It's been awhile since I've updated our blog. So here is what I've been up to. My last day of work was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, with the official last day being Monday, December 1st. That was exactly 3 weeks before my due date. My days were getting harder and harder. Not because I don't enjoy my job, in fact, I'd really come to love my job. It seemed like it was a perfectly tailored job for me. I love the accounting work that I did, and learning new things about accounting from my boss, but I loved the event work that I was doing as well. I was very blessed to work with other believers and in a fairly laid back environment. But, for now I'm home resting and waiting for Katherine's arrival. The timing of my leave was perfect! I started to get increasingly more uncomfortable the Friday after Thanksgiving. I felt Katie drop and the pressure increased. I was so happy I'd decided not to push working another week.
The last 10 days have flown bye. We had our friends Scott, Carey, and little Emily stay with us for about 10 days. It was such a wonderful time of friends and fellowship. They are preparing for their move to Asia and needed a place to call home for a short while. They are the first couple we met when we started attending Grace over 3 years ago and have grown to enjoy their friendship. It was so much fun to watch Carey grow during her pregnancy with Emily and it has been great fun to get to know little Emily over the last year. We will truly miss them.
I've also been busy addressing envelopes for baby announcements and getting those ready to go.
Aimee and Jack came to visit for an afternoon with Carey and I.
Our washing machine broke down just as Scott and Carey came to stay. You don't realize how reliant you are on a piece of machinery until it doesn't work. We've been waiting on the part for over two weeks now. The part should arrive on Monday and hopefully Dustin can get it fixed quickly. I've been the laundry mat twice. It's quite a project at this point that I can't accomplish alone. Dustin and I went to the laundry mat last Tuesday. This past Monday I called our friend from church and asked to come over and do laundry at her house. I had quite the pile of linens. It was such a fun day! We stamped all day and watched two animated movies. She made a delicious quesadilla lunch. It was such a great way to pass the day and I was so thankful to Suzie for offering to let me do laundry at her house.
Amanda came for a visit on Tuesday so we were able to spend all day Wednesday and Thursday together. It was such a treat. Since she began her management job it makes it really tough for her to get away. I never laugh as hard as when we are together. She makes a trip to Wal-Mart and the laundry mat fun. We also slept and ate a lot. We also went to the mall. Our mall just opened up a whole brand new section with new stores and moved some stores as well. I've been wanting to check it out, but all of the walking is quite a chore right now, and I didn't want to go alone.
Today, I decided to cook. I made yummy chicken and dumplings for dinner and I also have BBQ pork in the crock pot to make sandwiches out of. I figure we'll eat one meal each from them, then freeze the rest for after the baby arrives. I sit around on the couch a lot and browse the Internet or read Baby sleep books. We have a busy weekend ahead. Dustin's work holiday party is tomorrow evening and on Sunday after church we have are going to the Singing Christmas Tree with the entire Barkley family. I'm not sure what next week holds for us. I'm hoping it holds the arrival of baby Katherine, but if not maybe I'll get around to making the curtains I keep talking about.
The last 10 days have flown bye. We had our friends Scott, Carey, and little Emily stay with us for about 10 days. It was such a wonderful time of friends and fellowship. They are preparing for their move to Asia and needed a place to call home for a short while. They are the first couple we met when we started attending Grace over 3 years ago and have grown to enjoy their friendship. It was so much fun to watch Carey grow during her pregnancy with Emily and it has been great fun to get to know little Emily over the last year. We will truly miss them.
I've also been busy addressing envelopes for baby announcements and getting those ready to go.
Aimee and Jack came to visit for an afternoon with Carey and I.
Our washing machine broke down just as Scott and Carey came to stay. You don't realize how reliant you are on a piece of machinery until it doesn't work. We've been waiting on the part for over two weeks now. The part should arrive on Monday and hopefully Dustin can get it fixed quickly. I've been the laundry mat twice. It's quite a project at this point that I can't accomplish alone. Dustin and I went to the laundry mat last Tuesday. This past Monday I called our friend from church and asked to come over and do laundry at her house. I had quite the pile of linens. It was such a fun day! We stamped all day and watched two animated movies. She made a delicious quesadilla lunch. It was such a great way to pass the day and I was so thankful to Suzie for offering to let me do laundry at her house.
Amanda came for a visit on Tuesday so we were able to spend all day Wednesday and Thursday together. It was such a treat. Since she began her management job it makes it really tough for her to get away. I never laugh as hard as when we are together. She makes a trip to Wal-Mart and the laundry mat fun. We also slept and ate a lot. We also went to the mall. Our mall just opened up a whole brand new section with new stores and moved some stores as well. I've been wanting to check it out, but all of the walking is quite a chore right now, and I didn't want to go alone.
Today, I decided to cook. I made yummy chicken and dumplings for dinner and I also have BBQ pork in the crock pot to make sandwiches out of. I figure we'll eat one meal each from them, then freeze the rest for after the baby arrives. I sit around on the couch a lot and browse the Internet or read Baby sleep books. We have a busy weekend ahead. Dustin's work holiday party is tomorrow evening and on Sunday after church we have are going to the Singing Christmas Tree with the entire Barkley family. I'm not sure what next week holds for us. I'm hoping it holds the arrival of baby Katherine, but if not maybe I'll get around to making the curtains I keep talking about.
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