I'm still here!

I know, I know!! It's been entirely too long since the last post and boy has a lot gone on!! For starters, Lance and I finished our child birthing classes and feel a lot more informed about what to expect. I mean can you really be fully prepared for labor? I don't know, but I do have a plan for how I think things will happen and my bag is half-packed! I need to work on that, I guess.

We had an amazing shower in Ruston on the 24th and I cannot tell you how blessed Lance and I are to have such amazing people in our lives. We are so blessed and cannot thank everyone enough. I have added some pictures from the shower below.

Lance had to leave the day after the shower for training in Houston so that was sad, but we only have 2 more weeks left!! He has been able to come home on the weekends, so that makes me happy. I get so busy during the weekdays anyway, and I go to bed around 8:30 so it's nice to have him there on the weekends, not working. His training will be completed on February 20th, so when he comes home I will be the size of a whale!! It will be funny!! For some reason I won't do a thing during the week in Alli's room, but as soon as he comes home I want to do everything and I want it done at that moment. So last weekend I put Alli's stroller together and Lance had no idea. I wanted to get it all together then stroll it into the living room to show him how cute it is. Well I put it together, and right before I went to roll it out, I find out that the stroller will not open. Yep, somehow I have messed something up and don't know where. So Lance is going to retrace my steps to see what is wrong with it. Also, he wasn't too happy with me doing his "daddy duty"!! He wanted to put the stroller together, but like I side, when I need things done, I need them done right then!! Sorry Lance!

On the other hand, I am now going to the doctor every week, which is so crazy to me!! He will start checking "the progress" around week 37, which should be around the 17th. He is sure that our baby is going to be a small one, but if you looked at me, I don't see how she doesn't weigh 10 lbs already!! I mean, come on!! I have gained 25 lbs so far, so I am on track, but thanks to my short height, I look like I've gained 50 already! Who's counting though, I will worry about it later. I keep telling the doctor that I was 8'12 (which he can't believe) and Lance was 7'15 so I am planning on an 8 lb baby. All he says is "for your sake, I hope she comes out smaller than 8 lbs". I just want a chunky little baby, preferably a girl since that is what we have been planning for!!

Alli's room is still not complete. We are waiting on her dresser. Her bed is antique white so I wanted a dresser (that will also be her changing table) that was antique white. Well before Christmas (Dec 23rd to be exact), Lance and I went to Rock-a-bye Baby in West Monroe to get a mattress for her bed. While we were there, we found a dresser, that comes in antique white, that was a good price, so we decided to order it. We were promised the dresser would be in by January 15th, which was great because Lance would still be in town to pick it up. Well January 15th rolls on by, so I emailed the owner on the 17th and he said it would be in on the 20th or 21st. No big deal I thought, until that week. On the 23rd I called and he said the truck is running late and would deliver it on Monday and he would deliver it to me (free of charge) that Tuesday. Well that day passes and no call or dresser. So last Saturday I took a trip to visit Mr. Rock-a-bye Baby and I told him I wanted it in writing that my dresser was coming in on Monday. He said, that he needed to check to see if it came in already because he had a late load the night before. When he comes out he has a huge smile on his face and says to me "Jamie, it's here, I will deliver it Monday". I said, "Oh it's here, I will take it today" and I could tell he was like "are you sure"!! I told him I would be back with a truck. So I called Lance and told him the good news so he heads to W. Monroe to pick up the dresser. As soon as we walk in the store he says to us "Sorry, that wasn't your dresser"!!!! Yes, he did! We were so mad!! So we left the store with him promising to call me on Monday, but to no surprise no call. So Lance sent him an email on Tuesday saying that if the dresser was not delivered by that afternoon, we would take our business elsewhere. He wrote right back and said it will be there by five!! Once again, no dresser, no call!! So Lance went to visit him again on Thursday and got our money back!! Pretty much he never ordered the dresser and was lying to us the whole time. If you read the reviews on his store, he seems to do this alot. So I would advice everyone NOT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THIS STORE. So we still have no dresser!!

Tonight Lance and I are heading out to the Thomas' (my sisters) to play some poker. Well, correction, I am not going to play poker, Lance is. I stink at poker, so I am making a dip so that I can munch on and I plan on keeping Noah up as late as possible. But we aren't going to tell his momma that! What are aunts for?!!!

The first few pictures below are some that Jana came over and took for my scrapbook and the shower. It's so much fun having a photographer sister!!