2 weeks and 3 days to go

not too much to report around here other than being very pregnant and doing my best to balance pregnancy and an almost 19 month old. buxton is definitely sensing that i'm not able to give him 100% and he's letting us know how he feels about this quite regularly. last week i bought him a mini basketball goal and today i bought him a car to ride in with a pole on the back for us to push it with. he really likes both and although i feel bad bribing him with toys to focus his attention on it makes things a little easier on me. i was so exhausted/pregnant/feeling miserable this morning while at babies r us that i would have bought anything that i thought would entertain him these next couple of weeks. but since we don't have a money tree in our yard i recognized this dangerous state of mind and exited quickly (well with a car and some cute baby girl leggings and side snap shirts). i also got some goodies for a very big celebration i'm attending next weekend. the celebration is a baby shower for my dear friend catherine, who is expecting twins in november. God very much took His time when it came to blessing cat and trey with these babies and it's really been awesome to see all His work come together for this soon to be family of 4. i spent some time with catherine last weekend, and a few other of my most cherished childhood girlfriends, and enjoyed this time so much. harper took this pic of cat, buxton and i after lunch one day (even though neither cat nor i was thrilled about having our picture taken). but i'm so glad she did because the twins will be born very soon after elin arrives and i'm really excited about them being so close in age.

every pregnancy and child is a blessing and miracle of God, but the ones that are harder to achieve tend to pull at our hearts in a different way. my heart is overflowing for catherine and trey -so much that i get tears of joy just thinking about the precious boy and girl growing inside her. please pray for these babies to wait until at least the beginning of nov. to make their big debut. and for catherine to feel good and strong until that day comes.

i'd also like to ask for prayers for amy who has another round of chemo on monday. 2 weeks from tomorrow we will join amy and team patwa at the susan komen charlotte race for the cure. pray that amy has a restful and good 2 weeks before this really big event.

oh and i would love prayers to be able to walk with the team as well, since i pretty much pulled the "i am going to walk at 39 weeks pregnant so please donate $" card when i asked for contributions.