I'm now 35 weeks and I've been having contractions since we got back from Nauvoo over a month ago. I'm gearing up for labor-mode, so if you're going to make guesses as to when Tenley will arrive and her length/weight, whatever statistics you're shooting for ... now would be the time to do it.
Based on all the scheduling issues we have around here these days, I'm hoping she comes either on the weekend of Sept 24th/25th, or Wednesday the 28th. Well heck, I hope she comes on the weekend just so I'm done - I'd kind of like to resume breathing sooner rather than later. That means, of course, that she'll come on Mon/Tues (26/27) like all of her sisters even though those are the worst days for her to come. Mondays and Tuesdays are our busiest days for being out of the house with regularly scheduled things - Summer's dance, Marnie's dance, a music class, and the library. Plus, Adam has some stuff at work those two particular days.
Happy guessing!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
sibling Christmas exchange year 5
My turn to be excited for Christmas this year. Someone has posted before me in regards to it, but I figured I'd take the lead and get the sibling exchange sorted out for the 5th year. I did go over the previous years to make sure there haven't been any duplicates yet, and came up with this configuration:
Trina - Emily
Eric - Nathan
Jared - Trina
Tawnia - Clarissa
Emily - Tawnia
Nathan - Mindy
Mindy - Eric
Clarissa - Jared
As for a theme, we've used something inspirational, a memory, food, and FHE in a box. Jared suggested something completely useless. As a counter suggestion I would say something useful. A lot of what I get for Christmas is useless fluff, and would love to get something with a purpose. I was on the phone with Tawnia this morning and she suggested a book exchange, like the cousins do. Any other opinions?
I just had a thought about doing an ornament exchange? Either with the sibling, or sending them to all the siblings (or just to Mom and Dad) .. finding a Christmas ornament that is specific to your family or location or stage of your life. We could put those along with a year-in-review sort of letter. I was just thinking about our memory letters of years past - I love reading those, and thought a review letter would be good to have for personal history and future reading. Or instead of sending the ornament to everyone, just include a picture of it with your letter, so you can have it for future years.
Anyway, give your thoughts or suggestions on all of this so we can figure out what we want to do this year!
Trina - Emily
Eric - Nathan
Jared - Trina
Tawnia - Clarissa
Emily - Tawnia
Nathan - Mindy
Mindy - Eric
Clarissa - Jared
As for a theme, we've used something inspirational, a memory, food, and FHE in a box. Jared suggested something completely useless. As a counter suggestion I would say something useful. A lot of what I get for Christmas is useless fluff, and would love to get something with a purpose. I was on the phone with Tawnia this morning and she suggested a book exchange, like the cousins do. Any other opinions?
I just had a thought about doing an ornament exchange? Either with the sibling, or sending them to all the siblings (or just to Mom and Dad) .. finding a Christmas ornament that is specific to your family or location or stage of your life. We could put those along with a year-in-review sort of letter. I was just thinking about our memory letters of years past - I love reading those, and thought a review letter would be good to have for personal history and future reading. Or instead of sending the ornament to everyone, just include a picture of it with your letter, so you can have it for future years.
Anyway, give your thoughts or suggestions on all of this so we can figure out what we want to do this year!
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