Keeping Up with the Jones'

Darn Braxton Hicks! Thursday was a very eventful day for me. My colleagues threw me a baby shower. It was supposed to be a surprise, although I suspected something (it’s hard to get one over on me). It was extremely thoughtful and much appreciated. See a few pictures below. Then – that evening around 9 pm I started having contractions. I downloaded the “contraction app” and started logging them. I was up most of Thursday night timing them, they were very sporadic but coming on stronger. It made me SO nervous because I hadn’t done a thing! I hadn’t packed my hospital bag nor had we installed the car seat. So, between contractions I’m scurrying around like a mad woman trying to pack a bag just in case. The next day – we go to the dr. and she checked my cervix and confirmed “NO DILATION” – I was just about crushed. She did tell me that the baby “dropped” a couple of inches but that doesn’t mean a whole lot. Dilation & Effacement are the most important things….and neithe

We had a really great Easter Weekend! Camille's grandfather was in town for the weekend. Camille had an Easter party at her school on Good Friday. I took the day off and spent the afternoon at her school for the party. Camille was so happy that I was there. The Easter Egg Hunt was absolutely hilarious! So - Camille figured out that her classmates were dropping eggs as they were "hunting" so she literally ran behind them to pick up the "dropped" eggs. I have to admit - it was kind of funny. I made her give a few to her classmates....but then she started crying....and you can guess the rest! We attended church on Sunday and the service was great. I made Camille a very small "Minnie Mouse" Easter Basket since she loves MM. She was excited when she saw the basket. I found the Minnie Mouse basket at Hobby Lobby and then filled it with: a Minnie Mouse cup, t-shirt, sticker/ coloring book. I put a little bit of candy but not much. Here are a