Come on already!

James and I are ready for Everett to make his debut. I am tired of being pregnant! I am beyond done with it. Everyday James wishes for the baby to come out. I wish he would listen to his father already. Last week I went to the doctor and was at 2 cm and 60% effaced. Well I went to the doctor again today. I have not made much progress since last week. I am 2 cm and about 75% effaced. CRAP! Not what I was hoping for. I never imagined that this boy would want to hang out in my tummy so long. It can't possibly be that comfy in there. Oh well. Guess I will just have to get over it. I can't force him to come out. At least he will only hang out in there until the 3rd at the very latest. That really is only 12 days since today is almost over so it doesn't count and the 3rd doesn't count because we have to be there at like 4 a.m. OK that is the end of my rant. By the way. Are any of you aware of just how big 10 cm is? Here's a little visual in case you didn't know. YIKES!!!!

Everett's Room

Well - Everett's room is just about ready! Just a few more things here and there and we should be in business. James and I are loving the way it turned out. Which is all that matters considering Everett doesn't have an opinion and won't for quite some time. What do you guys think?

25 random things about me!

Well - I was tagged by like 5 people so far so I figured I better so this. If these get lame I apologize. 25 is a lot to come up with.

1. Sometimes I am truly amazed by how blessed I truly am.

2. I have an INCREDIBLE husband that I have been married to for more than eight and a half years. I can't believe he has stuck with me this long. I can be pretty difficult!

3. We are expecting our first child in less than 6 weeks. A little boy named Everett Andrew. I hope he looks like his daddy!

4. My best friend lives a few states away. I use to fear that the distance would put a dent in that relationship, but it has actually gotten better and better.

5. I have 2 dogs that are both considered geriatric. One is now gimpy and we call her our 3 legged doggy. The other is over 11 and everyday I return home from work I fear that she will not come running.

6. I have this insane need to make everything organized and clutter free. I am a planner and a preparer. The fact that I don't know the exact day and time of Everett's arrival is driving me nuts. I want to plan for it and can't!!!

7. I went back to college thinking that I would find some career that I would love more than cosmetology. I was wrong. I am now a cosmetologist with a bachelors degree in math and business. I am even considering getting my masters after the baby comes, but I can't justify it since I know I won't use it.

8. I LOVE my job. I have great clients and great co-workers. I work for myself, so my boss is pretty much the best boss ever. I make my own hours and my own rules. Could it get better than that?

9. I have an older brother that I am so proud of. I brag about him to my clients all of the time. He is an incredible husband, father and minister. Oh yeah did I mention that he is currently working on his PHD? Like I said. He is AWESOME!!!

10. I can not wait to see James and Everett together. I just know he is going to be an incredible father and can't wait to witness it. He is so excited for Everett to come. Even more than me if that is possible.

11. I use to think that Facebook was lame but now spend an insane amount of time on it. It's addictive!

12. My favorite food is fruit. Almost any kind will do. Most of the time I prefer it over desserts!

13. I HATE to own the same car for more than 2 years. It's a sickness really. Once we hit that 2 year mark I just feel the need to get a new car and I usually do. Which means we will ALWAYS be upside down on my cars!

14. I am half Chinese and sometime wish I were more. I wish I knew more about the Cantonese culture and knew how to speak more than a few words. I don't mind being white. I just sometimes think it would be cool!

15. I have amazing friends here in Dallas. They are my family away from family. James and I could never get by without them.

16. I think I might be the only person in the world left that doesn't have the internet on my phone. I am just too cheap to pay for it.

17. I will never understand how people can claim that an unborn child is not a life. There is a heartbeat at 8 weeks!! Especially those that think partial-birth abortion is ok. WHY? If you already have to deliver the baby just give it up for adoption. Killing is is unnecessary and disgusting! I am not just saying this because I am pregnant. I have always felt this way.

18. I have no sense of style. Seriously NONE. I can not dress myself properly or decorate my house well. I have to rely on the eye of others for those things.

19. I really don't like "reality" shows. I don't watch Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, Survivor or The Bachelor. I can however watch the Biggest Loser every now and then. Definitely not more than 2 weeks in a row, but every now and then if there is nothing else on I will watch it.

20. I never care what a person's political views are nor so I care who they vote for as long as their decisions are fact based and researched. Nothing bothers me more than the people who make these important decisions just because. Then they complain about the way things are going.

21. I underwent some extremely painful and extensive facial surgery to fix my jaw with no problem and
am not afraid to deliver a possibly 9 lb baby. The needle for the epidural however totally freaks me out!!

22. I use to love working out and had muscles and a six pack. Wonder if I will ever be there again. Considering the fact that you have to work out to get that - probably not. I hate working out now!!

