I think we have a gymnast on our hands

The little guy has decided to ready himself for delivery the good old fashioned way. He's in position and BM has started to dilate.

If he hasn't blessed us with his presence by NEXT Tuesday BM will be admitted into the hospital late in the afternoon and the induction proceedings will begin early Wednesday morning. There's always the chance he can flip again! He's keeping us on our toes...this is just the beginning.

We are thrilled everyone is still doing great and thriving. We're excited for things to be progressing.

Despite our excitement we're starting to feel really worn down. We've been anticipating his arrival, based on what we've been told, for weeks. Our life has been in a holding patter thinking today could be the day. I guess we're feeling and going through what any expectant parents go through. It seems no matter the road you take to build a family the journey is similar.

I'm sure there's a silver lining with all this waiting....I haven't figured out what that is yet.

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Hello, my name is Jennifer and I am a control freak. I am willingly giving myself up to this little angel who is controlling my life before I have even seen is cherub face. I have learned, for my child I will change my ways. ]

It's cold

That's about all I have to say. I have no updates of any kind. Maybe it's a time of calm before the storm...pretty soon I will have a flood of topics (one major one) to post about.

I hope all is well with you.

A real J-O-B

We always joke DH has never had a "real" job. He's always had part time jobs through school (9 years of higher education) and he was in the USCG for 4 years.

He doesn't count the USCG as a "real" job not because it's not respectable or "work" but because it's more of a club or counter culture. There's not a typical job interview but a physical test and training and they provided allowances for uniforms, food, housing etc. Plus his stint fell during a time in his life when his life responsibilities were minimal and his spirit was high. He can explain it better.

Anyway - He's nearly 31 and has never had a "real" job! He's very proud of himself about this.

His free ride is quickly coming to an end! The J-O-B hunt has begun. DH has had some very promising conversation with a couple major pharmacy retailers. Who knows if it will lead to an official job offer but it is exciting. Keep your fingers crossed - the end is in sight!!!

First Snow

Okay so it's not a full-on stick to anything kind of snow but there was snow coming out of the sky. We're supposed to get some sort of freak cold front coming in.

I guess you could say winter is here - I don't think it's going to warm up a ton until next spring.

The bun is NOT done!

Little guy is still cooking and has actually decided to do some tumbling. He's not coming out naturally the way he's facing now.

Next appointment is Tuesday - we'll know more if we don't know him by then.

From friends

Nothing beats custom made baby tie-dye! Now if the little guy would just get here already so he can start wearing his collection of totally adorable clothes, oh and so we can show him how much love and adore him!

I have been scrubbing all weekend! Everyone seems to think I'm nesting...that may be true however I think I would be doing this anyway. It's fall cleaning and more so than nesting I think it's an anxiety reliever!

Shampooing carpet is tougher than one would think. My forearms and biceps and surprisingly sore.

Fall? Not in this town!

This past Saturday was an absolutely lovely day. A mythical Indian Summer type afternoon. As I was sitting on my front porch enjoying the day I though it was so cute how the trees out front were starting to turn. Just one lonely red leaf. It was above 80 that day.

Today is Thursday, I'm not even sure it made it into the 50's!!! Seriously?!?! What happened to fall? Lolo Peak and Snow Bowl got snow yesterday!!!

The one good thing about the precipitation is the help it will give in extinguishing fires. This picture is also from Saturday from my porch. The Kootenai fire has flared up an embarrassing amount of times. I did mess with the contrast of the photo to help differentiate the smoke from the sky.

Fire fire go away and never come back some day!