Over Due!

Well, my last posting was last Sunday I think, with intentions that by this Sunday I could be putting up pictures and bragging about our new little Malecek, but it looks like it wants to stay inside it's Mommy. We keep telling it that Daddy and Gracie want to be able to hold it too... but it doesn't seem to work. So here we are 6 days past the due date. I have been trying to stay active in hopes that this will bring on labor. Gracie and I go for a walk every evening, in which I push her in the stroller down our gravel road. You would think that would work... but so far, nothing! So I guess we wait some more. My doctor appt is Tuesday, so if I am still pregnant at that time I assume we will come up with a plan to make this baby arrive. The only saving grace about the whole situation is that the weather is cooler and as the baby has moved down into my pelvis a little the backaches I was getting a couple of weeks ago have sort-of gone away. So I guess I should be thank-ful for that.

Gracie was dressed today to help cheer on those Vikings with her Daddy. She looked so cute in her jersey I had to show her off.

These are pictures of the fall arrangement I put out on our porch and of course Gracie. She sure likes the scarecrow doll. She even gave him a kiss!

2 days to go... for Baby #2!

Well, the due date for Malecek baby #2 is this coming Tuesday! As of right now there are no signs or symptoms of the upcoming labor... but I keep hoping it will be sooner than later. These last days can really take a tole, but all worth it in the end of course. We do not know if it is a boy or girl, kinda hoping for that boy, but we will of course take either.

I wanted to get a few pictures posted before life gets really busy... with 2 kids, a dog, and a husband.

This is Gracie this morning actually. We went to 8 am church (can't be late for that Vikes game) and then came home and made a pancake, egg, and bacon breakfast. Gracie is pretty good at giving the "baby" or my tummy kisses and hugs... which is what the picture is below. I don't think she really understands that there is a baby in Mommy's tummy... but I do think she realizes that I have a rather big tummy. So below this is what a just-about 40 week pregnant Terri looks like.

Yesterday I was in my bedroom putting sheets on my bed and I knew Gracie was in the living room playing... which I thought was great, because then doing a little job like making the bed can go much faster. But after awhile it was a little to quite and I come out to find what I thought was my "good little girl" on top of the dining room table playing with matches, a candle, and a basket of fruit, throwing them on the floor. She is quite the climber I have found out.

And she looks so innocent!

September 5th was Marty and I's 5 year Wedding Anniversary. We celebrated by going to a dinner and show at the Chanhassen Dinner Theater. Grandma Betty baby-sat for us. We realized this was the first "date" we have had since Gracie was born... pretty sad huh? Oh, well, we had a good time and the show kept us laughing. It is amazing 5 years has already passed. Sometimes it seems like it was only a few months ago we got married, yet it seems like we have always been together... I guess that is a good thing.

Gracie enjoying a Bubble Bath!

About a month ago we got the baby swing out... and of course Gracie wants desperately to swing in it, so I put her in it and let it swing away. She had a book she was playing with and about 10 minutes into the ride I look over to find her sound to sleep with the swing still going and the book in her lap! It was so cute.

Gracie has also been practicing how to take care of her baby dolls. I wonder if she will be this helpful to her soon coming sibling? I have a feeling we are going to see a lot of jealousy!

Gracie Videos

Here a couple of videos of Gracie. They are about a month old... but better late than never. I am not sure why I keep turning the camera, but I still haven't figured out how to turn the video once it is uploaded... so you'll have to watch them sideways.

The first one is Gracie walking with my slippers. She has this facination with shoes, always wants to put them on, and always wants other people to have there shoes on. The second one is of her dancing... which she loves to do when music comes on.

Enjoy.

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Harddrive Crash

To all of you who read the blog... we had a problem with our harddrive on our desktop computer. We have to replace it. This is troublesome because our e-mail was set up through an outlook account saved on the harddrive, which means our address book is no longer available to us. We still have the same e-mail address, but are just accessing it differently now. So unless you have e-mailed us in the last week we don't have your e-mail address. My request is that you send us an e-mail so we can get your address! That little baby is to come soon, and I want to be able to share the news with everyone! Also I had an excel spreadsheet that had everyones post office mailing address on it to, which is now lost. Could you also send that to me too? This shows the importance of having a back-up file. Thanks!

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