Mindy here, finally!

I haven't posted in a REALLY long time. Chris has been in charge of the posting for several months. Tonight I finally have nothing to do, so I thought I'd write. Ok, that's not totally true. I have stuff to do, but unpacking boxes doesn't count tonight. We are so sick of unpacking, cleaning, moving furniture, moving furniture back, and so forth... you get the picture. I hate moving!
Tonight, I just thought I'd update all of you on stuff going on with us. I hope you enjoy!

*As Chris already said, Cade had his 1st birthday here in Abilene. We had great weather, and a wonderful afternoon with family and our friends Jana and Rowan (Jana's 4 yr old). Cade had his Dad's homemade ice cream (I think it was his best batch ever), and cake. More pictures to come.

*I am huge and pregnant! You will be able to see me in the pics from his b-day. I'm the fattest one there! I keep telling my sister that I'm a really bad influence on her right now since I eat anything and often. She's lost close to 50 lbs and I'm hoping she hasn't gained anything since hanging out with Gigantor the Pregnant!!

*I found a great OB here. That was the one thing I was worried about the most before moving here. I even had a dream about finding an OB and the nurse poked me in the stomach with a pencil to tell me how the baby was doing! I asked some reliable friends here and they all said the same name. So, I had my May check up with him and was extremely happy with the visit. He is younger than I expected, but with a great, happy personality. He has an iPhone, so Chris likes him and he hasn't met him yet!! He actually had a since of humor, and agreed with me that no one can prove that pregnancy can "cure" endometriosis; however, he said I might be the example he uses to argue that it does!!! Enough about him...

THE BIG NEWS is: we have scheduled the C-section for August 29th. This Dr. (like the Dr. in VA) said because we didn't wait 24 months in between pregnancies we don't know if my body has healed completely from the last C-section. I'll spare the details, but I agreed with the suggestion. And it helps ease our minds since Chris starts school on the 25th. The 29th is a Friday and he doesn't have any classes on Fridays this 1st semester, and the fam can come in if they want. So, it seems like the perfect day to have a baby girl! This one still doesn't have a name! We are going back and forth. We have it narrowed down to a few names, but we just need to agree on one. We still have 3 months to go; I'm sure she'll have a name by then.

*I know I had so much more to say, but I'm having the worst pregnancy brain this weekend! I can not remember what else I wanted to say!!! I think I'm going to bed now and hope to have time to write more tomorrow. And I hope I can remember what I wanted to say!!! Hang in there friends, just 3 more months of this!!!
Love to all!
Mindy