my birth story includes father of the bride part II

it's true.

two and a half weeks from the day baby joseph was born, i am very much wanting to record every detail of his arrival. i'm working on a new blog - i suppose linking it here is unveiling it, huh? i think i'll post the birth story there as it's pretty essential to the new stage of life i'm in.

jeremy is making egg sandwiches for lunch.
after somewhat of a tough night with the little guy, actually just a tough morning i suppose (little jbl was constipated and making grunts that are surprisingly loud considering his size 6 from until around 10 am), my sweet husband took our babe and read aloud from the word to him while i slept.
i awoke around 10 to jeremy and babe both in different shirts (i guess joseph figured things out on himself and his dad) and enjoyed a morning of cereal, a banana, psalm 107, and coffee with 2% milk and sugar in my favorite teal mug with japanese flowers while from the desk area i heard jeremy and joseph discussing missions in south korea: "hey, are you falling asleep? i know this is a lot for you to be hearing.. i know it's hard to hear about all of this, but we gotta fight for these people.."
the egg sandwiches smell really good.
joseph is swaddled and sleeping off the morning's stress.

i really like this day.

joseph bourne linneman

the babe is here.













joseph bourne linneman.

and here's a picture of grandma wolf for good measure:

aren't more babes supposed to be born when there's a full moon?
oh, i hope... :)

c is for cookie (that's good enough for me)

june 19th? (last post)
how long ago was that?? (oh, 13 days to be exact; subject to change for exact time of posting)

since we've (or i guess i've) last spoken, i have:
a. changed my expected babe entering the outside womb world date from july 1st to july 4th and maybe july 14th just so the babe knows that he/she can come whenever he's/she's ready (it's just that i don't want him/her to feel any pressure - it's going to be a pretty big change for the little guy/girl, and i know how i feel about change.)
b. perhaps exhausted my limeade addiction (i've had the last of a jug sitting in the fridge for a couple of days)
c. joined twitter (http://twitter.com/jessicalinneman)
d. begun reading the power of one (verrrry good)
e. baked chocolate chip cookies (also verrrry good)
f. set up a vibrantly colored nursery with the help of grandma dawn and grandpa terry (my family used last names for grandparents - like grandma mcdonnell, who is actually now known by a few of us as grandma bill - but i think i like first names better.. you?)
g. walked a lot (it's what you do when you're secretly and publicly via facebook status wanting to have a fourth of july babe)
h. continued to wash and dry away any evidence of dirty laundry in the linneman home (and also continued to delay folding said laundry)
i. decided on a hot dog with ketchup and mustard for fourth of july (it's my favorite holiday mostly for the hot dog supply and the fireworks and the beautiful ahhh.. summer feelings that abound on the fourth) (oh, and because i love the USA)
j. read the power of one at the pool (and mistaken a little girl asking if i was sunburned as asking if i had sideburns.. no, i do not.)
k. attempted and enjoyed more of desiring God (and actually recalled truths gained from slower reading and translated them into my own words through real life situations)
l. yep, have consumed another java chip frappuccino (and not a lite one. mmm.)
m. realized that i will have a child exactly (if not before) one year from the date i began the position as executive director of mustard seed
n. thoroughly enjoyed hearing about megan's (what's wrong with you why aren't you dating anyone you need to get into online dating influenced) st. charles life by sporadic phone conversation
o. experienced a significant downward shift in belly height (where did space below my ribs come from?)
p. decided to continue this through the entire alphabet even though i don't know exactly what else has occurred that is letter-worthy (how old-school xanga does this list feel?)
q. really really enjoyed hearing jeremy's thoughts on applebee's (ask him)
r. eaten falafel on the outdoor deck of international cafe with sister bear (originally tasted falafel with sister bear in athens, greece.. and i think decided on a 2 1/2 month engagement in the same meal)
s. been a little afraid of the whole giving birth thing (just a little)
t. continued to play phone tag with jamie about to get married pizzle pestien about to become fisher (july 10 in colorado!)
u. ur2sweet2b4gotten
v. spent an entire afternoon with kate (fun fact: kate was my sister's randomly assigned freshman roommate and is now close to being if not in fact my sister)
w. called my parents more regularly (and received calls from them more regularly)
x. dreamt about lakota coffee house (i don't know)
y. made my bed everyday (usually right when i wake up.. but today it's still yet to be made)
z. admitted that yes, my life at this point is in fact completely wrapped up in expecting a baby any day now (and i'm reallllly excited about that!)

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ironic: i set out to find the closest mailbox (extend-a-chute mailbox that is.. have we talked about extend-a-chutes?) to our new home in hopes of getting an earlier start to our stack of support letters and thank you cards only to discover i was three minutes past the 3:30 pick-up of the closest non-post office mailbox. so i drove the extra five minutes to the downtown post office and on my way back passed the other mailbox, the one minute from home mailbox, being emptied at 3:45 by the mailperson. sigh.

idea: i think we're going to have turkey sandwiches or wraps with potato wedges for dinner tonight. i. love. potato. wedges. and the mounds of ketchup that go along with them. i'm going to preheat the oven right now.

kind of weird: on my way back into the apartment, i noticed one of our neighbors sunbathing on their balcony. this wouldn't be that weird except that the pool is approximately 50 feet away. seriously. how hot would you be sunbathing on concrete in this horrible heat? and what would convince you that moving your sunbathing location to the pool where you will have both a sunbathing chair and large amount of cool refreshing water at once, both things that are not provided on your balcony, would be too much effort?

other thought: i think i've started waddling.
correction: i think i've started noticing that i walk with a slight waddle to my step. i'm sure this waddling has been happening for some time. it's probably good that i have just now noticed it.

assignment for the day: we/i really need to make a decision regarding our babe's future car and other transportation. as in, if i go into labor tonight, we're technically not allowed to take the little guy/gal home from the hospital because we are still without a car seat. or stroller. or travel system. that's where i'm stuck - do i want a travel system? when will i use a travel system? what will life with a babe look like? and that's where i am.. i can't make a decision on a car seat because i don't know what babe life looks like. i mean, i have an idea, but really, how can you really know?

oi: these potato wedges are going to be amazing. and i haven't even started making them yet. i just know.

accomplishment: i walked for 2 hours today!

question: do you prefer to spell out numbers or use the numerical symbols for them? ur2sweet2b4gotten.

i have to go: either wedge potatoes or research car seats. both equally enjoyable but one ends up with TONS of ketchup.

hmmmmmmmmm..........

i think i'm going to read.

... i waaant that

i think that title is from napoleon dynamite. still not sure how i feel about quoting it.

buuuuuut, i really really want this..

















for the babe. and maybe me? matching mom and babe shirts? of course, if the babe is a boy, we can update this to a masculine type bird shirt. not that bird shirts aren't gender neutral. i mean, they can be. but jeremy has expressed some pretty strong feelings regarding a son of his in a shirt like this. which is understandable. i mean, those are ruffly sleeves. totally girly.

new addition to the linneman household: snoring. oops. jeremy made his way to the couch halfway through last night. i'm wondering if it was actually the snoring that did it.. or the oversized body pillow decked out in a pretty cute bird body pillow cover that has now joined us for the remaining nights of pregnant sleep ahead. i suppose the pillow does automatically make his half of the bed a new one-third or maybe even one-fourth of the bed. oi.

meal planning and unpacking and swimming ahead.. oh my!

happy friday, friends!