Isabella's First Piece of Original Art!

Ash and I found that this thing "assembled" very much like Mom and Dad's pop-up camper :) Lot's of canvas and snaps. While we were eventually triumphant, it wasn't easy. After Ash left, I got ready for bed (it was past my bedtime) and Jeff ran (well, drove, I told you he hurt his back) to the drugstore for a heating pad. He came back with a heating pad and an Easter Basket full of candy for ME!! It was so sweet :) He made me feel so special and even got me a Happy Easter card! I'm a lucky girl...

I woke up this morning instantly aware that I was still pregnant. No Easter baby I'm afraid. I also made the executive decision rather quickly that since the next week or two are likely to be very busy and stressful, that I should stay in bed as long as possible to get some rest. I only lasted until about 9:45, but that was good enough. My body is stiff and a little sore in weird places, but I actually feel pretty good. I think I may actually be having that "burst of energy" that I keep reading about online. Jeff and I went to the grocery store and then grilled hamburgers out on the grill. We had a great lunch! During the lunch prep we talked about the fact that this may be our last weekend together "just us". It's hard to believe, but we're both ready :) Since lunch I've painted my nails (so glad I got that manicure on Friday that didn't "take"), taken a shower, cleaned the kitchen, and opened the breast pump. It was just a matter of time before I broke the seal on the box--once you open it you can't take it back. It's been driving me crazy for weeks that I couldn't look inside the box of something I bought!! After talking to the mom's yesterday who said I'd want to take it to the hospital with me and know how to use it, I had the validation I needed :) It wasn't that exciting, really, but now's it's open and I'm committed to at least trying it.

Not surprisingly, Jeff has been glued to the tv the past week watching basketball. Big congrats to Mom and Dad's alma mater Western Kentucky University for making it to the Sweet 16! Go Hilltoppers! I've been crocheting (not knitting as Jeff wrote) a baby blanket. I finished a cross-stitch for her room a couple of weeks ago and needed something else to work on. Those of you who know me well know that I thoroughly enjoy things that keep my hands busy while I'm free to think about other things. I'm not good at thinking up patterns, but I'm really good at following them. My mom will tell you that I'm not very good at finishing projects (except baby blankets and afghans for my friends), but it's the process I enjoy, not necessarily having a finished product. I reason that if I get a few weeks of enjoyment from the cost of a cross-stitch kit or some yarn, it was well worth it. Anywho, because it was a project for my baby, I had no problem finishing this cross-stitch. I'm going to add her birth date (hopefully soon!) and weight (hopefully small to normal!) and then frame it for her room.

I just got an email from Mom saying that if I wasn't going to post a picture of Ash's painting on my blog that I needed to email her one...well, Ms. Impatient, I'm working on it! :) Oh, and thanks for the new outfit for Izzy that I opened yesterday :)

That's it for today! Hope that you all hear from us soon :)