Finished Project and Baby Practice

Growing up, our family had the Bucilla personalized felt/sequin/bead Christmas stockings that my mom made, and they looked so pretty hanging from our mantel. Since Jason and I have been married, I have made new stockings for us, but now we needed to add a third stocking for baby Ian! Depending on the pattern and kit, they can take a really long time to make. Back in June, I decided to start working on Ian's stocking since I knew that I may not have the time after he was born. I didn't think that I would actually finish it before his arrival, but I did! It turned out really cute, and it will be the perfect addition to our stockings at Christmas. Today, we also had some baby practice. My good friend from our church LifeGroup, Trina, had an appointment with the dentist, so we got to watch baby Wesley for a little while. He was a little fussy, but it gave us some good practice to try different methods to appease him. He is such an adorable baby boy and will be a good little friend to Ian. Here is a pic of Jason holding him...Wes really liked watching the ceiling fan in our living room.

By the way...I started my maternity leave today (hence, the reason that I was home). I'm still planning to get induced Thursday, but I'm pretty nervous. I've been a bad healthcare professional and consulted the internet to find out more information on induction (probably the worst place to look...that's where all of the horror stories are found). Anyway, now I'm nervous about the induction just causing me to labor for 20+ hours, THEN having to have a c-section due to lack of progression. I think that I would be less concerned if I knew that I was already dilated and had some contractions (although I did have some pretty bad back pain last Friday night...could've been contractions?!). Anyway, please pray that everything will go smoothly and Ian will be born without running into complications. Also, please pray that it's the right decision to go ahead with induction this week (my doctor induces between 41 and 42 weeks, but it was my decision to pick the earlier date).

One way or another, he'll be here soon!