I FINALLY have a C-section date!  Woot!  Monday, June 30th!  How cool is that?  The fact that reality inches closer and baby Brody’s arrival within a week makes me extremely ecstatic!  I feel like i’m floating on cloud 9!

My week has been rather good.  We didn’t do a whole heck of a lot other than more baby prep, finishing up my final project for school (which I got an A on!) and spending as much snuggle time/ 1 on 1 as I can with the kids!

On Saturday, my amazing friends threw me the best darn babyshower ever!  Seriously… when one of the prizes is an aqua bra and the other is a squishy bag of fun that looks like a penis, and you laugh so hard that you cry… you know it’s a good one!  Thanks guys!  I love you all so much!  I had a rockin’ good time!  Jodi, I think we’ll need to wear our bras at the next porch party!

Today was both good and not-so-good.  It was relaxing to say the least. I sorted through baby clothes and tomorrow will wash and put them away.  Things seem to be going together nicely so far (with the preparation) and that’s awesome!  It was a little dreary and cooler today so we (husb and I) decided it would be nice to take a family nap!  We all took a 3 hour nap and felt refreshed afterward!

Husb and I are talking about experiencing some Chicago travel later on this summer. I want to visit IKEA and take the kids to the museum of science!

And finally…

This evening, I logged onto myspace and got a message from one of my best friends from high school.  She has recently been diagnosed with bone cancer and has a 40% survival rate according to her doctor.  She has 2 small children at home (ages 4 and 1).  She is not a religious person persay, but is asking for a lot of prayers.  So please, if you read this… pray for her.  She is a good person and deserves to see her children grow up!

Recently on the board, one of the mommas posted an article about lead being contained in the glaze used to paint crock pots. This along with heavy ceramic/stoneware dishes, etc. So now, instead of just having to worry about lead being contained in our children’s toys, apparently we also need to worry about the items that hold our food.

It seems that evil lead is attacking us wherever we go.  Old houses usually have lead in the paint (or under layers of paint as it may be), unsuspecting dishes, grandma’s antique stoneware, toys, crock pots and who knows what else.  Now, some of the things I mentioned (i.e. lead in paint of old houses, grandma’s antique stoneware, etc.) are almost unavoidable.  If you buy an old house or receive old heirlooms, you are going to get all of the old, undesirable things that *might* come with it.

Though I must say that with this recent report, I am appalled that we as consumers are not taking more actions to protect ourselves (myself included).  As of late I have come to have the mindset that if things are made in third world countries, then chances are the wages aren’t the only thing the big bad corporation is skimping out on.  It makes me second guess EVERYTHING I buy for my family (from automobiles to bed sheets) and that is sad.

Just one more reason WHY I wish we manufactured more products in this country.  It seems that we have strictly become a consumerist nation with almost nothing else to fall on.  As you can see, it is hurting us in more ways than one.