The photographer is someone that we know personally and we've used before, so she was extremely kind with working out a pricing package that still made it possible for us to get some newborn photos, and for that I'm very grateful.

I got a haircut yesterday so I'll be in presentable shape for all those hospital pictures, and I scheduled my next appointment, which was wierd.
Her: "When works for you?"
Me: Hmmm, don't want to do it too soon after the birth.... "How about 8 weeks from now?" What am I going to do with the baby during my haircut? "Do you have anything on a Friday? That's my husband's day off, so he can watch the baby." Hm...I don't know if I should leave the baby at home with pumped milk and a bottle, or if Mr. ABC123 should bring him/ her along so I can nurse before or after if I need to...Gee, remember when all I had to do was look at my calendar and see if I had a date free?
I also got a pedicure, courtesy of my loving husband, who surprised me with two gift certificates. Totally frivolous, but I pretty much can't reach my feet, so he was extremely thoughtful to do that for me.

We've also found someone who is going to do a few maternity shots for us on Friday for whatever we can afford. I don't want oodles of them, but I'll be glad to have two or three to put in an album and look back at one day.

I've bene working on a lot of Scentsy stuff lately, trying to get all my ducks in a row for Baby's arrival. I've got a party this weekend, POSSIBLY a party at the end of September, and one for the first week of October....so business is picking up again. I've also had people call me to place orders and re-orders, so that's good. I've been making some business contacts, and the new Fall/Winter catalog and scents are coming out soon, which is exciting. It's my FAVORITE time of year! I can't wait to see all the new goodies. Being a part of this business has done me so much good--I've brought in some extra income, made contact with people I wouldn't ordinarily have talked to, learned some things about business, and found something I can do besides working with kids. It makes me happy, it's helped me develop my leadership skills more now that I have recruits, and the people on my team are so supportive--I've met so many nice people through Scentsy! Since I couldn't fly to attend the yearly convention in Ft. Worth, TX this year, I signed up to watch the speakers online, and I am honestly looking forward to it. It's my own little "personal developement and growth" area of my life, and it's been really good for me.

Next big thing....hubby's car is pretty much kaput. My dad just gave me the diagnosis, and it doesn't look good. Looks like we are in the market for a car. Normally, I would do things the Dave Ramsey way and look for something we can just pay cash for....but the amount of cash we can afford to put down right now is not going to buy us a car that I would put my child in. Ergo, it's time to suck it up and face the fact that we're probably going to be depleting our savings (more) and making monthly payments. Honestly, the hubs and I have wished that we could replace his car for a loooong time, but we knew it wasn't an option. Now, we kind of don't have a choice. I would be freaking out about this so much more if we weren't here at my parents....at least I know we'll have a roof over our heads and food on the table. And, if worse comes to worse and there's just no way on the earth we can replace the car right now, Mr. ABC123 can still drive my car to work each day and my mom is usually home to give me a ride anywhere I need to go. It's not the ideal situation, but it could be so much worse. Eventually, though, we WILL be on our own, and once we are I'm sure I won't be able to stay home, so we'll need two cars.