What's Going On

I stayed home yesterday from school. I made myself sick on pizza. It's my fault...I should have known better. Suzanne had pizza at her house and the kids were over there, and it sounded so good. Pizza and pregnant are two words that don't go together for me very well. After about piece number four, I lost track. All I know is that I woke up at 11:30 and thought I was going to die from indigestion. I don't think I actually went to sleep until about 5a.m. So I stayed home. It didn't completely go away until yesterday afternoon. Never again...never!

I was looking through my closet and I can't wait to wear normal clothes again. To see a waistline would be so nice! I go to the doctor on thursday, which will be May 3rd. So I will be 4 weeks away! I know that having another is going to complicate my life in lots of ways, but I am ready. I am really tired of being pregnant. I am ready to take on the challenges, because I know the Lord will be there, and I have lots of support. So we will make it!

At church a couple of weeks ago they had "Compassion Sunday". Monterey is a big supporter of Compassionate Internationale, which is where you can "adopt" a child from a 3rd world country to support. I had wanted to do that last year when they had Compassion Sunday, but I never did. So this year, I decided I was going to do that. Madi and Kyle weren't with me, so I picked out the child myself. I picked a little girl that was Madi's age, because I thought it would be a good way to help teach her about giving to others who don't have as much. Trying to explain this to her wasn't as easy as I thought. The little girl doesn't have any hair and Madi thinks that she's poor, because she has no hair. In fact everything I said, she questioned me with, "Is that because she has no hair?" I told her that she lived in a part of the world where a lot of people are sick. So then she asked is one day we could go visit. And I said maybe so. But then she changed her mind, because she didn't want to get sick and lose her hair. She is hilarious.

She got sick on Friday with an ear infection. Her second in her life, I am so thankful!!! The doctor had to take the wax out of her ear in order to look at her eardrum. In the process, some skin came off with it (inside her ear) and it started bleeding pretty bad. We had the doctor, the nurse and myself holding her down. It was horrible. She has recovered now, and she is fine. I felt so sorry for the doctor, he felt horrible. He wasn't sure if he had ruptured her ear drum or not, but she is okay...so I am thankful. I just don't need anything else un-nerving her. She already went in there telling him that he may not touch her uvula. I think I covered this before, but yes my 5 year old knows what a uvula is and she is not fond of having it touched. In case you don't know what a uvula is, it's that hangy thing in the back of your throat.

Anyways, I am still a little worried about Kyle's ears. Right now I am just praying about it. I haven't been to the doctor, and maybe I thought he was getting one, and is now fine, but I still get worried about it. I am just really not wanting to do tubes again right now, because of the cost. My deductible is outrageous, and I'm still trying to pay off the last two surgeries. But if it happens, it will be okay. I just want him to be well!!!!

Well that is about all that is going on in our world. Just getting everything ready for Mason. My mom told me to go ahead and pack my bag. I just can't believe we are getting that close. Part of me is nervous, and part of me isn't. I'm more nervous about the emotional part of all this for me. I think that may be a little more challenging. But the actual labor itself, I haven't really even thought about. Give me my epidural and I'm fine! I pray that holds true for this time too! :)