Caroline's New Site

Now that Caroline is here, I think she deserves a fresh new space. Please check out the link below or copy and paste it into your browser. The site And Baby Girls Makes Three will still be available but no new entries will be posted!
http://carolinenbarton.blogspot.com/

Caroline Nicole Barton

Caroline Nicole Barton was born Wednesday, May 18th at 3:21 pm. She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 20 inches long. As you can tell, she is the most beautiful baby you will ever see! Mommy is doing great and Daddy is in charge and has diaper patrol in control! Caroline and her parents will come home Friday after the doctor comes by for the final checkup.

I can't wait to get her home and begin the rockin'!!

It's Only A Daaay AhhWaaay! - From the movie Annie

Seems like it was just a few weeks ago that Lindsey and Jeff came by and surprised me with a little zebra stripe box. I opened the present and saw an emerald green bead. I said to Mommy, "What's this for, it's not my birthstone." Her reply was, " I know, it's the birthstone of your grandchild."

Waterworks? But of course, and if I could jump, I would have jumped, really, really high! Not a day has gone by since that moment in the kitchen that I haven't thought about our Barton baby. When we found out we were getting a girl, I wondered how she looks, how big is she, her hair color - you name it and I've thought about it. And now, finally, we get to see her! Caroline Barton will be here sometime Wednesday! It's unbelievable. I'm so ready to get her here that I'VE been nesting myself. I've ironed everything in the house, the carpet has practically no fibers left in it, and I have placed and replaced everything in my "grab bag" at least twice a day. I admit, I've been pretty nervous as well as emotional! Go figure!

No doubt Lindsey and Jeff have thoughts and emotions running 99hundred miles an hour through their hearts and minds right now and understandably so!! Life as they know it, will change. And so will ours...but only for the better! What could possibly be better than having a precious baby in our life to spoil so absolutely rotten that you can smell her coming?

I guess this will pretty much be my last blog as a non-grandmaw, so thank you SO VERY MUCH for every text, email, mms, sms, and call checking on Jeff, Lindsey, and Caroline each week, I appreciate your kindness and concern and it won't soon be forgotten. XOX to you all!

I plan on posting a picture and details as soon as things settle down, so peep in later tomorrow afternoon for Caroline's glamour shots!

Eight Days Makes One Weak

There are eight days until the 23rd which is Caroline's official birth date. Hellooo, that's 8 days!! According to baby websites, she's 7 to 8 pounds and 19 to 21 inches long. Some articles say that Caroline can possibly gain an ounce a day until her birth. Miss Prissy Britches has everything she needs to make her entrance but noooo, she's keeping us members of the audience on the edge of our seats!  Beauty experts warn against it but I've started sleeping in my makeup so I can get up and go if we get The Call during the night!! Also, I discovered that if I sleep in the same spot, my hair won't be a big hot mess and I can dash and go even faster!

Bags Are Packed

For illustration purposes only.

Excitement and anticipation fills the air now as Mommy makes tomorrow her last day of school. Yay!! She has been feeling good most of the time but is beginning to swell and tire very easily. She and Daddy will go to the doctor Wednesday to plan a course of action to get Caroline here!! Double yay yay!

Here at Walnut, we are at High Alert or hot pink, on the Baby Watch Scale, waiting for The Call. We filled up the Exploder yesterday. (Well, let's just say the pump shut off!) I think we can make it to the hospital on $75.00 worth of gas! My phone is charged and my charger is in my purse. Speaking of purse, it should be illegal for purse to weigh over 17 pounds! And...I have my bags packed and ready, all five of them. Now if I can just get them to the car without having a mini stroke, I'll be ready to go when The Call comes. 

Best Mother's Day Ever

I was blessed today to spend time with my Mom, Lindsey, and Deb. I can't think of anything I'd rather do on Mother's day or any other day for that matter! Next year, Mother's day will even be better when we have a one year old named Caroline throwing peas and tearing up tissue paper!

I like the poem below and I wanted to post it for everyone to read. There is indeed nothing that compares to the love of a mother. I'm so thankful that my mother is my mother and I am the mother to the best daughter a mother could ask for. Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in my life.

A Mother's Love
Her love is like an island in life's ocean vast and wide.

A peaceful, quiet shelter from the wind, the rain, the tide.

'Tis bound on the north by hope, by patience on the west,

by tender counsel on the south, and on the east by rest.
Above it like a beacon light shine faith, and truth, and prayer;
And thro' the changing scenes of life I find my haven there.

Whirlwind Wednesday



Today is a busy, busy Wednesday! Friends and family are having babies from North to South! Mommy’s friend Megan, is having their little boy, Mason and Daddy’s sister Liana, is having their little girl Lilly. . . do you think it's baby season? I send my very best wishes and hearty congratulations to all of the families for happy, healthy boys and girls! The pictures are here!!!. Mimi, Papaw, and Lilly first photo, Mason is second and Lilly is third...awwwwe, so sweet! 

And… regarding another VIB (very important baby), Mommy is going to the doctor today for her weekly check up and I’m so eager to hear what the doc has to say. I looked at the official countdown gadget on the blog and it says there are 19, that right, NINE-TEEN days ‘til Caroline’s due date of the 23rd! The anticipation and excitement of getting that first look at our grand daughter Caroline is just about to do me in! I can’t imagine what the next few weeks will be like; I’ll be good for nothing, just plain useless!

Mommy and Daddy have worked so hard the last few months to get everything ready, I’m very proud of them and quite impressed by their preparedness. Everything is in order - Caroline’s room is magnificent, the house is spotless, the car seat is being installed, her clothes are washed, and the crib is waiting for our little baby girl.

Diapers and Wipers

Mommy got a super nice treat when she arrived at church Sunday. Her Sunday school class of teenage girls surprised her with a table full of diapers and wipes! How nice of the girls to think of Mommy and Caroline in such a sweet way... and to give such useful items was very thoughtful. Mommy has a special group of young ladies who just may be recruited as baby sitters before too long! Thank you girls for the diapers and wipers, they will certainly be used...every day!