late to bed, early to rise…

This morning we hung out with Katy shooting maternity photographs.  It was so fun!  She’s great to work with.  I hope everything turns out well.  I don’t doubt her skill, I doubt the subjects and their corporation with the camera!  We’ll see the finals in about two weeks.  Patience – I think I was just rambling about that recently…  I am excited and can’t wait to see them!

Mark did a great job today, I’m so proud of him.  My husband is not a morning person.  Just for me, he crawled (what’s a better word? Inched? Seeped? Dragged?) out of bed at 6:45am.  He only complained a little, and most of it was with his eyes rather than his tongue.  The things he does for me!

John and I were chatting last night about some shots that he liked.  Hopefully we’ll get a chance to head over to the beach tomorrow or next week and take a few.  He has an abstract eye which can be really fun to work with.

So far no signs of labor, that I’ve noticed.  My hips have been bothering me a bit more, without encouragement from me.  Thus is pregnancy!  All worth it for her.  Her ohmygosh, so exciting!

So the other day I ran across an old phone number.  A friend I haven’t spoken to in about six years.  Turns out he has the same phone number!  Such a rare thing these days.  We chatted for over an hour about various things.  It was great.  There’s some people in life who don’t appeal to time or distance.  When I connect with them, the old connection is still there.  It’s an easy flow of conversation, a comfort, and a pleasure.  There’s others where change and experience have warped the relationship and it is difficult to discuss even surface subjects.  I can’t quite find my footing or my place.  Those are difficult, because there’s an expectation of a previous bond without the reality of a current one.  I can not express how pleased I am that this is the not the case with my friend.

 

i like curling up with you

Yesterday was a good day.  Mark and I met with Katy Vold regarding maternity photographs, then took off to Carmel for the afternoon.  The weather was chilly and overcast.  Absolutely perfect.  On the way home we stopped by Santa Cruz for ice cream, then at one of the beaches for some time in prayer for our family.

It was a good day.

Today has it’s task list, but I’m enjoying the cold morning and curling up in the joy of yesterday.  I’ve always appreciated the cold, but especially now (higher body temperature).   At the moment my cheeks are nice and tingly from a walk outside, and my nose has yet to defrost.  Too bad the sun is coming out

Tuesday she’ll be 36 weeks.  One more week and she’ll be full term.  This month has gone by so fast.  There’s still so much to do!

Breathe.

One that note, I’m going to go work on the nursery to make me stop panicing! ha!

 

Last night was good and painful. Not at the same time, just different experiences the same evening. Mark and I discussed maternity photographs. We have different opinions, and he knew it going in – so he assumed I was doing something that I wasn’t…. this lead to conflict. Thus the painful part. So I spent a few hours this morning finding photographs that (I hope) will satisfy both of us. We’ll see.

The good is that we started a list of baby names! We probably won’t decide on one name, but come prepared with some options. Then God may jump in and mix it all up, heh. I really want Him to lead us on this. A name is so important.

 

20 weeks & clean yards

Wow. It’s been an eventful week. Friday we found out that Baby Carey is a girl! Mark and I were both shocked. I don’t think either of us realized that we expected a boy. It was as if our world shifted and it took us a lil’ bit to get our sea legs. Now we’ve got a controlled sub-stance (reference Pearls Before Swine comic below) and movin’ along. I’m not changing the nursery bedding to pink and all is well in the world. Mark and I are both excited to meet BG in person – she’s going to be amazing. I’ve also posted some 20 week belly pictures below.

It was great attending Kollao this morning and feeding off the excitement and congratulations. I must admit, it was my primary reason for attending this morning! After class was enjoyable as well. We stayed for a bit and chatted with Phil&Holly and Jason&Laurie. I think I’m going to enjoy Phil&Holly and I’m hoping to get to know both of them better.

Saturday we filled a(nother) debris bin! All of the garbage in the back is gone, as well as the all of the weeds. I’m excited about the former, but the latter… I still giggle in glee. It’s beautiful. The guys did a great job clearing out all the brush and trimming back the trees. I cannot express how excited I a to have all of that cleared. Now that we have regained control over all that space we can start to landscape. A friend of ours is a landscaper and I’m hoping he can help with some design ideas. We’ve also started planting in the front. It’s all coming together.

Now we just need to get the garage(s) in order, pack-up Mark’s studio, and start decorating the nursery! This week is the half way point on the pregnancy. I’m expecting it to work like a gas tank, the last half is gone before you know it. Especially considering the holidays… it really is going to fly by.

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