a time to be productive

so, i went for a checkup yesterday and it was decided that i would be induced on march 16th instead of hanging around and waiting for my due date of march 27th. better to not chance a birth on the side of the road between philadelphia and jackson, considering my labor with lucy neal went so quickly. also, when you have a 2year old, it's probably better to have a plan anyway. so i'm super excited but also super stressed out about everything that has to be finished before she gets here. we are pretty much unpacked, but there are alot of things to do and here is my list. keep in mind, i do understand that these things are not essentials and i can live without them, but i would like to get them done before i have 2 children to take care of. otherwise, who knows when i will have time to do them, and then they will just keep getting put off for months, and you know the story...

*make curtains for baby's room, lucy neal's room, and our bedroom (as of now we have those stick on paper shades, which are a WONDERFUL temporary fix, but it's time for the real thing)
*make dust ruffle for our bed
*cover headboard for our bed
*make shower curtain for baby/guest bathroom

yesterday i got fabric for all of these projects, hoping to get them all done before the 16th. we will see and i will post updates. maybe that will make me feel accountable and a little more apt to work on them instead of just thinking about working on them. because as some of you know, motivation in your last few weeks of pregnancy is sometimes hard to find. impossible to find. i just want to lay in bed and do absolutely nothing. and i'm not a lazy person. oh and add pajamas to the list. i'm attempting to make myself pj's to wear when i go to the hospital. we will see. meanwhile my entire outlook as changed, as i now have a day that i know this will be over. so here's to new attitudes and lots of productivity! stay tuned for pics...

and now, a year later

let me first point out that it is purely a coincidence that i decided i wanted to start blogging again on the exact day a year from my last post. i mean i haven't even looked at my blog since that day a year ago. how weird is that? i know. anyway i am the kind of blogger who thinks that if i let enough time pass between posts that i have to think of everything that has happened since then and it just starts to stress me out and so i just don't do it. hence the year long hiatus. so i will not be going back and writing a year's worth of happenings, but i will try to hit the high points. let's see....ran 2 half marathons, lucy neal turned 2, had a really fun summer trying to teach her how to swim and quit my job to stay home with her in june, found out i was pregnant in july, finally got her potty trained, she had tons of fun trick or treating this year and was an absolute doll, had thanksgiving in port gibson, christmas in philadelphia, put our house on the market in september and it sold in november, had to be out the week before christmas, moved to philadelphia to a temporary house for a month and a half for dec/jan then feb 1 finally moved into what we hope will be our settled home. whew! makes me tired just thinking about it. baby girl ray is due on march 27th and i have found out the hard way that the 2nd pregancy just isn't as much fun as the 1st. aside from all of the moving and unpacking, chasing a toddler around just doesn't allow for much rest, which is always fun to have when you're pregnant. so that's all i can commit to for now. hopefully soon i will sit down and post some pics of lucy neal in all her cuteness. until then...