"It's Baby Day!"

Today is the big day! Foster stayed with my parents last night and when his Granny woke him up this morning he said, "It's Baby Day!" I thought that was really sweet. I have been worried about his reaction more than the girls because he still says he really wants a brother. I told him that some day he will make some girl a really good husband since he will be so used to dealing with females. (That is if momma ever lets him get married! LOL!) It makes me feel better knowing he really is getting excited about the baby coming.

Anyway, my C-section is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. this afternoon, which was really nice since my other choice was ~7:00 a.m. - which would have meant getting up to go be at the hospital waaaay too early! The only drawback to it being later is that I am already dying of thirst and I want my Diet Coke, but I would rather trade sleep for a soda. I will post photos of the new bambino here as soon as I can to share with everyone, but it may take a few days. Mark is not very computer savvy and I will be in the hospital several days so please be patient.

On another note, I wanted to share a tragic story with you and let you know how you might help, plus win some awesome Rusty Pickle schtuff in the process! Another one of the Rusty Pickle chefs has a very close friend whose husband was the victim of a senseless, random act of violence. He is now paralyzed and has a long recovery ahead of him, besides a family with 9 children to take care of. You can read more about the news story here: http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/232793/3/

You can also follow Tracy's progress on the family's blog:
http://tracyarmstrong.blogspot.com/

Lance and Tasha Anderson, the owners of Rusty Pickle, wanted to do something to help Tracy and his family, so several events are being organized with everything being donated by Rusty Pickle! Legacy Scrapbooking is hosting a raffle for $500 worth of Rusty Pickle products. You can purchase raffle tickets online here:
http://legacyscrapbooking.com/catalog.php?category=298

There are also 2 local events being planned for Utah and Arizona. Lance will be teaching classes donated by Rusty Pickle. Watch the Rusty Pickle blog and website for more information on those!
http://rustypickle.typepad.com/

Well, I have some last minute nesting to do before it's time to head to the hospital. I honestly have an almost surreal sense of peace, now that it is almost time for her to be here. Thank you so much for all the thoughts and prayers through my pregnancy. Please keep them coming, because I keep telling my husbamd - it's not over, it's only just begun! LOL!