The Best Laid Plans

I was really hoping for some baby action this weekend, but alas I was disappointed. I was having contractions Saturday afternoon for a couple hours, but then they stopped. Bummer. We still had a really fun Saturday. We slept in and relaxed in the morning. I took Weston to his friend's princess birthday party at noon, then went and got a fabulous pedicure while he played swords and ate cake and had a blast. I walked the mall a little after my pedicure, but it was kind of counteracting the leg massage, so I left. :)

Ian and Davin did a little shopping at Kohl's and went out to lunch together while Weston and I were gone. Ian finally got some new church shoes. They had been a long time coming. He was still wearing his mission shoes that were looking a lot worse for the wear. My neighbor is friends with someone who works for Kohl's advertising department, so she got a big stack of Kohl's mailer coupons. She gave me 10 of the $10 off $20 coupons. They are such a great deal, so we have been using those to pick up some things we need for the season.

Later that afternoon we all went to see Tangled! We had heard lots of good things, so we were excited to see it. It was definitely a cute movie. I loved the music and thought the story was pretty sweet too. By the time the movie was over it was bedtime. Davin actually fell asleep in the car on the way home. Poor kid. After the boys were in bed Ian and I curled up to watch Four Christmases, which I had rented from the library. It was awful. Seriously, one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. I was highly disappointed that both Reese Witherspoon and Kristin Chenoweth were in it and it was so bad. And I wasn't in labor, so my Saturday evening felt a like a bust.

Sunday morning I was just grouchy that I hadn't had/was unlikely to have a baby this weekend. I went back to bed around 8:30 and decided I would just stay there all day. I'm such a lame-o. Finally around 10am after catching a little more sleep and feeling sorry for myself I dragged myself out of bed and barely got showered and ready in time for 12:30 church. It was still annoying having to hear everyone's comments about how I was still pregnant (yes, thank you I am aware), but I'm glad that I went to church. Testimony meeting was one of the best I've ever heard in our ward. Ian was conducting, so he got to bear his testimony and then Weston had to have a turn, of course. It was very sweet. Plus we got to sing Christmas songs! Albeit we sang the slowest rendition of Angels We Have Heard on High ever, but that's just part of living in a ward where the average age is 82. :)

Today I have been doing laundry and a little housework. After I picked up Weston from preschool we went and saw Ian's newly painted office. It looks very nice. Ian came with us to have lunch and then to the mall. We went to the mall that has had the crazy eye Santa in the past, but this year they had a new Santa. He was very cute. There was no line, so after the kids who were already there finished up, the boys both hopped up on his lap and told him what they wanted for Christmas. Weston stuck with his two sided lightsaber request. Davin was mostly unintelligible. I think he said something about his belly or a battleship, but I'm not really sure. This mall is much kinder about letting you take your own pictures with Santa, but I forgot the camera, so Ian snapped a couple pics with his phone. They actually turned out pretty cute.
We hit up the See's right next to Santa and bought our Christmas pound plus a couple chocolate Santas for the boys. Then we walked a lap around the mall while Ian and I discussed gift options for the last people left on our list to buy for. It is so much work to even walk these days. I have very little hope that my mall walk will put me into labor, but it was worth a shot and we got to have Daddy with us, so it was still fun.

Miraculously both boys are napping at the moment. I am going to make a batch (probably my only batch) of chocolate bread and fold laundry. We are having friends over tonight for a sing along FHE. Should be fun. Tomorrow morning is my next doctor's appointment. If baby girl is looking ready to go/healthy then I am going to request a Wednesday induction. Ian's schedule is fairly light and he would probably be able to take the rest of the week off then my mom can come during her district's teacher's strike to visit and help out. We'll see what my doctor thinks of that plan. I'll keep you all posted!