Totally Random

1. Countdown 12 days till my due date. No plan to induce me yet. Just watching...and waiting...on the edge of our seats anticipating...

2. My plan today was to get my whole house clean (minus my bedroom because sometimes closing the door is so much easier) but I don't have the energy. I'm so tired. And impatient. My hospital bag is half packed. Baby bag is ready to go. Camera batteries are charged, laptop is ready to pack up. So I just need to clean up my house and we are ready to go. NOW, PLEASE? ;)

3. I'm cursing my mom for ever introducing me to Pop Secret Homestyle popcorn and Viva paper towels. I'm ruined for all other popcorn and paper towels.

4. Hey I warned you it was random.

5. Ben is testing his boundaries. I know he knows things aren't going to be the same after the baby is born. I'm just trying to be patient, but patience is something I am lacking in severely these days.

6. I almost regret ever redoing our bathroom. Why? Because it's so fresh and clean and now I wish our entire house was the same way. The nesting instinct that's still nagging at me wants me to do everything, but the pain I get in my hips tells me I'd be stupid to even try!

7. I honestly can't complain about this pregnancy. I've had it way easier than I did with Ben with all the sciatica and trip after trip after trip to the specialist. I do miss getting all those sonograms though!

8. The kids' room is completely put together and minus the toys scattered here and there on the floor, it's fairly clean. I promise I will take pictures soon!

9. Last Friday was the LDS prom. I stopped by for a couple of hours in the afternoon to see how the decorating was going. I did all the publicity for it, and it all turned out really cute. And the decorating they did at the Rec Center looked AMAZING. John worked late that night, till almost 9:30. He was also on the take down committee for the prom and had to report at 11:30. He didn't get home till after 2am! And of course I couldn't sleep till he got home, and not much after that either. I had the brilliant idea earlier in the evening to let Ben wear underwear to bed. I picked such a great night for that. He made it to 5:30.

10. So since the random night of wearing underwear didn't do any good, and the fact that Ben keeps insisting on wearing underwear to bed, I told him if he could wake up dry 3 nights in a row he could wear underwear to bed. Last night was night #1 and he woke up dry! Man, I'd love not to have to buy pull-ups anymore!

11. My mom just got back from Brazil. I was on strict orders not to have a baby while she was gone. And I didn't! Dang!

12. This year I will be a great-aunt for the 5th and 6th times.

13. If you were two missing car seat bases where would you be? We are using Ben's car seat for this baby and had two car seat bases with it. They are both missing. They are either somewhere in our house (I guarantee you there are not many places for those to hide around here) or in my mom's garage somewhere (because we stored the car seat and stroller there) but we've looked and they are nowhere to be found. It's driving me insane!

14. Today I am counting my blessings on having a healthy pregnancy and a wonderful family. Praying for a healthy delivery.

15. My mom didn't find a blessing dress in Brazil, well, at least not one that was less than $300. So I'm on the hunt!

16. I am so super excited for the return of these two shows!

17. I've bought a few non pink things for baby Shelby, to counteract the massive amount of pink we got at the shower. Not that I dislike pink, but we definitely needed some variety! Like this (in green floral) and this (in navy) on clearance for $3, and this sleeper which is much cuter in person, and of course I had to get a pair of jeans.

18. We went and saw How to Train Your Dragon on Saturday. And LOVED it! I really hate a lot of Dreamworks movies (ahem, Shark Tale), even though my cousin works for them. But turns out Dragons was one of his projects and I'm so proud of the guy! You can see some of his work here. It really is a great movie.

19. I swear some evenings I feel like if I jumped up and down my toes would explode. Yeah, I realize that's not a pleasant graphic, but neither is the discomfort of swollen feet! Ahh!

20. And now it's time for dinner! If you read the whole thing, thank you. ;)