I'm at 38+ weeks and feeling good!  My biggest pain right now are the people who since just past 30 weeks have been asking me, "Aren't you ready to get that baby out yet??"  Are you kidding me??  Why yes, of course!  My comfort is soooo much more important than having a healthy baby!  Let's get that baby out and put him in the NICU so that HE can be the uncomfortable one, instead of me just finishing out the pregnancy and letting him grow until he's ready to come on out!  Seriously, do people even realize how selfish that is?  

Getting to 38 weeks to me, is a huge blessing, regardless of whatever discomforts that I may have.  Having had one preterm baby who spent 2 weeks in NICU and struggles with health issues today as a result, I am not the least bit amused by peoples dumb comments, nor am I the least bit interested in rushing any baby out of the womb sooner than he/she is ready.  People need to stop being so narcissistic and let the babies grow until their time comes and be thankful for every day they have 'on the inside' to be fully mature and ready to come on out.  Put your own selfish needs aside for goodness sakes and suck it up and deal with it!

Not much longer now, and as always I remain…. patient.  

This weekend felt like a success for the first time in a while!

Saturday morning I finally finished the 2 pounds of baby alpaca I was spinning for a customer!  YES!  I really hope I can get a picture of the finished item once she gets it complete!  That was exciting for sure, as I had been plugging away at it for so long!  I've packed away the roving, wheel and swift until after the new baby arrives, and that felt good too.

On Saturday afternoon, we celebrated my oldest child's 19th birthday! Yes, 19th!  I was only 6 months older than him when he was born!  That's a scary thought.   I seriously can't imagine him in charge of another humans life at this stage.  He's barely managing his own at this point.  How on earth did I ever do it?  I'm sure I wasn't the best ever, but I know I wasn't the worst either.  It sure does make me feel old either way.

On Sunday, my daughter and I went at the canning again, this time to do apple pie filling.  It went so much more smoothly this time around!  We didn't have quite enough apples left for the whole recipe, but we got 5 pies worth of filling canned, and 2 extra jars of the syrup that we can use for another pie, or for ice cream or pancake syrup!  

It was very nice to feel like I accomplished a few things again!

It didn't take long.  Back just school just a couple of weeks and already a cold has swept through the clan.  Anneliese brought it home first, shared it with her baby brother and dad, and then….. after a week had gone by and I was feeling pretty relieved that I hadn't gotten it… I got it.  Not only did I get it, but I got it worse than anyone else.

I have waaaaaay too much to get done before this baby gets here.  I just don't have time for this!  Good grief, the clock is ticking!  I can't be sick!!

I didn't get much done toward all of the projects I want to finish before this baby gets here,  but I managed to stand up long enough to get a little bit more done on my mosaic back splash.  I'm just about half of the way around the area that I'm working with in framing it out right now. 

Next weekend:  Fall Apple Picking!!!!