He has a name!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't worry, the wait is over! Carson and I have decided on a name.... Charles Stewart Anderson!!! We're going to call him Charlie though. After referring to our little son as "Baby Charlie" for few weeks now... Charlie is stickin'! :) When I looked it up, Charles means "manly or well loved" so we thought that was cute but we originally chose it just because we loved it. Then we found out that Carson's great grandfather was named "Charlie" so it was for sure!! We decided on Stewart because it's Carson's middle name. So.... he will have the same initials as Carson which we are both think is very fun!! Now we just have to physically get ready for CHARLIE'S arrival! YEAH!!!!!!!!!! Carson and I get more excited everyday about our son.

Yes, this picture is real! We saw a friend from church while we were in Babies-R-Us and she just laughed at the scene of the 3 (actually 5) of us together and insisted that she take our picture. Pictured is my sweet friend, Ashley, who is obviously pregnant (due 6 weeks before me) and her sweet little 1 year old, Mac. She went with me to the store to help me register for Charlie. I was tired after a day of clinical and visiting the doctor so I opted for the wheelchair. Even though I'm holding the scanner in the picture, with the basket locking me in, Ashley pretty much scanned everything for me! To keep Mac occupied we fed him some little Gerber treats and he ate half of the whole bottle! He was a such a trooper! I think we were able to pretty much register for everything though so that was good. We had some items in my basket but all I ended up purchasing was the already eaten Gerber snacks and some belly butter... fill up Mac's belly and keep mine from not stretching out too much! :) Needless to say, I came home and crashed.

Yes, we went to the doctor again and were able to hear Charlie's little heart beat and hear him moving around in there which is always a treat! Carson is definitely not missing anything on this pregnancy... my personal driver hasn't missed an appointment yet. She said everything is great and next time I go early to have "dreaded" glucose test. Well, at least everyone says it's nasty but if you know me... the words "too sweet" have never come out of my mouth! Let's just pray all my sugar eating habits over the past 20 something years and 24 weeks of pregnancy haven't hurt me.

The only thing that my doctor was not happy to hear was that I've "slipped" a few times on my crutches. Only 2 times where I actually ended up on the ground. Once in Marshall, I landed slowly on my bottom outside because the ground was wet after it rained... and last week when I slipped again in the bathroom at clinical. Now picture this: Just washed my hands and about to walk out when... my left crutch slowly moved away from my side. I put a little (I stress little) weight on my "broken leg" (protected by the boot) and then plop on my left knee and then my bottom and then... here's the worst and most embarrassing part... I hit the side of my head on the tile wall!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sat there for a second looking at how ridiculous I must have looked. Good thing I was alone in there because I looked quite silly doing all of this in a dress! Well, I knew the baby and the leg were fine, but I took a Tylenol just in case my head started to hurt and went on about my day. Everything WAS fine. My OB pointed out that my stubbornness could possibly be a problem with my need to slow down. Wow, she's good! I like to use the word "persistent" but yes, I need to slow down. Don't worry that was my only "slip" and I plan to be more careful! I can spot a drop of water on the floor now a mile away :)

Charlie has reassured me that he's safe and doing very well in his little home of my belly because he's tossing, turning, flipping. and kicking quite a lot!!!! I noticed that he kicks more when one of my preceptor for clinical talks a lot... so I think he has a crush on her. If she's telling a story or talking to a patient, he starts kicking my left side like crazy!! It's very cute and exciting to feel him move so much. Carson has only felt him once, but I'm sure it will soon many more times VERY soon.

Poling Cousins Reunion 2009

Last weekend we drove to Amarillo for a reunion with Carson's cousins, aunts, uncles, etc at his grandfather's ranch (He's in the middle with the blue shirt). Kinda like "Where's Waldo?" you can play "Where's the crutches?" :) Pretty easy to spot. We had a great time with everyone and yes, we're honestly in the panhandle and that is rain in the background!!

Here's the old sign that the men took town. Some crazy person drove by one night a couple years ago and ruined the old sign with a shotgun. We all pitched in for Father's Day and bought his grandfather, Walt, a new shiny one!

Wait, is this that show "Man vs. Wild" on The Discovery Channel.... nope, just Carson being silly! Carson does need some meat on his bones though because we now officially weigh the same amount. Maybe grasshoppers will help him put on some pounds with me??

Even though I was on crutches, it didn't hold me back from having fun. We even had a fun girls' night on Friday while the boys when to shoot guns (see below). Thanks to Wendy (Carson's cousin's wife) and Carson's mom, Wendy, we packed it up and went to Jo-Ann's fabric store!!!!!! You know good and well that for the past 9 weeks of me being on crutches, Carson would not take me there. So the Wendy's, her two little girls, and myself were able to have some good girl time and craft shop! Again, I rode in the wheelchair and didn't care how sore and tired my arms were... because it was worth it! Thanks Wendy and Wendy for a fun night!!

You're probably asking yourself, "why did you post this Jules?" Well, this is Carson shooting some big fancy gun that weekend that: made him feel really cool... more like a man... raised his testosterone... etc.... so I thought I'd post a picture from "one of the coolest days of his life!" Actually, it really was neat to hear about. They shot at these huge 200 lbs rocks that when the bullet hit the rock, it would just turn them into pebbles. That's pretty powerful!! Carson was happy, so... I'm happy! :)