Hurry Due Date! Hurry!

This week has been great. I had a surprise shower by the MS service coordinators. It was awesome. I did not expect any of it. I was to only meet one for lunch and when we got to the restaurant, all of them were there with tons of gifts for Baby Nick. It was so sweet of them to throw a shower for me and Baby Nick. He has everything he needs except for a bathtub. I am going to get that today with one of the gift cards that was given to me.

My feet are swelling, my back is "loose" and I feel like I weigh 350 pounds. I don't want to sound like I am rushing Nick, but...HURRY DUE DATE! Mommy's getting tired. I'm off to target. I'll write later.

My Husband: A Great Man

This has been a long week. I am so glad it has ended. I have been so sleepy this week. Fred was on vacation this week, so I came home for lunch every day to eat with him. I fell asleep on him each lunch date this week. LOL! He would wake me up with the lunch he'd prepared for us.

Well, I had my 36 week check up today. The doctor checked my cervix and it is closed. I thought that I would have dilated a little, but I guess I need more time. I enjoy our doctor's visits. Fred has been to every visit except for the visit the day before Thanksgiving last year. He had to work that Wednesday. But other than that he has been to every visit; asked questions and has just been the best support anyone could ever ask for. What a great man! Fred, is the best example of a real man that I have ever seen. I have known some "good" guys, but never one that tries as hard and gives so much of himself. He is not selfish at all. He puts us (Bug & Me and soon to be Nicholas) first. What a great gift God has given us; A God-fearing man that loves his family.

He is getting closer to God by the minute. He is a big time sports fan. Football, basketball, baseball, you name it he knows all about it and the history behind every player. He know it all!  When I get home, he is usually watching or listening to sports. But for the last few week, I have been coming home and Fred is listening to bible teachings and reading the Bible. I love it! It is so great that we are both growing. I have faith that God is going to do great things through the Kimmons family. I can't wait for us to be used by Him.

Ultrasound:loving for two and a great baby shower

Yesterday, we had our doctor's visit. We are going to be going every week now that we have reached the final month of pregnancy. We saw a new doctor (we are encouraged to meet everyone in the group; My doctor may not be on call when I go into labor) So we discussed the changes in Bug. We told her about his need to get in our be every night. His tantrums and the misbehavior at his daycare. She told us that it may be the new baby, but she also reminded us that with his expanding imagination and growing language skills, he understands more and is starting to become afraid of things and may be afraid at night. She indicated that the behavior at school may also be a stage that most 3-year-olds go through. I did not think about this. I thought that all of this was because Baby Nick is coming. I felt so much better after our visit with the doctor. After our doctor's visit, we had another ultrasound. We did not get a video from our first 4-D ultrasound visit so they scheduled another one. It was so cute. He licked his tongue out and licked his arm and chewed his fingers. It was so cute. I just can't wait to meet him.  While at the ultrasound, Fred received a call from the daycare telling him that Bug was not feeling well. This was the first time ever that I understood having two kids. At that moment, they were both on my mind. I was so glad to see my new baby on the video and the ultrasound screen, but my Bug was also on my mind. I never could have imagined how to love two kids the same amount.  I had my first experience with this yesterday. This must be a little taste of how God has each and every one of us on His mind at all times. In a way, I can understand on a small scale God's great love for us. AWESOME!

Today, was a great day. I had a baby shower at my office. Because of the stress and jealousy that was at my last home baby shower. I decided that I was not going to have a personal shower. The wonderful people at work (PRN job) gave me one this year and I was going to leave it at that, but my high school friend/church member offered to do one for me. Then I had to decide who to invite.  So I invited everyone; family,friends and old acquaintances. So who ever came, came. It was great. Her husband made the food and she decorated and brought a beautiful cake. My Ole Miss College friend from Nashville came as well as my teacher friends and another one of my college buddies, my buddy from my gym came as well. We played games that I have never played before. I felt so special. It was great! I was so worried. I didn't know who would come 'cause I knew my family members would not attend. But Fred assured me that the people that need to be there WILL be and He was so right. It was perfect. I could not have asked for a better office baby shower. Thanks so much K.M. and J.B for such a great shower. Thanks to all of my friends that attended. I love you all very much. I don't know why I worry so much, God ALWAYS works things out.  When my friend gets back to Nashville, she is going to email the pictures to me and I will post them. I'll write later....until then world.

Great Conference;Learning about the Food Industry

Man, I enjoy learning. I attended a great conference this weekend and also had the opportunity to speak on a topic there. Tons of parents, tons of professionals that shared the same interest. It was great. I began to think of some of my clients and how we could help them. I also had the opportunity to have a book signed by Temple Grandin, PhD and an opportunity to hear her speak on her life as a person on the Autism spectrum. THAT WAS SOOO INFORMATIVE! Because I am limited on staff right now, and the fact that I am eight months pregnant, my cousin Rowena an occupational therapist came down to assist me. She was great, motivating and loving. We had a great time and we will definitely attend the next conference.

Fred and I have started watching documentaries on Netflix. You know food and nutrition is my favorite subject. Well, we watched this movie called Food, Inc. OMG! The food industry is the DEVIL! They don't care what they feed us. We are not really eating food. We are eating chemicals and robotic animals. I used to wonder why there were so many recalls on foods. Well, they are not raising cattle and chickens as nature intended. They are feeding cattle corn and cattle should eat grass. When you do this, they develop ecoli bacteria and there you have it. So instead of letting the cattle eat grass as they should they are trying to design a way to override the ecoli, because letting them eat grass takes too long. AND the chickens, they aren't even real. They are pumped up with hormones and antibiotics to make them bigger. They are grown at twice the time needed to develop and they can't even walk, their bones break and shatter when they walk because their development has been sped up. This is not real food that we are eating.  The Big wigs are in court now trying to decide if they should or should not have to tell us that the meat we are eating is cloned. All they want is our money! They don't care if we get cancer and diabetes...just give me your money and give it to me fast. By the way, I am starting to think they are all in this together. Let's get them sick on our processed food, tell them that it is good for them, then they develop diabetes, hypertension and cancer; then they can spend all they have on the medicines that we have manufactured. Tell me that is not a trick of the enemy to kill us before we have finished the work that God has set for us in our lives. IT BURNS ME UP! I am getting out off the hamster wheel. It is headed no where.

Final Goodbye; The start of a new month

Friday, We said goodbye to my Uncle Melvin. It was a great celebration of his life. It was sad, yet hopeful. We were all comforted by each other's company. I was so happy to see how strong my cousins were during this whole ordeal. They had the support of their wonderful husbands and dedicated Mother, my uncles ex-wife. It was a beautiful thing. We buried Uncle in the "Cole" cemetary down in Tutwiller. Goodbye Uncle Melvin, Thanks for the memories.

A new month has begun. I am so excited, my big presentation is this week. My cousin Rowena is going to help me with my booth and with my talk. I am so lucky to have such a supportive extended family. I have my presentation the way I want it. I am going to review and practice this week. I have to get my booth prepared. I just purchased the booth last week. It was a last minute decision, so I don't have it all together, but I will by Thursday...I have to.

My brother has let me borrow this great book about becoming close to the Holy Spirit. It is so good. It is written by Benny Hinn. It's called, Welcome, Holy Spirit. I also learned a lot this week about the Enemy and his ways to trick us by joining secret organizations and worshipping things other than God.  I am so glad that God has chosen me and the members of my family to be a light in this dark world. There are millions of people that need help and we are going to be used by God to lead others to the Truth of God's word through Jesus Christ. Amen.