Today, baby girl (without a name) is offiically 31 weeks.  Which means, if she’s punctual & right on time then I have exactly 9 weeks to get everything ready.  However, to play it safe (and have some sanity in the last week), I’m in the thought process that I actually have to be ready in 7 weeks.  If she’s much earlier than that - well, I’m just in trouble!!

So in 7 weeks, I need to do a super overhaul & clean out so that I actually have room in our house for one more & ALL that goes along with a little baby.  To me, this means I need to:

1.  Clean out the kitchen cabinets to make room for bottles.

2.  Clean out the family room to make room for baby toys & swings.

3.  Clean out Evan’s room because some of his furniture is moving to baby girl’s room.

4.  Clean out the laundry room/storage because I’ll be in there alot more!

5.  Clean out our master bedroom because it will just make me feel better.

6.  Clean out the garage because it’s getter harder & harder to walk through the clutter.

7.  Clean out the basement - just because I’m on a role & I have one more week left.

OH - and I need to finish the nursery too!!!  Or rather Aunt Staci will finish the nursery after I get everything ready for her.  It’s coming along … I’ll have to post pics soon.

This is how Evan’s first minature golf hole went … and EVERY other 17 holes in the game!!!  If you think it takes patience to watch this video, just imagine getting through all 18 holes!!!

(if the video link doesn’t work, try this link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyjWyhpLPMY)

Back in April (yes as in 2 months ago), we went to TN for a few days.  Evan had some big highlights:

A new discovery in Minature Golf:

Fishing from the boat:

And actually catching the ONLY fish of the day.  Poor little fish was probably drug along for at least an hour because we never thought to actually check Evan’s line!!!

And of course his favorite part … pony rides!

Here’s the little guy on our way to his first day of school …

And here we are on the last …

Little guy is growing up:(.

Alot has happened since my last post … school is officially out, I celebrated my one-year blogiversary, we now know the presumed democrat & republican nominees, and baby-girl is 5 weeks bigger!! 

Of course there’s a lot of things that haven’t happened yet … I haven’t posted end of school year pictures, after a full year I’m still not good at keeping up with this blog (only 80 posts in 365 days!!!), we still don’t know the name of the VP candidates, and we still don’t know the name of baby-girl (no where closer to a name)!!

So of all those topics, I’ll just pick up with the easiest one - end of school year pictures!  The last day was just a fun carnival play day.  WIth ball pits…

Moonwalks …

Lunch break w/friends …

And a little painting too …

Me:  Can Mommy have a kiss?  I don’t feel good.

Evan:  No

Me:  But why???

Evan:  Because my kisses are dangerous!

I had heard that you recently updated your menu.  I thought oh boy, that should be fun!  I went today to grab a quick sandwich before a doctor’s appt.  I was really looking forward to my Chick-fil-A Chicken Salad Sandwich - you know the one - the tasty chicken salad between two slices of wheat bread that are pressed flately together & warming inside your Chick-fil-A thermal bags. 

As I looked up at the menu, I thought to myself - oh that’s a new menu board … wait, no that’s the new menu!  I glance through to find the Chick-fil-A Chicken Salad Sandwich - you know the one - the tasty chicken salad between two slices of wheat bread that are pressed flately together & warming inside your Chick-fil-A thermal bags. 

So I then asked the stupid question with the obvious answer … “did your Chicken Salad Sandwich change?”.  The 12-year old cashier told me that it’s the same Chicken Salad but they’ve added lettuce & put it on a thicker bread b/c the other one got flat & mushy.  I liked flat & mushy … it was easy to eat in the car & it tasty so yummy!  I smiled at the 12-year old and said, “ok, I’ll give it a shot”. 

She then handed me my new Chick-fil-A Chicken Salad Sandwich with a big old piece of Green Leaf Lettuce inside of a clear clamshell package (which as your online press release states that’s to resemble packaging more typical of high-end deli than a fast-food restaurant). 

Would you please tell Truett that I prefer the old Chicken Salad Sandwich … that I like my flat, mushy sandwich in the thermal foil bag b/c I came to Chick-fil-A (a fast food restaurant & not a high-end deli).  The new one’s pretty good (after removing that Green Leaf Lettuce, but it falls apart too easily & I have to peel the bark back because who really like’s the end stuff anyways?

Very Sincerely,

it’s come to this …

And PS - No offense towards your 12-year old cashiers.  They are always more together than any other adult at your competition!

Well I got sick of being sick, so I decided to head to the doctor.  She said it looks like strep, but the “rapid strep test” was negative & they’re sending out the other test to the lab - thus the title that we’re “temporarily inconclusive”. 

BUT because of the Memorial Holiday, the office is closed Friday & Monday which means no results until T-U-E-S-D-A-Y!  As in one week from today!!!!  She gave me a perspcription for some medicine just in case I start getting a fever or considerably worse, but she’d prefer I stay off as long as possible in case it’s not strep!

So what in the world does that mean!?!?!  Basically (as I thought), for now anyways, I paid $25 to be told I have a sore throat - UGH!!! 

The silver lining …

ME:  “So what do I do between now & then?”

Doc:  “Continue with your salt water, cough drops & sprays … and you have my permission to drink as many Smoothies & Shakes as you want because they’ll be little icepacks for your throat”

That was almost worth the $25 right there!

I have a sore throat.  Some coughing, but that’s just because my throat is sore & dry.  My “Approved Over-the-Counter Medication for Obstetrical Patients” says:

“May use Cepacol or other cough drops, as well as Chloraseptic and salt water gargles (yuck).  If persists, especially with fever, may need to come in for a throat culture”.

Well I have no other symptoms, but my throat is incredibly uncomfortable.  I really don’t want to pay a $25 co-pay to be told I have a sore throat!!  I’ve only had strep once in my life & I definitely had more symptoms than just a sore throat.  But sprays & salt water are silly b/c they feel great while you’re spraying, but a few minutes after that numbing sensation stops it hurts again.

It’s been going on since Friday.  Should I go to the doctor - oh how I hate going to the doctor?? 

Last week I did it.  I officially handed in my laptop & wrapped up my “short term/part time” job that was originally supposed to end in December, then in March, then in April … and on May 12th - it finally ended!  I feel like a free woman.  A broke free woman, but free non the less!