The Plan

Whoa!  A post from Mike!

Now that we're less than a week from the due date, we've been bombarded by phone calls.  Just about everyone we know has called us to ask how Kylie is doing.  This is apparently code for, "Has the baby come yet?"  Invariably my answer has been, "nope, not yet."

I just found out everyone has been calling because no one knows our "plan."  The plan for when we are going to call people to tell them the baby is here!  Are we going to call on our way to the hospital, while we are waiting for the baby to come, or after the baby is born?

So here's the plan:

We are going to call people after the baby has been born!  My phone will probably be off during Kylie's labor and when we're heading to the hospital there's no way I'll be on the phone.

So once the baby has arrived and we have a free moment, we'll call our immediate family and friends.  Our families (that would be you parents) will then call the rest of our family that is out of state, otherwise it'll take me forever to call everyone.

And don't worry, I'll take plenty of pictures and post them as soon as I can find some internet access.

Single Digits!

9 Days. Yep, we're in the single digits of the baby countdown!

Not much more to say about it, but I thought it was worthy of a quick post. Come on, baby! Time to be born!

Hey, Fall!

I really love fall. I love it a lot. It is by far my favorite season.

Mike and I have been going on walks every evening for the past few days (just trying to encourage this baby to be born--personally, I think the first day of fall would be a great birthday. Come on, baby!) and the weather has been fabulous. Well...Mike has been a little cold I think, but I'm a fan of the cool air!

As happy as we are to be living here in Reno, we will miss seeing the leaves change color on the mountains this year; I am a huge fan of Utah canyons in the fall. Maybe Tahoe looks pretty in autumn? I think we'll have to check that out.

Welcome to 2008, Fall. I'm glad you made it.  :)

Two Calls; That's All!

With my due date only two weeks away, Mike is on call.

Two calls. That's all.

Mikey gets busy at work and often misses calls or ignores his phone if it rings while he's typing away or in a meeting. Because he is concerned that he would miss my "it's hospital time" phone call, he has developed what he calls the "Two Calls; That's All" philosophy.

If his phone is called two times in a row, Mike will answer it. No matter what. Even if he is meeting with the CEO. Yep, he's pretty serious about it.

Of course, this only applies to calls coming from my cell or our home phone and it is his backup plan in case he misses my first call. The chances of him missing any phone call from me at this point are pretty low--in fact, he has picked up the habit of calling me during the day just to check up on me.

Mikey...I promise I'm not going to pull a fast one on you! I will call you should I find myself in labor. You have the car, remember? As long as you don't leave the car at home I really have no choice but to call you up! Plus I need you to carry bags to the car.

The Right to Waddle

I love Mike. Everyone needs a Mike; Myriah would agree with this statement.

Moving on to the point of this post: Mike has just informed me that I have earned the right to waddle.

I don't know exactly what that means, but I've earned it baby!

Until now, Mike has been proud of my ability to not waddle in my current pregnant state. I know this because he's mentioned it quite a few times. I had come to assume he was anti-waddle, but this recent statement from him tells me he has either changed his anti-waddle attitude or is simply trying to woo me in his own Mike way.

Mike and I aren't anti-waddle. For some reason I just haven't picked up the waddle and I guess that makes Mike happy. I think maybe it's the way I carry--basically straight out from the belly. As my momma says, "You look like one of those TV people who are pretending to be pregnant. Faker."

I really am pregnant, though! Believe me...it's all too clear.

Impatiently Waiting

Anxious isn't a word I use often because I think it implies that I'm nervous. I'm not nervous, I'm anxious, and Merriam-Webster's third definition of anxious states: "ardently or earnestly wishing." Maybe a better word to use altogether is anticipating? I'm feeling rather anticipitous? I made that one up.

On Monday Mike and I hopped on over to the OB's for a checkup. The doc told me I was 2cm dilated and 50% effaced. Mike got pretty excited and was ready to drive over to the hospital until we (the doctor and I) burst his happy bubble by telling him it could still be weeks before the baby decides she's ready to come. Poor Mikey.

I realize now that it has only been 2 days since Monday, but I feel like it has been at least 3. The days are going very slowly and the contractions are sneaky. Sometimes they're happening, making us think we will have a baby soon; then nothing. Like last night. And this morning.

For me this is a little annoying. I'm ready for the baby. Her clothes are washed, her blankets are washed, her carseat is all washed and prepped; I even cleaned all the pump parts even though I won't need it right away. Mike put together an overnight bag last night because he was convinced we would be heading to the hospital soon. I hope he's right. We are way too excited to wait another 3 weeks!

Maybe I'll go for a walk...

Finally Finished!

I've done it. I've finished reading the Harry Potter series. On top of that, I really did enjoy it! Great reads, those books. Feels like quite the achievement for someone who's never been much into reading!

Now it's time to move onto something else. I think I'll get myself a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard...then I can move on past J.K. Rowling. Maybe I'll tackle the Bourne trilogy next. Suggestions, anyone?

Google Chrome

When I took biology in high school and in college, I used to shorten long words to enable myself to take more notes while the teacher/professor was instructing us. One of those words I liked to shorten was "chromosomes." I used to write "chromies."

That doesn't really have anything to do with Google Chrome, but it's the first thing I thought of when I saw the word "chrome" so I thought I'd share that little tidbit of miscellaneous Kylie trivia with you all. See how much better you know me?

So anyway, Mike came home from work Wednesday all excited about Google's new browser: Google Chrome. I downloaded it yesterday and I gotta say: it's pretty great. It has a cool feature where you can browse incognito. This is great for checking bank accounts and such. 

And good news, tab lovers! When you decide to open a PDF file and it inevitably crashes your browser window (as PDF files so often do), it will only close that one tab instead of the many tabs you have open at the time because each tab is it's own process. Nice thinking, Google.

Oh, and it has this great little built-in home page with links to your most visited sites, recently visted sites and several search engine search windows so you can search to your heart's desire.

It does have one major flaw, however, and I can only hope they'll get their act together and fix it seeing as Chrome is still in BETA version. The problem? My widget doesn't show up! Hello, Google...there are only so many days left of my widget's life! Sigh.

Anyway, check it out! I love Google.  :)

SOLD!

Woohoo!!