Due Date.......... May 24th.......

As of my last doctors appointment on Tuesday 5/18, I was still 2 cm and completley thinned out and 100% effaced. He said that I should move my appointment up to Monday. He said he expected me to go into labor before then.....

So I sit here on Sunday night....... Waiting.........Waiting..........Waiting.......

We have walked the neighborhood, played Wii games, eaten spicy foods and I even had Mark's bosses wife Laurelle (who teaches massage therapy) do some pressure points to bring on labor.... Nada.....

Brian who is one of Mark's bosses encouraged me to put my hand up like a slot machine and have my mom pull the handle to see if she could strike it rich...... Since she is good with the slots.... LOL

Back to the doctor at 10 AM in the morning....... Lets see what happens.......

First 9 months of ultrasound photo's....

First 9 months of ultrasound photo's....


Week 30.................

Week 22.........
Week 18.......



Week 8.........

She is almost done baking in my oven........

On my doctor's visit on May 4th I did my last ultrasound. Arlette showed me how her head was buried in the birth canal. She showed me that she had a full head of hair and that she was a fatty at an estimated 7.5 lbs. Dr. Falzone did an exam and said I was 100% effaced but not dilated at all.

On my most recent visit with Dr. Pass who told me I was dilated at 2 cm. She also did a major stretch which I do not recommend to ANYONE........



I did start my vacation this week which has been nice........ Just in time..... lots of contractions and uncomfortable feelings..........


Maternity leave starts on Monday.......

Baby McCabe's Room Almost Ready............

Pink .........



Understatement of the year!!!


We finished painting and we just have 2 more pieces of furniture...... a toy/bookcase and a rocker.........

Baby Shower in Clearwater....April 17,2010

After such a somber day on April 16th............. A day to celebrate new life........ A baby shower.......
My mom and my girls did a nice job with pulling everything together.

The guest included:My mom, my mother-in-law Barbara, Loretta, Jenee, McAllyster, Lee, Chrissy, Chris Audrey, Cheryl, Elaine, Kris, Liv, Marcia, Sebas, Sammy, Terri, Nicole, Joyce, Sandy, and Tammy..... we had so much fun.... Mom came up with some fun Baby Games...... The decorations were "just exactly" what I expected (I helped her shop for them..lol).

Jenee did a great job with the cake..... she is so creative...... (just to think for many years we have tried to keep her away from cakes due to an incident when we were 13)


I am still in shock how much everyone got for my little baby girl..... It is amazing how such a small little person needs so much.....Everyone went way out of their
way on getting her the necessities and more......


Thank you so much to everybody for coming and all the wonderful gifts........

My Dad's... (Grandpa Ron's) Obituary

Cloughsey, Ronald “Ron” R., 60 of Ft. Lauderdale passed away under the care of Hospice on Saturday, March 20, 2010. He was born on June 10, 1949 in Staten Island, New York and moved to Florida in 1977. He was predeceased by his parents Mary Dunn Cloughsey, David Cloughsey and his brother Thomas Cloughsey. He is survived by his daughter, Stacy Anne McCabe, son-in-law, Mark T. McCabe and ex-wife Patricia A. Cloughsey.

Ron received a Bachelors Degree from Richmond College for Medical Technology. He used his knowledge and outgoing personality in his career as a Laboratory Sales Representative for a majority of his life.

Ron’s favorite hobby was to travel. He made several trips to other countries. He also enjoyed taking cruises with family and friends.

A graveside service at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, FL will take place on Friday, April 16th at 3 P.M.

Donations in Ron’s name can be sent to Moffitt Foundation (Sarcoma Research), 12902 Magnoila Drive, Tampa, FL 33612. Please include Ron’s name in the memo section of your check.

GOD Saw You…
“God saw you getting tired
and a cure was not to be
so he put his arms around you
and whispered, Come to Me.
With tearful eyes we watch you
and saw you pass away and although we loved
you dearly we could not make you stay.
A Golden heart stopped beating
hard working hands at rest.
God broke our hearts to prove us
he only takes the best”

SERVICE INFORMATION

GRAVESIDE SERVICE:

Friday April 16
3:00 PM
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
2860 Sunset Point Road
Clearwater, FL

At Peace....

On April 16th my dad was put to rest. Tom McQueen officiated the ceremony. What an amazing service for him. My dad was never truly religious but did have the faith of a Catholic. Tom McQueen touched on the most important topic with me on this day. He stated that the one thing peopled loved about my dad was his personality. The thing he care the most about was me. It was overwhelming.

Many people showed up for the service. Irene, Kathy and Coleen from the other coast and Orlando which were people he knew for many years in his medical field. My in laws, Jenee, Nick, Loretta, Cheryl, Bill and my moms whole office plus other co workers. We also had family Elaine and Bob attend.

Verse Tom McQueen choose to relate death...
10 Words...........

John 11:1-45 (New International Version)

John 11

The Death of Lazarus

¹Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. ²This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. ³So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one you love is sick."

⁴When he heard this, Jesus said, "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it." ⁵Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days.

⁷Then he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea."

⁸"But Rabbi," they said, "a short while ago the Jews tried to stone you, and yet you are going back there?"

⁹Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? A man who walks by day will not stumble, for he sees by this world's light. ¹⁰It is when he walks by night that he stumbles, for he has no light."

¹¹After he had said this, he went on to tell them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up."

¹²His disciples replied, "Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better." ¹³Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.

¹⁴So then he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, ¹⁵and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

¹⁶Then Thomas (called Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."

Jesus Comforts the Sisters

¹⁷On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. ¹⁸Bethany was less than two miles^a]">[a] from Jerusalem, ¹⁹and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. ²⁰When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.

²¹"Lord," Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died. ²²But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask."

²³Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

²⁴Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."

²⁵Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; ²⁶and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

²⁷"Yes, Lord," she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ,^b]">[b] the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

²⁸And after she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. "The Teacher is here," she said, "and is asking for you." ²⁹When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. ³⁰Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. ³¹When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

³²When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

³³When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. ³⁴"Where have you laid him?" he asked.
"Come and see, Lord," they replied.

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶Then the Jews said, "See how he loved him!"

³⁷But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?"

Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead

³⁸Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. ³⁹"Take away the stone," he said.
"But, Lord," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days."

⁴⁰Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"

⁴¹So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ⁴²I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."

⁴³When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" ⁴⁴The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them, "Un tie him and let him go."

The Plot to Kill Jesus

⁴⁵Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, put their faith in him.