23. I can sleep anywhere! Plane, car, floor, chair or even in the shampoo bowls at work. I have no problem sleeping. I think it might be my favorite thing to do!

24. James and I made a rule that we go on one vacation every year to somewhere we have never been before. We have been able to do it so far. I wonder where we will go next year??

25. I have always been and will always be a tom-boy. I love sports and don't mind getting dirty! It's not my fault. I had brothers. If I wanted to play I had to play what they wanted to play. Which usually consisted of building forts and playing sports.

Lisa - You have to have a c-section....Just Kidding!

Well as some of you know there have been a few minor bumps in the road during this pregnancy. Nothing that has ever been serious, but all still very annoying. One of those things was a low-lying or partial-covered placenta.

Just a brief explanation for those of you unfamiliar with the term. In the beginning of a person's pregnancy the placenta is located at the bottom of the uterus covering the birth canal. In a normal pregnancy the placenta will work its way up to the top of the uterus as the uterus expands. It remains at the top so that it is out of the way for the baby to come down the birth canal during delivery.

In my pregnancy the placenta has remained covering the birth canal making natural child birth impossible. They found this out at about 18 weeks along. I have gone to the doctor and been repeatedly checked to see if the placenta has moved out of the way. Every time they checked it my placenta had moved a tiny bit but not nearly enough to even consider natural child birth. I was going to have to have a c-section. At first I was kinda sad about this. I am not scared of c-sections, but I wanted the opportunity to at least try to give birth naturally. Since my last visit I had accepted the fact that I was having a c-section. No ifs, ands or buts about it. I started looking at all of the positives of them. There are actually quite a few. Let's do it!

Well I went to the doctor today to have it checked yet again. I was thinking - What's the point? We already know how this is going to go. Then it happened. The news that surprised Me, James and even the docs. My placenta had moved. So much in fact that it was completely out of the way and a c-section was no longer necessary. I could deliver naturally. WHAT??

I wasn't sure how I felt about it. I was kinda glad, but at the same time I was already ok with having a c-section. Then they said it. WOW your baby is measuring a FULL week ahead and is in the 80th percentile. He now weighs about 4 pounds (a normal baby at this time is 3) and you are on track to have at least a 9 pound baby!!!! EXCUSE ME! So you're telling me that I am going to have a HUGE baby and I now have to have it naturally!!! GEEZ!

I am still a little unsure about how I feel about all of this. On one hand I am glad that things are going well enough that a c-section is not necessary. On the other hand, I am now fearing the natural birth of a large baby. Hmmmmm....

Sitting for a good cause!

After some recent belly pains in my ever expanding tummy I am forced to sit down as much as possible. Do they realize what I do for a living?? My job kinda requires me to stand up. I figured oh well - I will give it a try. Anything to make things go well for the little guy. I have a lovely little stool next to my station and I sit on it all the time. I sit on it to apply color, while my colors sit, to style and in between clients. However, I draw the line at sitting to cut. It is possible, but just ridiculous. I can't do it. Those of you that know me well know how hard this is for me. I HATE to just sit there. I feel like a lazy bum sitting down to work. Sometimes I feel like other clients look at me when they walk past and wonder what the heck is wrong with me that I sit to do hair. Nothing is wrong with me and I am sitting here like a lazy bum to keep it that way. QUIT STARING AT ME PEOPLE!!! Ok I am done venting. Thanks for listening!

P.S. It's working. The belly pains have stayed away since I have been doing this sitting thing.

Picture!

I was tagged by Julie Potts. I tag Jen, James, David and Jen B.

The object of the picture tag is to:

1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer

2) Select the 4th picture in the folder

3) Explain the picture

4) Tag 4 people to do the same

NO CHEATING! (cropping, editing, etc!)

This is a picture of Christmas 2007 at my Jen and Dave's house in Arizona. It was Christmas morning and the boys were opening all of their gifts. This is a picture of them going through their stockings. What a fun Christmas that was. It is so much more fun at Christmas when you can see it from a kid's perspective!

Christmas Cards

Every Year we send out Christmas cards. We generally send them to the same people every year. So why is it that every year I have a stack of cards for people that I do not have an address for??? These are people that I KNOW I sent a card to last year and I had their address then. Where did it go? Did it just disappear somewhere in my computer? Why is it not under the file in my documents that is labeled addresses? I have decided that it is like the sock and the dryer thing. Sometimes they just tend to disappear. Oh well! I will do like I do every year. Send out the embarrassing "I lost your address" emails asking them for it. So if you receive an email from me asking for an address do not be mad, your address has just gotten swallowed by my computer.