Last post before Kate's arrival

Tomorrow I go in at 6 a.m. (yikes!) to be induced. I am unbelievably nervous, but glad that it will be over soon and terribly glad that we are finally going to meet our new little lady after all this time!

Today I am (surprise, surprise) cleaning-Hoping to leave things in a relative state of order in the morning when we leave. The girls are headed to my parents house tonight so we don't need to attempt to drop them off at 5:30 in the morning. They will be there for 2 days so Jas can be with Kate and I as much as possible for the first couple of days.

I will post pictures as soon as I am able-it may be a couple of days though. In the meantime, please keep us in your prayers!

Farewell to the four

Yesterday I realized that pictures of all of my children will soon include 5 ladies. I decided I needed a few last pictures of just the four so here they are. They weren't feeling very cooperative but I wasn't going for perfection. It was more of a nostalgic thing.

This is the first picture I have of them all together.

They've grown just a little I'm thinking!

Goodbye my four ladies-Soon you will be five! (I'm feeling a little bit teary right now)

My obsession

Some women crave chocolate. Some salty foods, some sweet, some even crave things like fistfuls of flour and sticks of butter (true story). I crave 2 things-Ice, (oh how I love to eat ice!!) and smells. Yes, I said smells. Most recently it has been Pine-Sol.No, I'm not kidding. My house smells perpetually of Pine-Sol right now. I clean everything with it. Floors, counter tops, tables, windows, mirrors, even if it shouldn't be cleaned with Pine-Sol it gets cleaned with Pine-Sol because I love the smell!!!! Some of my family is quite enjoying it with me, other parts not so much-They'll live as I'm sure it won't last forever. I have not gone so far as to just sniff it from the bottle-I have been known to do that with other scent cravings (yes there are others) so don't worry, Kate should come out relatively normal. And for your information I am not the only one who has this quirk. I have searched on Google and found other pregnant women with the exact same craving. ;o)

Eviction Notice

For Miss Katharine Schwartz:

This is to inform you that if you do not vacate the premises by Friday, November the 21st, 2008, we will be required on that date, to remove you by force. We hope you have enjoyed your stay with us, but believe that you have overstayed your welcome and therefore, we would like you to leave and never return. We are not sorry for any inconvenience this will cause you as we are certain our inconvenience will greatly outweigh yours in this matter.

Thank you and we look forward to your quick compliance.

Sincerely,

The Management

1 little, 2 little, pretty ballerinas

You can't get much cuter than these two!!

Happy Birthday Meg!!

You're 9 today Miss Megan! Part of me can't believe you are so old already, and part of me thinks you've been this old forever. Life is a conundrum like that sometimes I guess.

What a lovely lady you are turning into. (although the lipstick is a bit much don't you think?) ;o)

Older kids

The older those my kids get, the more helpful they are. I rarely make lunch anymore because one or the other usually asks me if they can do it, and you better believe I say yes! Maybe they offer because they think they won't get fed if they have to wait for me to get around to it. ;o)