What's Going On...

The past few weeks have actually been pretty busy -- time is slipping away & both of my babies are growing way too fast! The weekend after my Emmaus Walk, we took a family trip to visit my parents at the beach. Since Brett has been doing church work for years now, it is often hard to get away on Sundays, so we finally had our chance and we took it! We had a lot of fun. Leah took so easily to "Papa" and "Gama" and loved for them to read her stories and play with her.




































The next weekend (this past weekend) was Brett's first week at a new church where he will be serving as Interim Worship Pastor. We are really grateful that God provided something so quickly; however, we are also very glad it is only interim because a) it does not pay much and b) it is a 45-minute drive to the church. Thankfully, they do not have Sunday evening services so he should only have to drive out there twice a week. I will probably only go with him on Sunday mornings, since Wed. evenings would end up being really late for Leah. We did move our membership back to the church we were going to when we first got married, before Brett started at CRBC, and I will probably go there more often than not. I have been going to MOPS meetings there all year and love the fellowship with people my age who have kids my kids' age.


This past week Brett has had to go to the new church every night for a revival, so I've had to stay home with Leah & I believe she's gotten spoiled. She didn't want to stay with Brett long enough for me to even take a shower this morning! But I plan to start working evenings again as soon as I can, returning to do some filing at my previous job. (It seems this might take a lot longer than I had originally thought-- we planned about a total of 75 hours but it may end up being something that lasts until July!)


I had a check-up yesterday for Baby Boy and everything seems to be progressing perfectly normal for a 21-week pregnancy. I have most definately been feeling him move more lately. At first it was only once or twice a day, but that is starting to change. He seems to really like music, and he also likes to keep me up when I first lay down at night. Actually, I don't remember the getting-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-three-times thing starting this early in my pregnancy last time, but already I'm having to do that, whether it's to go to the bathroom or for these silly allergies that have been bugging me the past week or so. We were given a huge box of boy clothing by a friend of a friend-- mostly short-sleeved onesies, some socks & bibs. As I look at all the blue & the trucks & the sports stuff, I'm getting excited about having a little boy, although I'm getting more and more nervous about dealing with two, especially with how clingy and whiny Leah has been lately.

Apparently without me really knowing about it, one of the dr.'s in my practice had put me into a higher-risk pregnancy group because of how small Leah was when she was born. Well, when Leah was born, Dr. Fisher never mentioned any concerns about how small she was & never said she was TOO small. (And in fact, even though she's still in the 25th%, her growth is progressing perfectly normal for her age.) My appt. yesterday was with Dr. Fisher and she said that she would consult with a specialist to see if it was really necessary to place me in this higher risk group. She called back today and said it really was not. (I think perhaps if Leah hadn't come 10 days early she probably would have been bigger, anyway!) She said they'll still be cautious of my measurements as we get closer to the due date and if an extra ultrasound is necessary, they'll decide then. I really just have this feeling that this baby isn't going to be so early, and will probably end up being bigger.

I will have to do a separate post later on funny Leah-isms, as she is really coming in to her own now as a toddler. Most of the time she is fun to be around-- as long as she's gotten enough sleep! She has been sleeping in until 7 or 7:30 every morning, even with the time change, and still napping 2, sometimes 2 1/2 hours in the afternoon. I'm hoping this pattern will continue until I can at least get her baby brother on some sort of a predictable schedule. My summer goals for her include: moving into a toddler bed, getting rid of the paci, and maybe [hopefully] getting potty trained (maybe a little too early, but I want to at least try, with the help of a friend who will be her summer "nanny"). Though at times I'm anxious for her to get past this toddler stage, I also don't want to wish away her childhood and know I will miss it when it's gone!