200

I was trying to save this, my 200th post for announcing the baby's arrival - but she appears to be content to hang out in my belly for the time being!  I have been contracting for several days now and keep thinking "today is the day" to no avail.  I am starting to wonder how long I might have been laboring with my other pregnancies had I not gone in to have my water broken!

Anyway, an update on the girls:  They are both very excited to see the baby and love to point out babies wherever we go!  Lauren is looking enormous to me, so tall and pretty.  She is not at all excited about starting Kindergarten in five weeks - but we are working on it!  When we talk about it, Paige always pipes up that she is going to go to school too -- which could be loads of fun to deal with.  ;o)  Paige has been doing great with potty training, finally!  She has decided she doesn't like to wear pull-ups or diapers, so that has been a HUGE motivation for her!  Mommy could not be more happy about that development!  Just in the nick of time.

Here are the girls in their 4th of July outfits:

Things around here have been very low-key in anticipation of Jaelyn's arrival.  We have been hanging close to home, walking anywhere we can find air-conditioning, and trying to make sure we have the house is as much order as possible.  It has been hard, I feel pretty isolated and out of the loop... and I know it will only get worse in the first few weeks after having a newborn!  The girls have been really flexible though, and for that I am very grateful.  I am so blessed to have these awesome kiddos!!!