Latest Dilemma and Making Candy

So last night on our drive Nate and I got to talking about the moment I go into labor, and the big day. I told him although Elijah's bag is packed and had been for awhile, I still needed to pack mine, and I'd need to start making sure the camera and video camera were charged up and had full memory allot more. Other than that, it was just kind of normal anticipation talk. Then he mentioned that he keeps getting told "When you go to the hospital call me" from everyone. He said he really didn't want to call anyone until Elijah was born, and at first, I was a little shocked and I guess. I asked him why he wouldn't want to make those calls, and he told me that one of his fears is that we would go at say noon, and we would lay there for a few hours, or my labor would be hard and the whole time we were going through this his phone would be going off with "Is he here yet?". I hadn't really thought about that one before, I actually was shocked I hadn't thought of it. I mean, it happens with every appointment I have, I have an appointment at 2pm and by 2:30 my phone has missed calls, and texts. I know people are genuinely interested and want the baby news. I understand that, but I guess maybe our fear is that people might call us allot during that time and if things are getting hard or complicated in delivery that could be slightly annoying. I know as of now when I have a contraction (Even the little ones) I get annoyed and don't want to be spoken too, and just want silence. Can you imagine when they are more intense how annoyed I would be at the phones ringing and such? I guess I am torn because I want everyone to feel included in the moment, and Elijah's birth, but I can see Nate's point all the same. I understand family and friends wanting to get the calls, and wanting to hear about it all, and trust me I know it sounds like I am too bothered to deal with phone calls. That isn't the case, I just can see the point Nate is making about keeping it as intimate and stress free as we can. If we are just there, doing what we need to do to get him out, and focused on that and only that I wonder if it would make it more serene. I thought about also just sending out and email, or saying in a phone call that yes we will call, but only when we go in and then of course when he is here. Between that time we would like privacy and if everyone could just let us be and relax that would be appreciated. I guess I don't want to hurt any feelings by saying that though, because I don't want people to think I'm saying "Your annoying don't call us" and that's simply not the case, I don't mean for it to seem that way at all. I guess I am just torn about what to do. I also thought well we could call people when we went in, and then turn off our phones. I wonder if that would work too? Oh I guess I have some thinking to do, since no matter what I'd have to call my Mom. If she isn't already here, she will be driving here ASAP, so I don't want people to get mad that my Mom knew and no one else did, or take that to mean anything negative. Dilemma in every sense of the word!


Well my Candy making ended up being an all day affair. I started at 11am, and wrapped up at about 4:45pm..... I only got 3 double batches done too! It took me a long time, and I set out to get 7 flavors done and only got 3 done. By the time batch 3 finally finished I was sore and hurting so I said to heck with it. I did the Mint, Peppermint and Orange. I still want to do lemon and Rum for sure. I may tomorrow but I don't know. I may just give it a rest for this season being so preggo and that it took so much work. It's actually not allot of work, its more like just allot of time. I mean its not like its hard to boil until the candy forms threads in water, but dang it takes allot of time. Oh well though I suppose.