It's finally here!

Two things significant about today?!

*First, it's October!! Our baby is due this month! I can hardly believe it... I really woke up this morning feeling so much closer to having this baby than even yesterday. I'm still feeling great, but am really excited to meet our little girl, so I hope she's not late! My family has started making bets on when she'll arrive...it's getting so exciting!!

*Second, it's my last day of work!! Yippee! It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that I won't be coming back for about 4 months...and even then, probably not for long. I have to come back to work atleast for a short time for my insurance to cover my delivery and leave, but other than that I'm not planning on staying long. I hope to find a part-time job somewhere close to home where I will only have to be gone a few hours a day, and only a few days a week. We'll see! For now, I'm just thrilled at the thought of having some time before the baby gets here to rest, do some last minute shopping and preparations, and enjoy the last few days of "couple" time with my hubby. Soon enough, we won't just be a couple anymore, but a family Ü

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Matt's dad stayed with us for a few days this weekend on his way back through Seattle from a business trip. It was a short, but good visit. Friday night we watched the Yelm football game against Lakes High School...ouch. Saturday we took the dogs for a walk, visited with my parents for a bit, went out for a late breakfast, and that evening went to The Oyster House for dinner. Sunday started out with all the guys watching football at our house while us girls went to check out the opening of the new Kohl's store in Lacey. (I have a feeling I'll be visiting them often Ü) We all spent the afternoon eating pizza, watching more football, visiting, and then enjoying Grandma's homemade blackberry cobbler! After the whole gang left, Matt, his dad and I watched The Passion of The Christ. Wow, what a powerful movie. I've grown up in church listening to the story of Jesus' last day of life, but to actually see it depicted in such a gruesome way...it really struck me. I felt this horribly sad, aching feeling while watching this movie. I really don't know how to describe it... Part of it was knowing the story, but realizing that I've never really felt it before. I go to church, and I listen to the same readings every year around Lent and Easter time, and I could probably recite most of them from memory. But does that mean that I really know what I'm saying, or feel what I'm reciting? Watching that movie made me realize that there's too much going-thru-the-motions for me on Sunday mornings. There's too much that I hear every week, and still fail to hear. It's not good enough to just go to church...that's not the point. As a Catholic there have been many times when I've felt guilty for not going to church every week, but why don't I feel guilty on those mornings when I'm half asleep, or paying more attention to what the kids are doing than the Homily? I could have just as well stayed home. Just going isn't good enough. That's something that I'm going to try to work on. Okay, anyway...now that I've completely lost track of this post and what it was intended to be, I think I'll end it!

Happy October friends and family!