Baby Shower

My sorority sisters had a baby shower for Chloee and myself. It was really fun. I am so lucky to have such great friends. I got some really cute outfits, burp cloths, socks, washcloths, and a travel bed. And, these great sooo cute ladybug shoes. You can never have too many ladybug items. Especially at my house. To all my sisters, thank you again.

Three day weekend

It's Memorial Day weekend, and I'm on call! :( I was suppose to be on call July 4th, but I switched to Memorial Day b/c my hope is to have a baby by then. We'll see. I will probably still be pregnant on July 12. (July 11 is my due date.) We have been very busy at the Sims' household. We had Mother's Day, which was nice. We went to Magnet Cove and saw my Mom, Patrick's Granny, and my Grandma. I had my first swelling of the feet. It was weird. Never had that with Syd. I got two new pearls on my necklace and some great Yellowbox sandals.

The next weekend we took a small family vacation. That was our only chance to take Sydnee anywhere before the baby is born. We went to Branson. Silver Dollar City was fun for Sydnee. She is tall enough (45 inches!) to ride all but three of the rides. She is fearless and loved all of them. We ate at Lamberts in Ozark, MO. If you haven't been, you need to go. Lot's of great country cookin' and they throw rolls at you! YUM! Sydnee remembered that we went there when she was 2yrs old, so we promised we would go back. She has a memory like an elephant! We stayed at Welk Resort which has an indoor pool/water slide. It was nice to be able to swim when it was raining. Sydnee went down the slide many, many times. I hope she had fun. It was fun to watch her and Patrick do things. I was the official picture taker, since I couldn't ride rides.
On Monday, May 18, Sydnee had a graduation picnic for Montessori. She was so proud to get her certificate. She said, "Mom, now I can go to Kindergarten." I think she wanted to go to Kindergarten on Tuesday! I was a happy, but sad moment for me. My baby girl is growing up.

Now we are preparing for our new baby girl. We are cleaning up and cleaning out. Washing clothes, dusting off toys and carseats. It won't be long. less than 7 weeks!

Kris Allen ROCKS!

So, who would have thought an American Idol top 3 would be from Conway, AR?! Our town is a buzz getting ready for tomorrows parade and concert downtown. I asked Patrick if he wanted to go. He said, "NO WAY, do you know how many people are going to be there?" He gets kind of paranoid in large crowds. I would like to go, but I have to work until 4:30pm and I'm on call. I don't think I could explain that one if I got called in. "Sorry, I'm at the Kris Allen concert and can't get out of this crowd." I guess we better not go.

You should see all the people trying to get Kris Allen t-shirts. I went to ACE hardware looking at plants for Mother's Day. They were said to have them, but they were sold out. The manager was standing at the door telling everyone in a frenzy, "We don't have any Kris Allen shirts, come back tomorrow, we open at 8am." I bet she said that 40 times while I was in there. Hang in there ACE lady. It will be better Saturday, maybe!

9 1/2 weeks

That is all the time left until baby Chloee gets here. I had a good report at the Dr's office today. I even lost a pound. Can you believe that?! The nursery is coming along and Sydnee's room is getting closer to being finished. We ordered her furniture and should get it in 4-6 weeks. Our house is still a little upside down, but it's getting there.

My next mission is Mother's Day gifts. I have no idea what to get my Mom this year. My mind is not in that mode. If anyone has any ideas, feel free to let me know.

TOAD SUCK DAZE

Bad weather put a huge damper on TSD this year. I feel bad for all the people who planned to make money. Especially the scholarships for the students. We went on Friday and it was nice. We planned to do everything on Saturday: Race a toad, eat food, ride rides, and buy some things I saw Friday that I wanted. But then, the rains came. And it rained and rained and rained. They cancelled TSD for Saturday. We went back on Sunday and most everything was gone. We did get some good food and kettle corn, but didn't get to race a toad b/c it started to rain again and sweet sugary people melt, so we had to go! HA!HA! Unfortunatley, I didn't get to buy the merchandise I wanted to get. Sunday the vendor was gone. Now I have to find some other gift for Mother's Day. Oh well. Maybe next year will be better.