Weekend Update

Well - no baby yet. :( We're waiting anxiously for labor to start ... believe it or not I can't wait until I feel that first contraction. I've wondered on a few nights if things were going to progress as I had cramping but as you can see... once I went to bed everything settled down. I also thought my water may have broken earlier this week but I'm pretty sure it's nothing. I'm trying very hard to be patient. Think baby thoughts for us please!!!!!! If nothing has happened before I have an appointment Monday at 4:15.

Braden and Steve are currently bowling with their Y-Tribe! It's Braden's first attempt at bowling and I can't wait to hear how it went. I should have sent the camera along but that would require me to take it out of my hospital bag and I forget that it's up there.

Olivia is sitting in front of me practicing cutting white paper with her scissors making, "snow-flakes," and singing "Jingle Bells."

One of the other things going on in our lives is that my Aunt Pam is very ill. This is the daughter of my grandma who just passed away and the sister of my dad. She went into the hospital less than a day before my grandma. She has been sick for quite some time with different ailments but this time it seems to be a toxic combination. They know she has a horrible case of pneumonia as well as Influenza and may have H1N1. They also think that she may have cancer but can't check for it while she is in the condition that she is in. Apparently she has ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome now. She is not getting enough oxygen and her lungs are starting to harden. I don't quite understand it all.

I can't stop thinking about my cousin Michelle who was the one to find my Grandma in her apartment and then to have this happen to her mom. Her entire life is being turned upside down - I can't imagine how her heart feels and how she is coping. It's too much for one person to have to deal with.

The picture above is of my aunt Pam and I at my cousin Michelle's wedding which was mid-September. I am so thankful that she has Tom in her life and that both my grandma and Pam were able to see her beautiful day.

I will keep you all updated but please keep both Pam and Michelle in your thoughts. Life certainly is cyclical isn't it. I anxiously wait here to have a baby and also to hear if my aunt is going to live. WOW - it's too much to think about.