Baby Shower Pics

Last Saturday I had a baby shower at church. These pictures are great, but they really don't show how much fun it was, or how beautifully everything was coordinated. My sweet friend Melissa did a great job, and the ladies of the church showed up in droves to give really great stuff to our little girl. (Current thank you note count - 54, and still more to go!)



That's me, and Melissa, and Matt's mom, who we were happy to host for a few days.

Baby Name Game #10

Here it is:

ARCLED _ _(_)_ _ _

I'm feeling guilty that all I've been posting here is name game. There's other interesting stuff in my life too - and don't we need some pictures here? That's one of my goals for this Saturday, along with finishing the thank you notes from my shower last Saturday, and vacuuming my car. Okay, maybe my life isn't all that interesting right now...

Baby Name Game #9

I think everyone will find this one pretty easy. There are 7 more clues to go, and 12 weeks until the due date, so you'll have some time to play around with the letters.

SOINEE _ _ _ _ _(_)

Baby Name Game #8

I am on my lunch break at my new super-busy job. It's fun and I definitely like it, but there's a lot to learn and a lot I'm jumping into right now.

And there's a little baby girl kicking around inside me right this minute. Here's the next clue:

EFIAPCRI _ _(_)_ _ _ _ _

Baby Name Game #7

RTEOMHEMRTE _ _ _ _(_)_ _ _ _ _ _

I had my last night at my old job yesterday. My co-workers threw me a little shower, which was sweet and unexpected and made me really sad about leaving them. But there were good cupcakes, which made me feel better.

Baby Name Game #6

IDSPEAR _ _ _ _ _(_)_

Good luck!

Me at 25 weeks

I took the job!

I guess that's all there is to say. It's been an emotional week for me, but I feel like this is best and definitely the way God is leading our family for now.

Now we just have to work out child care for our little girl. There's a church daycare right across the street from my new workplace that has very high ratings from the state. Knowing our daughter is right across the street would help me and enable me to nurse during my lunch break.

Thanks to you all for your prayers - we just need to keep praying that our house will sell soon and that we find the right child care for our girl.

Baby Name Game #5

This is a fun one. You're looking for the last letter in this one.

RICESONBITAT _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(_)

an offer...

...not on the house, on me.

Yesterday afternoon I got an offer for a full-time job. It sounds really good - a little suburban library in a small town doing the children's librarian stuff I love doing. For working twice the hours I work now, I'd make almost four times the salary, plus better benefits. It'd be safer than working in the downtown environment I work in now (more stay-at-home moms, less homeless guys).

But then I wouldn't be the stay-at-home mom. Our daughter would be in day care at least a few days a week.

We've been praying and praying and I feel like it's probably best to take the job, assuming they can give me a decent amount of maternity leave, but then I know it will be really hard to not be with my daughter as much as possible.

Please pray for us as we make this decision.