Whew!

What a weekend! We just got home a few hours ago from the great Warren, AR. We left Thursday night after we both got home from work. Which is another story altogether. I did not have a good day at work. Anyway, we pulled into my parents' driveway at about 10:30 Thursday night.

Friday morning we woke up at 7:30 and got ready to go to Crossett to see Shaun's grandmother. She had gotten us some fresh corn from Esau's in Dumas. Yummy! We visited with her until about 10:30, then we realized we were supposed to be in Monticello by 11 so we had to hurry.

We got to Monticello and picked up some lunch, then headed over to Suzanne's house. It was so great to finally put faces with the blogs I'd been reading! After we left Suzanne's, we had to hurry to Fred's, where Shaun's sister Kelly works, to deliver her a computer chair that her parents had sent.

Then we headed to Warren for the doctor's appointment. I'll actually give the details of that in a minute. When we got there, I signed in and sat down. Well, about 45 minutes later, one of the receptionists called me up and told me that my appointment wasn't in the computer. I wasn't too happy about that, but mistakes do happen. We cleared that up and I waited some more. Finally, at about 3 they called me back. Then I sat in the examining room for another 45 minutes or so. Finally my doc comes in, checks the heartbeat, asks if I have any questions, and lets me go. That took like 10 minutes! Then I had to go get an ultrasound. But I had to wait some more. Finally at about 4:45 we left the doctor's office.

We had to hurry back to my parents' house because they had planned a cookout for my grandpa's birthday. And Shaun was supposed to do the grilling. And I was making baked beans. My dad ended up having to grill most everything since we were so late. But everything turned out good. It was especially great to see some of my extended family that I hadn't seen in a while.

That night, after everyone left, we got to watch the video from my brother's first Sunday morning sermon. He did a great job, I am proud to say. It's wonderful to see how God is using him. We also watched the video from the ultrasound.

Friday was definitely hectic!

Today when I woke up, my grandma was there to visit with us and to find out what the doctor said. We had a good visit. Then we got ready and went to my other grandma's house so she could see the ultrasound pics and video. We finally got on the road to go home about noon.

Ok, here's the part everyone really wants to read!

Baby Update:
First of all, when my mom first saw me, her exact words were, "Whoa, Momma! You've dropped a little!" Which was news to me. My dad kept saying, "I just don't think you're going to make it until September." And Kelly, Shaun's sister, claimed that I had grown 5 inches! I have no idea if that's true, but apparently I have gotten bigger in the last week or so.

When I finally got called back at the doctor's office, Wanda the nurse immediately said, "You won't make it to September 13; you've dropped a little already." She took my vitals and my blood pressure was fine. I gained 6 pounds though. I didn't expect that. I was a little depressed because I was really trying to watch my weight for this appointment. Oh well, the doctor didn't say anything about it so I'm not going to worry too much. My overall weight gain hasn't been that bad. Not as bad as I always thought it would be. The baby's heart rate was 132 beats per minute. It never gets old hearing that! It's so amazing. My doctor thinks Cayson might come the end of August or beginning of September! He said he definitely wouldn't make me go over my due date, which is a relief. Shaun asked him when we needed to plan to come down and stay until the baby comes. He said probably the last week in August.

Now for the ultrasound. Everything looked good, he's just big. He was about 5 pounds 1 ounce! The due date that the ultrasound gave was August 19! That's almost 4 weeks early. We have to go back in 2 weeks, so hopefully we will get an even better idea of what to expect. We did get some good pictures and a video this time, but Shaun still hasn't hooked up our scanner so I'm not promising anything!

I think that's about it. I am so glad to be home! Everyone please just keep us and Cayson in your prayers!