Counting Down

Two weeks from today should be Avery's birthday, November 25th. I can't believe that it's coming up on us so quickly. I had my appointment at L&D yesterday for my NST and urine check. This was the first week that I passed the NST without having to be there for hours and hours and have an ultrasound. I also passed my urine test. Yipee! That just shows that the BP meds they put me on are working well. I hate the way it makes me feel but if it works then I'm glad. I have only one more appointment at the L&D which is next Monday. Then the next time I see them is for my induction. I am really happy.

Physically I am so ready to have Avery. My body is just ready to pop her out. However, in every other way I'm not so ready. I haven't boiled the bottles and pacifiers yet. I don't have the house all straightened up like I want it. I haven't had time to box up things in the house. I have already washed all of her burp cloths, which reminds me I need some more, blankets, outfits size 0-3 months, etc. I put them all up. They're so tiny and cute. I started packing my bags for the hospital too. I've got the camera and charger in there. I need to get the video camera and that charger too. Writing this blog is like a little reminder for me.

I hope Lee doesn't mind me putting this on the blog, but it's not like he reads it anyway, but he was laid off from his job last Thursday. A couple of weeks ago when I was still at Jana's his big big boss came from Texas and gave him the option to move to Palm Beach or to be laid off. When he realized his situation with me and the pregnancy he told Lee that he would hold off on everything and it wouldn't be until January or February that he would need him to go to the Palm Beach store. Yes, it was a crazy day and emotionally taxing. We put faith in what Lee was told and he was going to start looking for another job because he had been blindsided and we figured based on their word we had until January before we'd be asked to move again. (By the way we had no intention of moving to Palm Beach, even if it was a temporary thing for Lee)

Well they didn't keep their word and on Lee's first day back from vacation they laid him off. After many conversations he was finally told it was because he wouldn't move to Palm Beach and his restaurant couldn't sustain his salary right now because of the economy. So on Thursday he started putting his resume out there and calling his contacts down here. He put his resume out there for jobs in Birmingham. He goes up to B'ham on Friday to meet with the district manager of Lonestar. He had applied and taken the manager tests for Cracker Barrel once before but he took the job at Cantina instead. He left things on good terms with CB and put in his resume again since they are hiring in the B'ham area. Well he meets with the district manager again (he met with him once before) in Pensacola tomorrow. The acutal location is Gardendale (a suburb of B'ham) but that's where the guy will be. He pulled Lee's prior file and his test scores and said that he is highly recommended from the job based on that.

Ultimately he wants a job that he's making what he has been and just get to B'ham. Then he hopes when a position opens up with a country club he will be able to just swoop in and take it. I would love being closer to my parents. Mackenzie and Jackson are excited about moving closer to the grandparents.

So hopefully Lee will be able to start a job by December 1st, which is the Monday after Avery is born. He would be living with my parents until we move up there. I'm thinking we would wait to move until Christmas break. We have very little money to last us until when he would hopefully get his first paycheck. So please pray that somehow things work out for us. Right now I just want to be able to pay our utilities and groceries.

So today is Verteran's Day and Mackenzie is out of school. In a little bit she'll be heading down to her friends house and will be having a blast. I thought about taking them to the library but of course it's closed today. I know I'm suppose to be on strict bedrest but I get very restless. It's especially hard because Lee's home all the time now and we're just not use to being together constantly. I also don't think he knows what to do. He's getting restless too. Also the waiting game for the jobs drives him nuts too.

So I'm off to finish watching TLC's Bringing Baby Home. I love seeing the little babies!