weekly curiosities no.8

wow guys. it's been a crazy week!

crazy hard. crazy emotional. crazy challenging. crazy good.

it started off simple enough- sunday was nice, there was church, there was sunday evening restfulness. and monday was normalish too- though there were difficulties in the afternoontime. the evening was mended with porkchops and mashed potatoes and gravy. yumyum. what can't be mended by that? well, i suppose some things, but icecream certainly fixes all and that happened after the porkchops.

then, guys, tuesday came. and B's husband D texted to say she was in labor! and that little babes was on her way! and oh i was EXCITED! so even though it was 5am, i got up and made coffee and got dressed and made my hair pretty and put on make up and tried to find other things to do to pass the time. but that only got me until 7:30am. so then i was like - I HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL! so i drove out there and sat in the waiting room. and sat and sat. and sat. tried to knit but my hands kept sweating. paced and went to the restroom. watched the tv in the waiting room...

and then! at 5:44pm, Eleanor "Norah" Joy was born!

oh hello cuteface!

i got to see her so soon after she was born- i think she might have been all of 30 minutes old. oh man. she is just the cutest. and looks just like her momma. it's so crazy!  it was awesome to get to see the hospital where i will probably deliver- to wander the floors and find my way around and even get to see a labor and delivery room there. it gave me much more peace about delivering in a hospital. most of the nurses are kind, and some of them are bubbly if you're lucky. and you can leave as early as 24 hours after you deliver- which is amazing! it was definitely so good to get to prepare some for the process of it all. now i just wish i could actually witness a birth- that would help a ton!

yesterday, C and i enjoyed seeing her together and paying B&D a visit with some chickfila and yagoot. it was so nice. the rest of the day was spent doing fun topsecret stuff for B&D and then there was our small group.

norah and her fancy hat.

which brings me to today. which has been good. the morning was busy wrapping up the topsecret stuff- because B&D&N go home today! which is awesome and hurrah! and i got home about 10am. did the dishes and talked to E on the phone for a while. and now i might take a nap. because i feel like i could sleep for days. the return of pregnancy fatigue?

tonight C and i are going out for datenight! it will be fun to get dressed up and go out to eat together. i promise i will take a 'belly photo' for everyone then. it's so much bigger than it was at 20 weeks. watch out.