I guess not having the internet at home really makes a difference in my updating my blog! I really don't feel like taking the time to update when I am at my mom's or at Bryan's work. Today I have the internet at home!! I have spent pretty much all day surfing the internet.........okay wasting time! My mom and dad took Victoria to Toronto and offered their internet service to me for the day! I took them up on it since the house is pretty much clean, Alicia is ahead on her school work, and I felt like taking a day off! I did manage to find an infant car seat on Kijiji for $25 and I got to catch up on the lives of people I don't even know!! :-) It was fun! I need to make supper but I thought I had better take the opportunity to update here.
So what have we been up to lately.........well..........we have been busy! I think everyone says that. Bryan and I both got that bad virus that sticks around for a month and that wiped me out for slightly longer. My iron has been up and down keeping me tired. The baby inside me has grown well and even though I am measuring smaller then with the girls I feel rather large and lots of pressure with this little one moving around inside me. I continue to have a lot of braxton hicks contractions and hope that all of those will pay off when the real labor comes. We still are not set on any baby name! Bryan has a boy name and I have a girls name, Bryan doesn't like my girl name and I can't say I really like his boy name so we continue to talk about it. We aren't stressed or worried about our baby being nameless, we are sure something will come up! Everyone thinks this baby is a boy, but I am not convinced, the heart beat is still in the 140's but I would not be surprised to have another girl! I can honestly say either a boy or girl would be wonderful. Our girls are pretty excited about our new baby and I am sure the excitment will grow when I get the baby stuff out next week. I can't believe it is time to prepare for this new baby to join our family outside my womb. I am rather nervous about caring for this baby as I have been so tired lately I wonder how I will manage. Bryan reassured me that I will manage just like I have in the past. I am so thankful that Victoria and Alicia are almost done school and that spring is coming. I feel like there is so much to do before baby comes so I hope the baby is late, but yet I am getting so uncomfortable that I hope baby comes on time or early! Ofcourse baby will come when it is the right time and there is nothing (as I learn't with Cassia) that I can do!
The girls continue to grow, there is no stopping that! Bryan and I also continue to enjoy them more and more! They are taking on more responsibility and helping more too! The other day Victoria and Alicia wanted to surprise me so they closed the door in the hallway upstairs and cleaned up all the rooms for me. It was cute to find some of the dirty clothes that I had left on the bedroom floor in my drawers again, but it was the thought that counts! It is such an encouragement to see them wanting to help and doing it. I consider it a blessing to have them home with me all day so that we can spend time learning and growing together.
In a few months everyone in our family will have had their birhtday and those have all be exciting. I was very sick on Alicia's birhtday so she went to my parents and celebrated there. I did have a little ice cream in honor of her birhtday and it helped sooth my sore throat! Moriah is very excited about her birhtday which is only a couple weeks away. She keeps talking about what kind of cake she wants and can't decide between and ice cream cake, rainbow cake and smartie cake. She came up with all these options on her own and feels that she can keep changing her mind until it is her birhtday. She has even be thinking about her birhtday meal and wondered if we could have smartie salad for supper! Not sure what that is!! :-) Bryan and I will be celebrating our birthdays in just a few weeks as well. It is funny to think that last year we went away together and it was the first time I left Cassia over night! A lot has changed in a year!
We officially own our country house and are very thankful for that! We have lots to look forward this spring like lots of yard work, paying for a new roof, and figuring out where to put a veggie garden. I also hope to attend a homeschool conference to get next years books but some of this will all depend on our new baby and how content he or she is and how well I am doing! We have lots of dreams for this country house, but I think most of them will have to put on hold as I am pretty sure life will be busy this summer with 5 little ones!
Well, I better get to making that supper! Bryan will be home and supper won't be ready and usually supper is ready and Bryan isn't home! So there is my little update and my apologies to all those I should be e-mailing!! You can always come for a visit!! When the baby comes and if the baby is born in the hospital ( I keep praying that the baby will come so quickly I just stay home) I might be able to let you all know, as the hosptial has internet!! It depends on how long we stay! I can always get Bryan to let you all know when baby comes!! If I have time after supper I might try and upload some pictures! Stay tuned...........
