Valentines

Knowing that I probably wasn't going to be up for doing anything on Valentine's Day, I decided to do my Valentine's thing for Guy a little early. So one morning, I got up and made him a Valentine's Breakfast which is kind of a big deal since I don't ever get up to make him breakfast. It helped that on this particular day he didn't have to go in to work at the usual time. This are my heart pancakes, pink (or orange as they turned out) eggs, bacon, and strawberry shake. It was lots of fun!

Guy surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers on Valentines Day in the hospital! Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of them. But they were beautiful! I love you hun!

39 weeks, 5 days...

....and nothing!! No contractions!! I'm dilated to a one, but that's about it! My older sisters have both delivered all of their kids early. People say that comparing yourself to your sisters is usually a pretty safe bet. I honestly thought I was going to deliver early. BIG MISTAKE!! This last week has been pretty torturous! People warned me that the end was the worst, but I never understood. I've been trying to have a good attitude and I keep praying for patience, but I'm ready for this little boy to be here!! I have another appointment on Thurs and hopefully we hear some really good news!! Keep us in your prayers!!

Pedicure

I really do have the best husband! He's probably going to be really embarrassed that I posted this but I think its so cute!! I've been telling him I want to get a pedicure before I have the baby. We've been talking about how we need to save money and be more frugal, so after I mentioned getting a pedicure, Guy said, "Do you have the stuff? I'll give you a pedicure." I think it took me about 5 minutes to recover from my shock. I remember before we got married, talking about how, in the future, when I got pregnant, I wanted my husband to paint my toenails. He laughed and said there was no way he would EVER do that, so I shouldn't get my hopes up. So for our date the other night, guy painted my toes. I was a little nervous about how it would turn out, but decided that it was worth the risk. I was shocked at how well he did! He thought of the design all by himself and there wasn't even any polish on my skin... at least I couldn't get close enough to see any and didn't realize there was some until I downloaded the pictures on my computer. But I love them just the same!

If you can't tell, the "design" on the big toes are hearts. Happy Valentine's Day!

Stefani Smith Nolan, RN

I am officially Stefani Smith Nolan, RN!!! On Friday night (1/29/10), Guy and I went to Willcox and spent the night. I wouldn't tell anyone when I was taking the test, only that I had it scheduled, and I'd only tell that when they'd ask and sometimes, not even then. In other words, sorry for lying. But when Guy and I got up and left at 5:45 AM on Sat, I'm sure there was some accurate speculation of why we were going to Tucson. Who would wake up that early to go look for a washer and dryer? (our aliby). So at 8 I took the test and did not feel very good about it. It took me a little over 2 hrs to take it. I think throughout the whole test, there was 1 or 2 that I was confident about getting the right answer. The test is the kind that the type of question you get is dependent on the answer of your last question. The more you get right, the harder the questions. You have to keep the average of the question difficulty above a certain amount to pass. You will get anywhere between 75- 265 questions, depending on when the computer feels it has no doubt that you passed or failed (no gray area). So I was really nervous when I only got 75 questions- I either passed or bombed it miserably. (I was also very grateful for only 75 questions, my nerves and my pregnant body couldn't handle sitting there much longer.) Unfortunately, it takes a couple days to get the results back. So when I sat outside the testing center, waiting for Guy to come pick me up, it took a lot of control not to break down and ball. Guy, being the sweet husband that he is, told me it didn't matter to him one bit if I passed or failed. He'd still love me just as much either way. But to help me get my mind off it, he took a frazzled me to the movies, which worked (who can think about something else when they're watching Avatar in 3-D?)
I can't tell you what a relief it is to be completey done, though I'm sure many of you have felt it. I have been stressing about all the what-ifs and how am I going to study and re-take it with a newborn baby. I am grateful for all the prayers that have come our way. Thank you!

During the movie, Guy and I would look at each other and couldn't help but laugh... These 3-D glasses are pretty hideous!