A new babe in the family!!

So, first thing's first! My little sister Nessa had her baby this morning in San Fransisco!! This little angel is Leah Mae Palmer, she weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces, and required only 20 minutes of pushing! Whoa mama! Look at those big eyes! Look at that hair! I cannot get over how BEAUTIFUL she is and that is NOT just family bias coming through! My mom called last night to tell me they were on their way to the hospital and I promptly BURST into tears. I've been crying all day on and off talking to mom and Vanessa. Ness is doing great, her and baby. Our convo was a little sobering though because her response to every question I asked about the details of the event was, "you don't want me to answer that, Mera." Apparently the epidural only took to certain parts of her body. Ouch... In 10 weeks I will be joining her club. Oh the tears and triumphs of womanhood! I'm SOOO HAPPY I can't wait to meet her!! She's so perfect!

And to the borring stuff... by the way I am starting to get really sick of that last post of mine. I may just erase it all together. It takes up an exorbitant amount of space, especially for how monotonous the information provided really is (let's be honest). Here is Jason and me yesterday after church. I told him "I want to go for a walk," meaning a casual Sunday stroll. So he drives right up to the base of a hiking trail close to our house. Jason can be kindof intense. We start up this "walk" and I notice quickly that it is a pure incline, (I'm gripping boulders and tree branches along the way trying to hoist myself upward and onward) so I kindly and gently remind him of the hefty 25 extra pounds I am hauling (wow I must have like a 20 pound baby in there!), not to mention the dress I'm in and ask him if he's prepared to deliver our baby if I suddenly go into labor early due to the extra energy and strain he is requiring me to exert. We ended up walking it for only about 45 minutes, but don't worry. I was covered in sweat and dirt by the time we were back to the car. Here's one of me as you can see getting seriously house size, thrilled at where I've been led by my galant husband. Cute pics of our Sunday stroll!





PS. I have had the same sickening song in my head for three days straight now, and it annoys me to no end. And when I get songs stuck in my head, it's like a stereo is blasting it into my ear. It never plays quietly in my mind. Ya know that song on Charlotte's web, "we've got lot's in common where it really counts"? Yeah, that's the one. Run my head into the wall. Bless that life-saving spider Charlotte and bless that pathetic Wilbur but MAAAAAN that song just drives me NUTS! I keep listening to other stuff to try to get it out and then as soon as it's quiet again I hear it creeping back in.
P.S.S. How bout them Jazz? Wow I could not believe that game yesterday HONESTLY! Why didn't Fish shoot like that when he played for us? Why is Kobe such a freaking baby? Why is D-Will so unbelievable? Why is Booz so inconsistent in the playoffs? What planet did Price come from with those hops?! Did you see that block??? Whooooo hooooo I can't wait for game 6 back in our house!