Here are the party favors AKA poopy diapers Stephany made. The poopy is made out of chocolate.

My beloved coworkers gave me a few gifts this weekend & I know Daddy will appreciate atleast one of them. Lorrie, my boss--gave Caroline the frilly bloomers that she had custom embroidered for her...one pair says "Gator Bait!" Lorrie is a good ole' Cajun girl so she really appreciates the gator-bait stories. The girls at work also gave me a syringe of Juvederm, which as you can see I was rather excited about. Laurie--another beloved coworker--even offered to come to the hospital after Caroline is born & inject me! Haha! In addition, the girls gave me a target gift card (i'm sure that will come in handy) and a darling picture frame that is already in the nursery. Thank you to my wonderful coworkers....I am so blessed to have you as friends!

This was taken at 34 weeks.

this story was on 20/20 last night. it was very eye-opening and very sad but it does make me realize just how lucky Caroline is.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5627305&page=1

Hey everyone! I thought I'd share some of my garden successes since Beth has been so diligent in sharing her's. These are some of my morning glories. I plant them every year and every year they look better and better. I took these picture last Saturday morning; the powder blue ones are my favorite. Enjoy!

Can you believe it? Only 6 more weeks or so until the baby gets here. We are still working on the nursery...it is fit for viewing & it is fit for the baby to live in but it still isn't "finished." We are still looking for a couple of specific items for it & once we find them, I will be happy. At this rate, I think Caroline will be here before we get it done. :-(

Jason & I started our childbirth classes a couple of weeks ago but I've been so slack I've forgotten to mention it on here. We've learned a ton...for example, I didn't know that you had to have a catheter in your back for an epidural, which is rather unsettling. Stupid me, I thought it was just a shot. And Jason seems to have learned alot too, as the videos they show are rather graphic. It is too funny to watch him squirm & wince at the sight of some of those poor vaginas. It has been fun meeting all the other couples in class that are due around the same time we are...quite frankly, I can't believe all the women in that class that are having natural births.

Jean, Bill & Dot came over on Saturday for dinner. We ate hamburgers & watched the Olympics & got some great childcare advice from Bill....ie. "You'll get used to havin' baby shit underneath your fingernails." Jean gave Caroline a Brer Rabbit book that she tracked down at Davis-Kidd & a great time was had by all.


I got into poison ivy about 10 days ago...it started on my wrist & now it's spread to my boobs, legs, & arm. any suggestions? Barbie, I know you have experience here....


Other than that, I can't believe how good pickles taste right now. I was trying to describe it to Jason but it's such a heavenly taste, it can't even be put into words.

We'll post more pics soon. Hope everyone is doing well!~

Caroline's 31 week ultrasound

Her face is turned to the side in this one and there is a shadow covering part of it. But you can still see her chubby little cheek and her eye, which is open.

Caroline's nursery art

" En set by de fier, en smoke his pipe, en read de newspapers same like enny man w'at got a fambly."--Brer Rabbit

Q: How does your garden grow?

Barbie is always asking me "How does your garden grow?"....so I thought I'd post some pics. As you can tell, the cucumbers & zucchini are doing quite well. Good thing, I hear they're good for edema, which I have started experiencing fairly mildly. And the 3rd pic is pretty self-explanatory...Shanna chrisened it "Nickel & the Pickle." We're still waiting on the watermelon to come in but we have tomatoes coming out of our ears...right now beefsteaks & romas. My squash isn't doing so well though...maybe it's the 110 degree weather we're having?

Aunt Shanna is already spoiling her.