I've been telling people, I'm in no hurry to have this baby, because honestly I am scared to death. I don't know what I am going to do with a fourth child. We really are not ready. Unfortunately I have crossed the point were I don't care that I'm not ready, I need to get this baby out of me. Nights are really hard for me. I have contractions all day long but as the day goes on they get worse and worse. Every night I have to deal with regular painful contractions that don't go away until the middle of the night. I can't imagine four more weeks of this. I'm tired of being tired, feeling like I might die because I went up stairs, hitting people with my belly, having a foot in my ribs, and people asking when I'm going to have this thing. Oh and did I mention that I'm pretty sure I have gallstones because if I don't watch what I eat I get extremely painful attacks.
Now that I have that off my chest, here are some of the other things that have been happening in our busy lives.
We finally got Kate in for hearing tests, thinking that maybe all her ear infections might have something to do with the fact that she doesn't talk. They gave her three tests and she failed all three. I am so relieved that this might be something we can fix. We met with an ear nose and throat doctor and she is getting tubes next week. Both her pediatrician and the ears, nose and throat doctor, said that there should be a dramatic change in her speech immediately after the surgery. We have our fingers crossed. She is such a social little girl with so much personality that we can't wait to see what she has to say.
We are so proud of our Aggies. Jared and I have been lucky to go to three of there games in the last month. We figured we better get some date night in now before we have too many kids that we can't get a sitter. We went once with our good friends the Perry's, once just us, and this last time we took my sister Shelly and her husband Chad. Chad doesn't like basketball, in fact he kinda hates it. Jared thought that if he could get Chad to go to one game in the spectrum he would be converted. I didn't think it would work but, you would have thought Chad was a life long Aggie fan the way he was yelling and cheering. He even bought an Aggie T-shirt to wear during the game.
Grayson was a duck for a program at school. He really got into all the dancing parts, I wish I had gotten it on film. (Not really an option when you have a two year old sitting on your pregnant lap.)
We are all enjoying winter. The kids love playing in the snow. Kate runs as fast as she can and starts shoveling handfuls of snow into her mouth, before I can stop her, every time we go outside.
I've been nesting, trying to get all the loose ends tied up around our new house. I'm not done but I am to a point were we are comfortable and I am content. I am especially grateful to my busy mom who has spent many hours helping me do all my projects. She helped me sew all my curtains and recently spent a week with me reupholstering a chair for our basement. We LOVE our home especially when it's full of friends and family.
