And to think that I saw it on MY street ...

Yesterday I had my usual H&R Block class, and because I've been having contractions off an on all day and was afraid of my water breaking and having to take an ambulance to the hospital and Matt not being able to get to the hospital because I had the car and Mysia's car seat, I had Matt drive me to my class and then go visit with his mom, so he'd be close by if I needed him. As it turned out it was a good thing I did. No, Malachi did not decide to make his appearance. But as we were making our way home about 9:25 we found our street was blocked from both ends. Matt got out and spoke to the police man at one end and was told, No we could not go home there was a man barricaded in one of the corner houses with a shotgun! So we went back to Vicki's to await word that it was safe to go home. Luckily, by the 10 o'clock news the whole situation was cleared up and we were back home by 10:30.

Here's the official news report:

Authorities arrest suspect on firearms warrant after negotiations

Springfield police had to use a negotiator last night to apprehend a man on a federal firearms warrant.

Lt. Jay Huff said police assisted federal authorities in arresting Russell Metcalf before 10 p.m. near Oak Grove Avenue and Atlantic Street.

Metcalf, 45, is charged with felony firearm possession in federal court.

Huff said police set up a perimeter around a house where the suspect was located. A negotiator talked the suspect into leaving the house without any problems, he said.

The Combined Ozark Multi-jurisdictional Enforcement Team; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Missouri Highway Patrol were involved in the arrest.

I continued to have contractions the rest of the evening but after I went to bed they tapered off and by this morning, nothing. So I suppose one of these days I'm just going to wake up and find this little booger laying next to me (haha) either that or I'll be forever pregnant. :(
Well I'll write more later,
Lydia

"Oh Boy!..... uh... not yet..."

Yesterday evening, Lydia was having contractions all through evening service. They were a minute apart. So we decided to make a run to the hospital as services ended.

We got there, and they plugged her up to the machines. After about 45 minutes with more contractions, but because she wasn't dilated any, we were sent home. She was given a Ambien to help her sleep through the night in case the contractions kept going. It drugged her good. She was a little (or more) loopy.

The night went well, but she's still having contractions here and there. I guess we'll see what today holds!

Howdy Folks

Just a few Lines to get you caught up on everything that we've been doing this summer.
For those of you who don't know we bought a house this April. It's a cute, little three bedroom house, it has 1 and a half baths, an attached 1 car garage (which has been turned into Matt's music room and the family exercise room). It also has a beautiful yard and we were given a fort-swing set and have bought a wadding pool (that Mysia absolutely loves) so we try to get out at least for an hour each day.
Mysia's growing like a weed. She talks non-stop and has really gotten into playing pretend. Her favorite movies are Curious George, Dora, Veggie Tales, and Elmo's Potty Time. Speaking of which, she has finally "mastered" the use of the Potty, at least during the day, she still wears pull-ups at nap and bedtime. She loves to sing and dance and play games and is very smart. I think the highlight of her summer was getting to be a flower-girl at Uncle BJ and Aunt Ana's wedding. In fact just the other day we were washing her bed-sheets and she drapes it over her head and arms and let's it trail out behind her and is walking around prissy like and says "Mama, I wedding, I wedding like Ana" I could not stop laughing, it was so cute.
Matt is keeping busy with work and church activities. He still works for Bass Pro but just recently got a promotion to a Designer Position, which means more pay and more benefits, where he gets to be more creative in his work. He's also very busy at church mostly as a fill-in helping when others are sick or on vacation, he helps with the power-point presentations and drives the vans as needed. He also helps with any graphics that the church might need. We also just finished VBS for this year. Being the directors (along with his parents) was a little stressful especially since it started on Sunday right after BJ's wedding on Saturday but it was fun even if the boys won the penny offering and I got pied :). The whipped cream actually tasted good :). But it did scare the daylights out of Mysia, she couldn't believe Daddy would actually do that to Mommy. It took her a while to get over it. Matt also keeps busy doing yard work and fixing things around the house.
I think that I have been the busiest person in this family. I started Babysitting again the beginning of July, I have two infants, Mia who is 9 weeks and full time and Aaron who is 11 weeks and only part time. Both of their mothers work for Bass Pro and contacted me through Matt. They enjoy the convenience of being close to their work (we live about 15 min. away) and the low rates and I enjoy being able to bring in a few extra dollars and still stay at home with Mysia. I'm also taking more tax classes this year for H&R Block so that I will be eligible for rehire this next tax season. Combine that with all the work of keeping the house clean, cooking, keeping Mysia entertained and getting ready for Malachi to get here ( just a little over 6 weeks to go) and I am one busy person. Add in all the stuff I do at church and I wonder how I get anything done.
Speaking of Malachi, the doctor says that everything is going good. I felt him turn the other day so he's now pointing up and down instead of laying sideways. I was having some contractions over the weekend not close enough, hard enough, or consistent enough to be labor but enough to make me uncomfortable and miserable. But I though I'm getting to the point that things are getting uncomfortable I'd much rather he wait until closer to his due date. Mysia told me today she was going to give me a baby for my birthday (Aug. 18th) I would rather not share my birthday with him, but that would be better than him being born on our anniversary and anyway God knows best and he will be born when he's born. I've gained right around 10 lbs. with this pregnancy which I am very proud of and hope that it doesn't go much higher then that.
Anyway that's what we've been up to this summer we'll update more as time goes on.