Well, I'm "due" in 4 days and still pregnant. Now you all know that those "due dates" don't actually mean a thing - it's just an estimate after all. With the holidays and finances and whatnot - my usual gigantic 'to-do' list - I'm hoping to keep the little bugger inside until the 19th. Ten extra days, that's all I ask for!

I have had a productive last few weeks. I've gotten out my last orders for the year and organized all my products and supplies to have them put away for now. Hopefully it won't take me too long to get back into the swing of things after the holidays.

I've done another craft fair since I posted last and that went well, plus I have lots of goodies in a local area gift shop. I've got one more delivery to make there and one more custom order to deliver and then I'm just concentrating on me!

I'm trying desperately to finish some of the projects I started for Christmas presents, which is why I need those 10 extra days as well as for the paycheck and the timing. I did finally finish the 2nd blanket for my twin nieces who were born last February. (Sadly, you can find a picture of the first one in the archives dating all the way back to January of this year!) Did I mention last time that I had started another outside-of-the-home job too?

This past weekend, I think I was making the hubby nervous. I put together a baby swing, car seat and bouncy seat and got all of the clothes folded and organized and in the dresser. I gathered the home-birth supplies that were in the house into one area and put them in the bedroom. I'm expecting more tonight - Brown is bringing it. That will be the majority of it and then I've just got to gather a few more items from the store and line my steel pots w/ trash bags to catch all of the less sanitary and attractive parts of birthing.

Frankly all that nesting is making me nervous too - not just Mike. I really, REALLY want 2 more weeks before baby comes!! I know that you can't tell them what to do, but I'm a big believer in the power of a forceful will, and I'm going to just will my body to not launch into action before I give it permission to do so!! Just as soon as I get home from work on the 16th, I will unleash it!

Now you are all giggling, but you wait and see - I'm a stubborn one!!

It seems there is never ever enough time for everything. Sometimes it seems there isn't any time for anything!! And doesn't something always happen when your schedule is tight already??

Last time I was able to post, I was getting ready for my first craft show ever. What can I say but that it was a bust. The weather was non-stop rain pouring all day and COLD and just too little foot traffic. No-one there did well at all. There was much grumbling and disgruntledness amongst the crafters at the end of the day.

The two booths getting the most action was the food people (the firehouse staff actually) and two women selling sprinkles and spices. Yes, their highly crafty skill was divying large bags of cooking supplies into small plastic containers. ???? Even the lady selling purses made out of empty kids juice pouches exerted some effort.

Mike and Anneliese went along for moral support and physical labor moving stuff, etc. How bored do they look!? And geeze, can't I stand still? That blur stinks!

 

Basically, I've gotten very little done the last couple of weeks and it's SO frustrating. This Friday I've got to go after work to set up my space in a little holiday shop I'm participating in that opens THIS Saturday. In two weeks I have another craft show. When I am going to get anything else accomplished I just don't know. I'm finally starting to feel tired more easily being in the last month of pregnancy. It's driving me nuts. I have not being able to go at 150% full steam all the time!!

Bear with me. I'm trying to keep going up to the moment of birth, but I'm starting to wind down whether I like it or not. I can't wait to be back to normal activity levels - and get my body back too!!

Do you want to see a picture of 35 weeks? I'll have to think about it.

Oh, something exciting did come Brown last week - our rental fetal doppler! It's fun to listen to the heart beat. Right now it's just fun and for charting, but will be used during labor for us to assess how baby is handling things. I'm trying to get in the frame of mind to enjoy the labor and birth experience in the moment and not as another thing to check off of a very long list. I have such a time of being stuck in that mentality that I often miss the moment and I don't want to miss a thing with this!!

Keep me on your mind and in your hearts. I'm on the home stretch here and I don't know how often you'll hear from me before baby comes. I'll talk to you again soon though! It's been fun chatting and catching up!

So, what have you been up to?