Due Date Has Come & Gone

No baby yet. No downward movement, no engaging, no contractions. Only a scribbled ransom note: "I'm not budging until you guys promise to NOT feed me baby peas or squash or anything else that has absolutely no recognizable color with the consistency of something else I'll be very good at..." (We haven't yet taught him or her about NOT ending a sentence with a preposition.)

Jaime is doing much better today, almost back to normal after yesterday's fever scare. She started feeling a little ill right after KING KONG on Friday afternoon (that movie is EXACTLY why I go to see movies, I loved it. By the way, I love it when people say, the part about the giant pink worms was so not real...like ANY of it was real!) Dinner at Baja Fresh seemed to perk her up. But later Fri pm, she really wasn't on top of her game. Saturday morning, she & her mother headed off for Joann's Fabrics - they were having a sale. (If I ever get hit by a bus, and Jaime is feeling a little down, just tell her there's a fabric sale...it brings her out every time.) After they got back home about noon, Jaime started aching all over, with chills & nausea. Ok, I'm no ob/gyn, but this is not good. REALLY not good when you're 40 weeks + 3 days past due. She quickly developed a fever that escalated throughout the afternoon until about 6:00 pm. At one point, I looked over and I was beside myself. We called the doc several times who helped us get the drugs (legal) we needed. Her fever leveled off after reaching 102 and then started coming back down late Saturday night. Thanks for those of you who prayed feverishly. :)

Ok, so here's the story of precious Gillian from church. If you've read my blog, you'll see I'm on a rampage to get people to stop misusing God's name. In addition to the valley-girl "oh my God", I've even put "oh my gosh" on the hit list...for the same reason my dad & mom wouldn't let me say "crap" or "darn" when I was growing up. It's too close. So I hear about little Gillian, who loves God and who also loves to sing. She is a precious little girl. One day, she is walking around the house singing Matt Redman's "Here I am to Worship"...a modern day worship favorite. Mid-way through the chorus, she sings (and if you sing this line, it's better)...I'll start at the top of the chorus:

Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that You're my Gosh!

Isn't that hysterical! I love it. She was trying to be reverent, as she knew she wasn't supposed to say "God". I just love it. I have gotten so many smiles from that story. One day, when she joins the worship team, I will have her sing that as a solo. Too cute. (Thank you Ellyn & Ramona & the entire family for raising such wonderful Godly kids, and for sharing this story with me about little Gillian.)

Keep praying for our baby to make its debut! There are several scriptures about labor/delivery/only God knowing the day of our birth...they have been very helpful. Your prayers are also carrying us through. Don't give up now! BLOG HUG.