EvY at HomE

Well I'm feeling better than I was last week but I still have cramps on and off. Nothing regular or intense, probably just those braxton hicks I hear so much about. I've been busy this week doing household mini chores and taking a long nap daily which has kept me from going crazy. We had our diabetes related ultrasound yesterday to make sure she's not getting too big and thank the Lord all is normal with our girl (and she is still a girl). The doc said her estimated weight is 5lbs, 13oz, almost 6, which is still in the normal range though a little on the bigger side and will probably be around 8lbs if she goes to term. Her foot was way over her body almost in her mouth and we could see her little diaphragm practicing breathing as well as her heart and her brain and it's all good. After that appointment I was able to take the most restful nap of the week and dreamed about pie. Today my girls are dropping by to set up for Saturday's party and I am pretty dang excited....

I didn't realize how much I was gravitating towards flowers for my girl's room until it was staring me in the face. I had purchased some flowery decals awhile ago and put them on her door to indicate you know, hey this is a special room. I'm not gonna put her name on the door or some other nonsense, I thought the two little flowers did the job.  Over her crib I strung up a little garland of flowers (never mind the party supplies). By the crib I nailed this Ikea picture frame and I think I'll grab one more to put up higher. I put it up and realized I didn't want it to be totally empty when guests arrived and saw her room so I remembered I had these art cards from Ikea that were .25 for 8 and stuck one in here. When I get the second picture frame I think I'll stick another one from the pack in there for meantime. I dunno what I wanna put in there in the end, for now it's just perfect, it says Rosa, Rose. I also didn't want to explain to peo...

It's really hard for a Type A party planner to know that there's a party happening at my house and I can't do much about it. I actually made a "things to do the week of the BBBQ" list that was a cleaning list of things I wanted to make sure got done before Saturday. And now, I'm basically not supposed to do much of it. I mean, I'm not an invalid but I'm supposed to be taking it easy and that's a very hard directive for me to handle! I guess I'll just do my few light chores I can handle like dusting and putting things away and imagine what I'd do if I was gonna throw an outdoor party. By summer of next year God willing I'll be throwing another outdoor party. By then the greenery will be thriving a lot more and we'll actually have that awesome outdoor seating set we've bought that has not arrived yet. Oh well, we do what we can.

Matt has me on lockdown with baby clothes buying, rightfully so, so this is things I would have bought if I wouldn't get looks from Matt for coming home with all these baby clothes: Dumbo is a special movie to us. I desperately need this one. If nobody gives it to us at our shower, I'm buying it, mad looks or not! This one is particularly appropriate because we're cranking babies out every 5 months in my family so she'll be top of the favorites list for a very short time. If I had a ratio of clothing I'd dress my kid in it would be 60% ocean creatures, 20% polka dots, 10% stripes, 10% food. I don't hate pink for rosy but I just wanna mix it up with things like blue and grey.

With the coming and going of Memorial Day weekend it is now unofficially SUMMER! Which means the season in which I get to meet my alien and the return of the ambitious SUMMER CHECKLIST: I am aware that there's going to be a tiny baby to hang out with during the summer but that's all the more reason to be able to take her places since I can just strap her into some baby carrier contraption and she'll have no choice but to come along. How perfect is it that my kid is due during my favorite season? I've always been so happy during the summer and now I get to add even more reasons to smile.

Well, it's the week of our baby shower BBQ. My girls Michelle & Man-D are doing the heavy lifting of the planning and such (we did hire a taco cart guy for the food though) but since it's at our house there were a few little things I wanted to do before 40 people were walking in and out of our house & yard. I wish I would have had the strength to make something like this though... I mean forget about it. How freaking adorable is that?? Instead I just bought a colorful one from Target. Here's our resident welcome cat modeling the welcome mat. I've been trying this thing with letting the cats hang out in the front yard since it's fenced in. They usually get bored and come back inside on their own. They're way more obedient than I give them credit for, I can usually just ask them to come back in and they listen.

What a week. I gotta say I did not expect this week to have gone the way it did with a scare and a forced vacation. This was supposed to be a normal work week leading into a nice three day weekend where I'd pretend to be sipping delicious cocktails in the backyard and watching the dogs chase each other around.  Instead I'm home drinking copious amounts of water, laying around a lot, and being snuggled by cats. We are hoping to make it out to the movies today because it's X-MEN and may be our last movie outing for a long time if not our last movie where it's just the two of us. I think I can handle walking from the car to a movie theatre to sit for two hours then walking back to the car. Still hoping to be up for church and a bridal shower on Sunday but I'm gonna try not to push it. For those of you lucky mobile people, do enjoy the three day weekend, spend some time with a veteran and maybe try making a memorial service somewhere in your neighborhood .

I got all my homies to be praying for us and boy has it been heard. I am feeling so much better. She's moving around like crazy, cramps are getting further away, belly is a lot looser. My mom and step-dad came by last night and laid oil and hands on the baby. I have all my family praying and also, my church family. I haven't mentioned my church yet have I? We've been attending a church in Hollywood for the past few months, joined a small group, and are really happy to be a part of a community again. We sent them a prayer request via the App (modern church, heh heh) and got an email back with the most beautiful prayer. Here it is: Father, Thank you for Matt and Evy and their little baby. Thank you that you ordain life. We bless this baby in Jesus name. We bless Evy and her womb. We release your peace over her body right now and call it into order. We bless your harmonies Evy and command them to step into alignment with the pace that you have set for the baby. Evy we ...

Yesterday my doctor ran a test on me called fetal fibronectin which tests for a protein that would be present if you're going into pre-term labor. The test results came in and they were negative so the chance of my going into pre-term labor in the next two weeks are less than 1%! That puts my mind at ease somewhat but of course, still cramping and have a tight belly off and on. I'm still chillin' and not doing much but please keep praying for us! - mobile blog post. spelling irrelevant.

Somebody overdid it and someone very small was not gonna let her get away with it. Little Alice has been doing some stuff that had me and my doctor worried so I was told to take the day off from work and just rest. My boss and I decided I should sit this job out so I guess I'm not working until this little girl shows up which hopefully isn't until July. Stay in there little girl.  And as much as I want to just get things done around here, obviously for the next few days I'm just gonna chill and put my foot up. Planning on watching a lot of Netfix. If you think of us, we could use a little prayer. I'll keep you guys updated.

On a day where the temperatures in Burbank went into the triple digits genius me decided to spend a few hours in the morning finally organizing the shed. Don't worry, Matt was nearby and I drank a LOT of water and took air conditioning breaks if I was getting too pink. Before the sun went bonkers we were done and I took a much needed cheese and fruit break and our shed was in much better shape.  First off, we drilled some screws into the doors to hang stuff.  I am excited to have the beach chairs so easily accessible. It's fun pretending I could go to the beach or an outdoor movie screening at any moment! In order to get in there and really get to work we have to pull out the lawnmower, edge trimmer, bicycles, and golf bags so this is what the shed looks like when all those things are out of the way. Again, I grouped like items together and kept things we use at closer access. I was especially happy that now all the seasonal decorations are together.   He...