Why is it that...

the times that my children need the most correction consistently coincides with the times that I feel the LEAST like being on their cases???? Or when I sit down to just enjoy them for the people they are, that is the time when I can count on someone to throw a tantrum? WHY???

Today was my 30 week check up. I can't believe that we are doing prenatals every two weeks now! This pregnancy has already flown by--I'm sure the next ten weeks or so will be no exception--especially since we have done just about ZERO to prep for his/her arrival!

My visit was good. Baby is measuring 29 weeks (my babies always measure a little small) with a nice healthy sounding heartbeat (147 bpm). All my vitals are fine. I've gained two pounds in the last two weeks which is great because I've had a hard time putting weight on. This brings my total weight gain to either 10 or 11 pounds. Hopefully I can keep gaining a pound a week until the baby is born. I really expected to go in and have gained more weight because I've been trying to eat more lately! But I don't have much room so I'm not eating as much--thanks to my good old short torso!

The only down part of the visit was that my midwife is sick! Not contagious-sick but she's got something going on that is making her feel terrible all the time. Gallbladder sypmtoms but all the tests have come back showing a healthy gallbladder--she does not look well though. She's lost weight and is surviving on soup and a few other thigns. Not good. My heart really goes out to her. She is a busy mom and midwife and does NOT have time to be sick! Being a midwife can be such a physically demanding job and I imagine that it's been quite awful for her to keep carrying on with her duties. Selfishly of course, I hope that she is better in time for our birth. You certainly want the person attending your birth to be in as tip-top condition as possible!

I'm cooking up a ham for dinner which excites me way more than it should. Not exactly a healthy food but it should make for easy dinners for the next few nights!

Rain!

FINALLY we got some rain! Yay! We ended up with almost 3 inches in the past two days--the most we have had since July 2007! Everything looks greener today and most of the trees are getting their foliage back. It certainly is looking more like spring around here. Jason's not exactly excited about this as it means that the lawn will awaken for the year and he'll be out there mowing it before too long :)

Our lessons have been a bit relaxed since a lovely kidney infection landed me in the hospital for a 48 stay three weeks ago. We've read "Mr. Popper's Penguins" and Hailey has worked on her penmanship. Hailey's reading has really taken off this year and I would venture to say the kid reads about an hour and a half a day. Her favorite time to curl up with a book is at bedtime-just like her momma! I'm so happy that she loves to read (I can not understand why anyone would NOT like to read! I read for an hour or more most evenings after everyone else is asleep and it has been a lifelong discipline problem of mine to put down a book and go to bed at a decent time).

Jason's got a good deal of band shows coming up for the remainder of March and most of April. I believe that he has a few lined up for the first part of May as well. Of course we all miss him when he is gone but we stay busy around here. I keep the girls on their regular routine but also enjoy getting to spend a little extra "girl time" with them on the evenings that Jason is gone. And after everyone is tucked into bed I tidy the place up and sink into an evening spent doing whatever I want to do :)

Speaking of...it's bedtime (GLORIOUS BEDTIME!!) for the little people. And then some delicious quiet time for this momma!