Time Warp : August 5, 1977

August 5th, 1977
Today I am working on unpacking from the move. We moved into our first house at 51 LaFever Lane, just 5 days ago. I have the kitchen unpacked, which, to me, is the hardest...especially being 8 1/2mos pregnant! The new carpet will be laid on August
8th. I can't wait because I really don't like this old carpet. It's going in the den. It was an add-on room and they haven't replaced it since the addition. I LOVE the backyard for our dog, Luke. He is a German Shepherd mix that we rescued from the pound.
I am working today on the baby's room. We have the crib together. The crib looks sooo cute. I took a poster board to school and blew up a Mickey and Minnie Mouse picture from a coloring book and transferred it on to the end of the bed. It is a used bed and new mattress. It is white and looks soooo cute with the characters on the end. I put pale yellow sheets on it yesterday. We went shopping for a mobile. We bought a lamb one at Dillard's that plays, "Mary had a little lamb." I am going to get all the baby's things in order today. The changing table is up and I will fill it today. I only have a couple more weeks until my Aug. 21 due date!
Our new house has 4 bedrooms. One is actually very tiny. We will use that one for an office for Jim. It had a big living room and a long skinny den. The den is off the kitchen. I love my new kitchen. It is bigger than the rent house and has a built in dishwasher. I also have a washer AND a dryer. At the rent house, I only had a washer. We bought this dryer used, because, with a baby coming, I really need to be able to wash clothes here instead of hauling wet clothes to the laudrymat.
It is VERY hot and I am VERY pregnant! I am moving a little slow these days! If the baby is a girl, we will name her Emily Shay...if it is a boy it will be William Shay. My grandmother's name was Emma Leigh and Jim's mother's name is Emma...so Emliy is a family name. Shay was my little brother's name. He passed away at 22 mos old from a heart defect. William was Jim's father's name. Everyone (on Jim's side of the family) is really hoping for a boy because with 8 sisters and only 2 Benton boys, they want the Benton family name to continue. All I want is a healthy baby....the heartrate at the dr's office was 160 which is usually typical of a girl's heartrate...either one is great! I am soooo excited and nervous all at the same time. My friend, Mary, had a baby girl just 6 weeks ago. I can't wait to hold my baby!
I'm sorta apprehensive about going into labor. I know what the books tell me, but since I have never done this before, it's a little scary....
Well, gotta run unpack and get some work done around here ....need to be all organized by the time the baby arrives!