Things have been touch and go in this house. I have to go to the hospital anytime I have frequent contractions. UGH! I have them all the time especially at night. In desperation to keep me sane before the baby is born my sister Margret came over to help me with Mylie. I love her. Margret (Pearly) was born on Sept. 3. She is the other half to my sister Catherine. They are twins. Pearly is sweet, sensitive, fun, pre-teen, and full of energy. She loves to bake, read, play outside and hang with her favorite niece Mylie. She was over here this past Sunday to Wednesday afternoon. She was a big help with Mylie. She played with her while I was able to catch up on some of my wifely duties. I ended up going to the hospital on Monday night. I was having contractions 5-10 mins apart. I was sent home because I wasn't dilating any further than 4cm. Margret was able to stay with Mylie while both Matt and I went to the hospital. It would have been really hard to take Mylie at 2 am. We were there till 6am! It was a hard night, that is for sure. Yesterday she helped Mylie and I make banana bread! I love banana bread! Mylie has a hard time with the texture of bananas and won't eat them unless I "hide" them in something.. a shake or bread. :) I have to admit that I definitely can "slave" to my daughter when it comes to food. I will make her anything she "feels" like that day as long as it is within reason of course. I have a feeling that when Little Lucy is born things will have to change a bit. Anywho, I read somewhere that if you let a child participate in the creation of a meal they are more likely to try it and eat what they have created. It makes perfect sense and it works wonders with Mylie. After Margret left Matt, Mylie and I spent some quality time together. We went to Pita Jungle then to the Gelato spot. Then we came home and laughed our heads off before we all went to bed. Good times.

Update on Little Lucy:

I am 38 weeks and growing. I just had a Dr.'s apt and I am officially 4 cm dilated! Woot Woot! I love my Dr. She is amazing. I will NEVER go to another OBGYN! Ever! Unless we move out of the state or something of course. She is measuring average now. So all bets are on as far as how big she will be when I deliver. My Dr. thinks in the 7 pound range. Mylie is getting so excited for Lucy. She is always kissing and hugging my belly and includes her in every conversation, prayer, or activity that we do. It's so endearing. Matt is starting to get really nervous. I think it is finally starting to hit him that he is going to be a Dad soon! I think the lack of sleep scares him a bit. To be honest, I will have to get used to the exhaustion as well, although I am definitely experiencing some at this point already.

Update on Mylie Bug:

I am excited to announce that Mylie will be Mylie Marie Pearson "officially" here in the next month. She wanted her name to be Pearson as soon as Matt and I got married so to her, her name is already "officially" Pearson. I just love her love for Family time and togetherness. I think if you can grasp that early on, life takes on a whole new meaning. She also loves to learn. I love that about her. We are continuing to work on her States and writing all the letters in the alphabet. She can write her first and last name. She also loves Math! We are working on addition right now. She can count to 100 easily and loves to prove it. lol. I know that education is very important HOWEVER I feel that eternal perspective is even more important. I want her to be kind, gentle, humble, meek, and giving. I want her to want to serve others be selfless. I want her heart to be big enough for anyone who enters her life. I am proud to say she already attains a lot of these qualities and that is what gives me so much joy in life. The other day we were at the Dollar Store and she told the cashier out of the blue... "you are so wonderful". What a proud moment for me. So, in the end I have concluded that being motivated to do well in school is important but her Love for her Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ far outweighs any of that. I hope and pray that I can be a good example to her and Lucy when she arrives.

Mylie when she was 3 months old.....

I wonder what my little lady Lucy will look like......

Mylie says brown hair and blue eyes.

Matt says brown hair green eyes.

I say brown hair and hazel eyes. Who knows since I carry my Dad's recessive gene she may be blonde. HA HA.

This morning I woke up with a horrible headache. I missed Church. Matt and I stayed in our pajamas most of the day. We ate, hung out and watched a movie. I started to feel better by 2. Thank goodness. Don't you just hate headaches? Matt decided he wanted to take me somewhere special to watch the sunset and make a fire. We headed to Bartlett lake. It was so much fun. He had dinner all prepared and even brought sparklers. He made a warm fire and brought a cot for me to lay on. We shared stories, laughed and kissed most of the night. It is probably our last date night before miss Lucy gets here and it was worth it. :)

( This is how Matt decided to help put out the fire) UGH LOL

I am missing Mylie tonight. She, like every other weekend spends quality time with her biological Dad James. About two days before she sees him I build her up and tell her what a great time she is going to have and how excited her Daddy will be when he sees her. Of course, deep down I am already missing her! She is the best thing that has ever happened to me. She is so loving. For example, when I lay down she automatically rubs my back or holds me close and tells me she loves me more than the trees, the birds, peanut butter cups and chocolate. She always tells me that she wants to take care of me and that I am the best mommy. She uses words like sensitive, fantastic, stylish, wonderful, and cool now to describe how she feels about me. Every morning when I get ready she watches me do my makeup and tells me what a great job I am doing. :) She is only allowed to use lip gloss and I let her pretend to put blush on. She wanted to try on my bra the other day. It was so funny. She started laughing hysterically and said she looked ridiculous. I love that we can be silly together, that we can be girls. :) I can't wait to see her interact with Lucy, she is going to be the best sister ever!!! I love you Mylie Bug. Like we say every night before I leave your room after I have tucked you in....... "I love you always and forever."