40 weeks 3 days update

I'm still here... Still waiting!!
This has to be the hardest waiting game I have ever played! Miss
Raleigh Grace was due to make her apperance this past Saturday, on
October 8th and that day came and went without any signs of her
arrival. So has been the same for every day since then!
My mom and sister got in this past week and they have been anxiously
awaiting her arrival as well. My stepdad and other sister fly in on
Thursday and are leaving on Monday. I never thought that I would have
made it this far and still no little girl.
Yesterday I went to the doctor for my check up and they said that I
was still just barely dialated but that her head was still down super
low which was good news. We are still playing the waiting game and if
by Friday we don't have a baby yet then I have yet another appointment
scheduled in which they will do an ultrasound to check the amniotic
fluid around her and make sure she is doing okay and they will do a
non-stress test in which they hook me up to several monitors and
listen to baby girls hearbeat and such for several minutes - all of
that followed by a regular docs visit. It's at that time that we will
schedule an induction for early next week. The doctor made mention
that there is a good chance that I will go into labor on my own before
then but honestly I don't know if he was serious or trying to make me
feel better ha.
I'm so anxious to meet her and patience has never been one of my
strong suits. I know when I want something and I want it 5 minutes ago
haha.
We have tried everything in the book to naturally induce labor but
this little girl is as content as can be I guess! Tonight is a full
moon and my mother in law who works in the nicu says that there are
always more babies born on full moons because of the shift in
gravatational pulls on the earth and thus on our bodies. I'm praying
for a baby tonight or tomorrow. I know that God is in complete control
of the situation and that his timing is PERFECT so now, I just have to
trust in Him!!
Your prayers and encouragement through all of this are so greatly
appreciated!! Maybe next time I post I will be in labor? ;)

such a TREAT!

Check this out, I have a very very sweet husband who decided to treat me last night by cooking me a delicious dinner and a very tasty dessert! We had brisket that was cooked slowly while marinated with a bottle of liquid smoke. The smell was irresistible and I was on the edge of my seat all night to get a bite, so much so that I would have rather been outside. The smell however was NOT deceiving! He also cooked a wonderful bean medley and fixed his moms "Good dessert" which is to-die-for!

Yes, I have the fun halloween placemats thanks to my sweet aunt who makes sure I have plenty of decorations for the "holidays" - I absolutely love them all! :) So cute!

Anyways, we had such an enjoyable dinner last night and a good day together. Finally one day off for him!

Yesterday k and I just relaxed... yest. afternoon I picked up my neighbors kids from the bus stop because they have a 4 month old baby who had open heart surgery today. K and the boys played soccer for a long time and had a blast. I also took the kids to school today and picked them up again. I feel like I have been "playing mom" and I'm not going to lie, I love it!! :) As far as I have heard their baby is doing good and the surgery went well. He had a hole in his heart from something genetic but when they went in for surgery found 2 - they fixed both of them and he will be in neonatal ICU until probably wednesday. Please pray for baby J.

Still no word on my job. I am continually being tested. Deuteronomy (which by the way is a very difficult word to spell haha) says that "The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul." Pray for patience for me, and TRUST in the Lords will for my life. It is sometimes very frustrating and easy for me to get upset feeling bad for myself or getting caught up wondering why it is that I can not find a job. The devil is quick to creep into my mind to tells me I'm not good enough and that I lack worth. Pray for this to cease and for me to know (and constantly be reminded and to remember) that God's plans for my life are so great and that my worth is not found in a job, but rather in my savior, who loves both you and I very much, Jesus Christ!!!

I must merely "wait on the Lord."

"but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings like eagles;

they shall run and not be weary;

they shall walk and not faint."

Isaiah 40:31