One year ago, today....(part 3)

One year ago, today....this was me:

Well....ok....I was a LOT bigger one year ago today, than I was when this photo was taken, but you get the idea.

It had been a busy day. The carpet guys left around 4pm after installing the carpet in Emma's new room. That meant that I could finally move all of her furniture out of the guest room, and into her room, making room for Mom to arrive! Yes, nine months pregnant I moved in her bed, dresser and bookshelf and got everything situated nicely. After that was done, I decided to go ahead and put the second coat of paint on the downstairs bathroom walls. From there it was clean-up time...time to get the house ready for company. I think I stopped working around 10pm and realized I had better go to bed. The contractions had been coming all afternoon (which was nothing new), but I was ready for them to stop and knew that laying down to get some rest would help.

Mom called as I was getting into bed to let me know that she had stopped for the night and was going to get some rest. She was about 4 hours away. We said good night, knowing that we would see each other the next day, and looked forward to having some last minute prep time before the baby came.

Things didn't exactly go according to plans....