Chez Stephens: Wagers?

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Wagers?

We technically have 16 - 22 (ish) days to go until our due date, although I'm angling for more like five or six. Any wagers?

Our neighbor was due about a week ago and is still hanging in there. Heard yesterday about a few folks who went two to three weeks early during a blue moon night. Unfortunately, the next full moon is not until 9/23, and I'm a fan of sooner rather than later!

Sophie was almost two weeks early, so we'll keep crossing our fingers and toes. Not quite ready to result to castor oil, but spicy food is absolutely not out of the question.

We added a couple more homemade pieces of art to the nursery last weekend...

... and we have one left to finish, hopefully this weekend. Most of our chores and preparation are complete, so now it's just the waiting game!

By the way, this picture by Sophie made me laugh:

I asked her if that was the baby in my tummy or just a smiley face shirt, and she said it was just a smiley face shirt. Good to know. :)

1 comment:

jmallettSeptember 9, 2010 at 9:44 PM
i will bet abs will arrive at about 3 am on a work night (the 23rd), when i am at not only my happiest, but my loveliest. then, sophie and i can take lots of last pre-sister pics and drink hot chocolate and go ice skating. and maybe make pancakes and snow flakes. omg!

cute additions to the nursery. i especially approve of your sister item. it's an excellent update to our '96 creation, which i need to display in prominence for everyone to admire or genius. this has been a lengthy comment and seeing as i talk to you 25x per day, i will end my e-speech.
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About Our Family

Fred & I met in Magnolia, Arkansas at Southern Arkansas University in 1995 and were married in Texarkana in 1999. We have lived in northwest Arkansas since 1998 - first in Fayetteville, then Rogers since 2004. Sophie joined us in 2003, and Ainsley completed our family in 2010.

We live in a fantastic old (1905) house in historic downtown Rogers that is constantly in need of more attention. Its best assets are plenty of old trees and a great rope swing in the front yard.

We enjoy biking, hiking, camping, working around our yard and garden and frequenting the Rogers Farmers' Market and local farm stands to whip up different, healthy meals. We make a (sort of) annual bike trip along the Katy Trail, and can't wait to try some new Rails To Trails adventures as a family. We also enjoy hanging out in downtown Rogers, from "Chips & Salsa" (Las Palmas) to Brick Street Botanical.

Our girls' paternal grandparents (Robert & Maggie Stanford) as well as LOTS of aunts and uncles (Tinker & Karen, Jerry & Lesia, Kenneth, Ricky, Pam & Casey, Ann and Jackie) and cousins live in and around El Dorado, Arkansas. Their maternal grandparents (Bill & Glennis Mallett) live in Texarkana, Arkansas, right next to the Texas-Arkansas state line. Ultimately, they promise to move to their land on Beaver Lake just outside Rogers. Aunt Jo lives precisely 3 miles from our front door in Rogers with her dog/best friend Patches and recent addition Cheez-It the cat, and she works at Walmart world headquarters.

Sophie is a first grader and a Brownie Girl Scout and plays for a U7 soccer team. She likes playing outside barefoot, enjoying her upstairs playroom and spending time with our two ducks and two cats following her around the yard as though she is Dr. Doolittle. We love watching her grow up in a special home with neighborhood friends, firefly catching and a few friendly snakes in the yard. Her current notable habit is narrating her life with constant songs just like Frances.

Ainsley is proving to be an animated child who is very social - she likes to be right in the middle of the action. She has many fun years ahead of her with Sophie showing her the way - which she will no doubt follow and diverge from as she sees fit.

Thanks for keeping up with our part of the world.