Still Waiting...

For those of you who have been wondering, Stanley still hasn't arrived. We are in the waiting game of when will it happen. He dropped about 3 1/2 weeks ago, and at that point we had read that when the baby drops he usually comes within 7-10 days. Since then we've read 2-3 weeks, and later about a baby dropping 4 weeks before the due date and being 2 weeks late. So, who knows when Stanley will make his arrival. (well, God knows)

In all this waiting we've been enjoying Spring Break. It has been nice to watch movies, hangout, and just relax. Scott has been putting in some running which he's been longing to do but just hasn't had time for. Over the course of the week we've both been sort of just waiting for the baby's arrival, and we've been able to with the break, but now as we are nearing the end of the week we are going to try to get back into the swing of normal life instead of just waiting for Stanley. Once he arrives though, "normal" will never be the same. Then we can make the leap into parenthood, which we are both excited for.

Weird Weather

This morning we got a nice treat, SNOW!!! There was actually a thin layer of snow on the ground on March 28th! The weather in Oregon recently has been going back and forth. One minute it's sunny and beautiful, and next thing you know it's cloudy and raining. But give us Oregon sunshine (rain) any day over Arizona summer heat, Midwest Thunderstorms and Tornadoes, and Florida hurricanes. We know that those who live in Arizona, Florida, or the Midwest love it where they are and couldn't imagine living in a place where it rains over half the year. That's the beauty of America and all the different climate zones for different people.

When it rains, it pours...

Hi everyone,

This is Heather reporting to you live from the Overby home. It's been a busy last few days here with a lot going on. We have finally purchased all the things we need to have before the baby arrives. This weekend we used return money/store credit to buy a crib mattress, carseat/infant carrier, and jogging stroller (great Craigslist find, Thank You Lord), and this week I bought the mattress pad, changing table pad and cover, and more. The big and little things have been taken care of with baby money to spare. There's more, too like the blessing of free bottles from Amy and a breast pump from my aunt. Exactly what we needed. We're very thankful that this baby is going to be well equipped for life outside the womb.

Speaking of Stanley Mac, I had a prenatal appointment yesterday and baby has completely dropped into the pelvis. So much so that all my midwife could feel was head down there. (I don't want to go into detail here with graphic descriptions and words but I'll tell you we're well on the way. If you want to know more, I would love to share, you just need to call or email me.) So, he actually dropped over a week ago when I was in Welches. Talk about breathing room and less pain in the rib cage. My midwife was very pleased with his size and position and said she thought he was already 6 1/2 or 7 lbs. at 37 weeks. That's good news because I am definitely ready for him to make his entrance into the world.

In preparation for his impending arrival we spent a long time last night packing the hospital bag, finishing some laundry, and putting things away. When we come home from the hospital we would like to be able to walk into a clean home. I know people say at this point you need to be getting all the sleep you can, but with Scott's work, my growing belly, and getting ready for a new baby, we haven't gotten the sleep we need.

Some other stresses we've had are that our garbage can step pedal broke recently, and we had a bloody mess with a package of meat in the fridge. Added to this, our hot water heater stopped working last night. We didn't realize it until this morning when Scott went to take his shower, because last night when there was no hot water for the dishes or hand washing we didn't put 2 and 2 together. Due to the stress of these little things, lack of sleep, hormones, and the plain busyness of life we had a little blow up this morning. Fortunately, we both feel we're growing and were able to say we're sorry and come back together. What we are learning is that what matters, and what reveals our true character, is how we respond in stressful situations. A couple of years ago it might have taken longer to resolve these issues. We know that in the upcoming months there will just be more stresses, less sleep, and life is not going to slow down. God doesn't refine us through the easy times, but the stressful. We hope and pray that we are becoming the couple (and soon family) that He wants us to be. Please pray for us.

Happy Pi Day

Today 3/14 is Pi day, in honor of the wonderful number pi (3.14159265...). For those of you who are mathaphobes, Pi is just a ratio of the Circumference of a circle to the Diameter (the distance around a circle divided by the distance across). Euler popularized the number, and it comes from the greek work for perimeter. I won't bore you with too many details, but I will give you some fun Pi sites to look at and enjoy. Happy Pi Day!!!

Wikipedia on Pi

Find your phone number or birthday in Pi

Pi Land

The first million digits of Pi

Still Waiting and other News of Note

The days are counting down. The wait is on for little Stanley's arrival. Heather is past the cute and wonderful stage and is now feeling awkward and ready to be done being pregnant. It has been a wonderful pregnancy, and now it is coming to a close. We have less than a month left!!! (a little more if he's late) We have definitely been blessed with baby showers from friends and family. Now, from the money we received from the showers and a few returns (we got two Diaper Champs!) we have started to shop around for some of those bigger items (car seat, stroller and crib mattress) as well as some smaller ones (mattress pad, changing table pad, Bumbo tray, and Boppie cover). It is such a blessing how little we need to buy at this point. I do have to say that Stanley will be the best dressed little man! We have so many cute outfits from 0 to 12 months. We might post photos of some of the outfits, but most likely you'll have to wait until his arrival and then we we'll have to rename this blog "The Stanley Show" because a lot of the posts will be about him!

But to keep that from happening too soon, here are some things that have been going on outside of the pregnancy (is there such a thing?). Scott started Track just after President's Day. He is only coaching part time, so he's only out 3 days a week. Yes 3 out of 5 is more than half, but he loves it. Their first meet is this Thursday at Tualatin High School, and then again next Thursday at Sunset High School.

Scott has also picked up some math tutoring. Since Heather has paused her music therapy contracts and is officially on maternity leave, it was nice for Scott to pick up a few hours tutoring. It is neat how God provides what you need when you need it. Also with track, we didn't know this would be an option, but Scott is able to receive part of his stipend for that work in each monthly paycheck rather than a lump sum at the end. This provides us with the little extra we need each month. It has been neat working through Financial Peace University and learning how to live on a budget and sticking to it. Most of the stuff as far as "tightening the belt" goes we were already good at. This has given us a formalized system to live within. It also helps us with the mindset "no we are not going to use the credit card." We finished paying that off, and next month will be the first month with no credit card payment!!! Now we just need to get the car loan and student loans paid off.

No this will not go on forever, but one last amazing blessing! Over a year ago our laptop computer crashed. On it were our Europe photos, wedding photos (we did have copies of these), our huge address database, and other important files. It was a major bummer. Last fall, Matt Reese told us he had a similar problem, but his friend was able to retrieve the information by getting a device that the hard-drive plugs into. Since his laptop is identical to ours, he tried using that with our hard-drive, but with no success. Well, a couple weeks ago, someone from church told us we should go to the computer store that is just down the street from us. We went there and for $30 plus a $5 cable they were able get everything off the hard-drive!!! Not one picture was lost!!! We were excited to find other pictures that we didn't even know we lost such as our Mexico trip for Heather's sister Beth's wedding.This is a huge answered prayer. Now Heather can scrapbook the last three and a half years of our marriage. We were sort of waiting to retrieve those pictures before trying to sell the laptop to work towards our $1000 emergency fund (baby step number one in Financial Peace University). A lot of cool things happening for us. Thank you to all of you who are praying for us.

We'll try to keep you updated on what is happening in our life. Please keep us up to date as well through phone, email or blog.