Well, I have 4 weeks officially left to go. I think this has been the longest feeling pregnancy I have gone through. I guess it doesn't help that I have been counting down since the day I found out. I am healthy, and the baby's heart beat and growth has been healthy thus far. We expect a normal delivery. I will be released from my nursery calling pretty soon, which will be kind of a relief. I am having a hard time running around chasing kids right now.
Mike has been working hard on our shed. He just needs to finish the door and it will be ready to go. Mike's big project for two weekends from now will be re-shingling the roof on our house. This will not be a fun task. We have a very tall house.
Elizabeth went to one girl's camp and enjoyed it. She is now headed off to the official YW's camp next week. She made a great assistant for Mike and helped him build the shed. She actually cut wood with a chop saw, helped frame and shingle the shed. She has been a tremendous help with her brother and sister and helping around the house. She is counting down the days for school to start again. She will be in the 8th grade.
Alesea has also been a great help keeping James entertained at times. She is excited for school to start. She will be in the first grade. She has been reading a lot and playing school. We have been to Lagoon a few times this year and discovered she is just a hair too short for most of the big rides which has been kind of disappointing for her. Better luck next year.
James turned 3 on June 28th. I can't beleive how fast time flies. We celebrated with a BBQ and cake and ice cream and enjoyed the company of family and friends that were close by. James has been doing pretty good at potty training. There was a week where he was having accidents at night, but we have that under control as of right now. It has been just about two months since we have had to change a diaper and it has been great. We discovered that James is allergic to cats, just like I was when I was his age. I have a picture to post. The sad thing is that the picture was after he had benedryll in his system for a while and the redness and puffiness had started to go down. One of his eyes swelled almost completely shut and had red and white hives surrounding his entire eye and down part of his cheek and up on to his forehead. Poor guy! We need to keep an eye on him for other allergies now. For those of you who don't know, I am allergic to farm animals, and deathly allergic to horses. The girls have shown no signs of allergies. Oh, we also discovered that James likes his chocolate milk "shaken, not stirred." I was fixing his chocolate milk one day in a sippy cup and he said "I don't want you to stir it, mommy. I want you to shake it." Sound familiar??
We hope everybody is doing great and that summer is going well. We are waiting for our tomatoes to ripen in our garden. We have had a couple of cucumbers already. Mike is waiting for signs of his giant pumpkins that we planted. I don't know what will happen there. We are also just waiting for the baby to come. Hopefully he will be here and will be the subject of our next update. Take care and love to all.
