11 Days

11 Days until our Due Date! I must keep in the front of my mind that 75% of First Time Moms (FTMs) do NOT go into labor until AFTER their due date. How sad! I am SURE the more time she spends developing inside the better (I've read the books, blogs and websites) yet how we long to meet her! I have LOVED being pregnant, and I have had such an easy time with it. I have truly been blessed in every way.....

YET WE WANT TO MEET HER! We are both terrified OF her, full of love FOR her, and spiritually perhaps unprepared for the whole parenting process. There are still many things left to decide:

• Vaccines - which to do, which to NOT do? (we are almost to a conclusion on this one)
• Cloth Diapers - we know we are going to, but what type? (I have such high plans of going to Happybottomus - the new cloth diaper store that opened up next to Whole Foods here in OP)
• Outfit to bring her home it - I haven't cleaned ANY of her MULTITUDINOUS of clothes yet, for fear she will come out a 12 lb baby already wearing 3 month old clothes. But I have to have something ready, and it must be very cute and pink. Which pretty much describes ALL of her clothes.
• Stuff to bring to the Hospital - this was another thing I was supposed to do today. However, what to pack? I know - I have the lists from the books, websites and blogs, not to mention the papers so kindly handed us by the hospital crazy people, but I mean seriously - How can you pack for something like this? How do I know what I am going to want to do/wear/have/eat (or not eat I suppose)/distract Shaw with/watch/listen to/read? Seriously people?! I've never done this before!

And yet, in the end, all we want is a safe, happy, healthy baby.

God Willing!

I never post on here...

I love Calvin and Hobbes

So I thought I would post some of my joy!

First... we need more outspoken small business people like Calvin! When the small business gets a voice, our economy will turn around. Another help would be if people started having babies again. We are at a negative birth rate in this country. A smaller and smaller tax group is supporting a larger older group. 

Have a kid. Save the country.

Our contribution is on its way around Nov. 21. Holy Cow that's soon.

...another reason it is nice we took back the house. More pro-life representatives!

More of Calvin as a budding entrepreneur...

A swift kick to Nancy Pelosi, Obama and many othes who support death and destruction in the womb.

With so much talk of sustainablity for the environment, manufacturing and the food world...

How about sustainability in the WOMB!

Finally on an entirely unrelated but sticking with our theme note.

Two artists and their homage to the late great Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.

Don't cry.

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Halloween 2010

Here are our pumpkins from this year!

Here is mine (I take no credit for it, because I copied it from online, but I still love it!):

From The Left: Elizabeth, Shaw and me:

I have more pictures of the actual carving process, but they are on Shaw's camera which is currently dead. Will get it later! :)

2 Weeks 5 Days until Due Date!