scripture power

James loves going to Primary! A couple of weeks ago, we realized that he needed some scriptures of his very own. He came home from Primary one day and said, "Mommy, when we sing 'Scripture Power' the kids hold up their scriptures." We found him a small Book of Mormon and he was SO excited to take it to Primary. I just happened to walk by the Primary room and peek in as the kids were singing 'Scripture Power' that week, and James was proudly holding up his scriptures! What a cute kid.

Jukie must have been inspired, because about a week later James got a package in the mail from Jukie and Bapa (my parents) at the MTC, who sent him his very own special Book of Mormon and his very own missionary name tags like theirs! Just take a look at our handsome future missionary here -

And because I was just getting some other random pictures off my camera - my boys have been great buddies lately. Here they are "swimming" in James' little wading pool in our backyard. Anything to beat this San Antonio heat!

And a few more pictures of my 38 1/2 weeks belly from a few days ago. Due date is six days away and counting....but I would be happy to head to the hospital any time now! Come on, baby!

All ready for baby!

So, I think I am pretty much ready for this sweet baby to come. I am about 38 1/2 weeks, but feel like our girl will make her appearance any time. I think I'm all ready to go...

• House cleaned - check! (well, let's face it, it's not all cleaned but it's good enough)
• Hospital bag packed - check!
• Baby clothes washed - check!
• Laundry caught up - check! (well except some towels, but ALL of our clothes are clean - it feels great!)
• Baby clothes folded and put away - check!
• Bassinet set up in our room - check!
• Last-minute run to Target for remaining baby essentials - check!
• Some dinners frozen in the freezer - check! (not as much variety/quantity as I'd like, but we won't starve unless we get sick of taco soup or tacos! haha)
• Name picked - check! (we've actually known her name for awhile....I don't think I ever posted it on this blog yet....might as well keep you in suspense for a few more days, eh?)
• Friends lined up to watch James - check! (people are so nice and keep offering, so we have plenty of options - aren't friends the best?)
• Contraction timer app downloaded on iPod - check! (when we were expecting James, my mom was there to help me time and she has this crazy amazing memory for numbers - I figured since she wasn't here to help keep track I'd better find something that could help! haha)
• Hospital test run completed - check! (haha, so this just happened to come about. I called my doctor on Tuesday about a crazy headache and some vision problems, and they sent me to the hospital just in case - we ended up being there in triage all night long for about ten hours while they checked all my vitals and things - everything turned out fine and they ruled out preeclampsia, which is good. While we were there, my contractions actually started up and were getting pretty regular - about 4 every 10 minutes - but they were not yet strong enough to be in actual labor, so they sent us home to sleep. The doctor on call said that he thought our baby would probably be born in the next day or two - so that is today, come on baby!!)

We're getting pretty excited!

My Dad told us we ought to watch this episode of I Love Lucy to get all ready to go to the hospital. Gotta love it! Hopefully my next post will have pictures of our baby! Stay tuned...