I've gone backwards! WTF??!! (UPDATED WITH PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM)

O.K. so first I have to apologize for not updating...my internet has been up and down the last week and I have been really frustrated with my Internet Co. Apparently there is something interrupting the line and they cannot get AT & T out here until the 29th!!! So until then I may have the Internet and I may not...how incredibly frustrating!!! Anyone have a good Internet company they can recommend?

Second, when I went to the doctor on Thursday I had them check to see how I was progressing and I went from 2cm dilated before Thanksgiving back to 1cm!! WTF?!! How frustrating! My nurse did some scrapping thing that was suppose to help thin my membranes out and hopefully get things moving along but so far nothing yet and today is Monday! I have been walking around like crazy trying to walk Samantha out of me, and she is so low that I swear sometimes it feels like she is going to fall out but no labor yet. I have also been eating more spicy food...well I should say spicy for me, and nothing. Also highly recommended by many people including my nurse for getting labor going were relations with my husband, much to his happiness, but still nothing! So please, please, if anyone has any suggestions I would be happy to hear them to get Samantha on her way out into the world. I am quite uncomfortable.

Last, in my many attempts to walk Samantha out, we went to Arden Fair Mall on Saturday night to have dinner and visit with Santa Claus. Every year that we have gone to get our picture done there with Santa we could always take our own picture and not have to pay for a package, but after standing in line for 10 minutes we discovered that was not the case this year. Adam was ready to get out of line as the cheapest purchase was ONE 4X6 FOR $15 but seriously how do you tell a 3 year old that we are not going to stand in line anymore. So we got up to Santa about 1/2 hour later and I was very disappointed with him. He was quite grouchy...I told Hannah to tell him what she wants for x-mas and he says to me "Are you going to take a picture?"...I mean come on! Can you at least let the girl tell you what she wants and you can pretend to care and be interested, isn't that your job?! While the people working there were taking pictures I too was standing next to them taking some pictures with my digital camera. We were done quickly and then we had to get into another line to pick up our picture and pay for it. There was a large family in front of us and Adam got a bright idea that we could just leave right then b/c we didn't have the picture and so we didn't have to pay for it and he grabs Hannah and starts to leave! I of course was not happy with this idea but stupidly decided to try and follow Adam and sneak out simply b/c I was not happy with Santa's services. Hannah and Adam were gone in a flash but as soon as I tried I hear "MISS! OH MISS! YOU DIDN'T PAY!" being yelled at me. I was mortified!!! I quickly went back and told them that of course I was not trying to leave that my daughter simply just wanted to look at something around the corner b/c she had been in line for so long I thought I would take her over there real quick while the family in front of us was paying. The guy at the cash register said "You can't believe how many people try to leave without paying.". And I acting like I was shocked said "Of course we weren't doing that!". I paid my $15 and left mortified with my one picture and gave Adam the glaring eye when I finally caught up to him and Hannah for having to take the brunt of the embarassement for his idea. He felt that if we were not given the picture yet we were not stealing or trying to get away with anything...regardless I felt like a criminal! I just don't like how that feels, I am not use to it. So here is the $15 picture...I think it was worth it b/c Hannah looks cute...Merry Christmas!