Where have we been?!?

Honestly, I feel like my head has been in the clouds the past couple of days. This week was a whirlwind that ended not so fun for me.

Last weekend we had a blast and pictures posted will be from it. Tuesday I had an appointment with my midwives. My blood pressure was better than before but still a little borderline. Wednesday marked 34 weeks pregnant and one of these days I will get a picture!

Wednesday I also had my first day at my new job. This will be very part time which is just fine with me. It was so weird going back to work. I have not worked outside of the house for somebody in four years. So crazy!! I am excited for this opportunity and can not say enough wonderful things about the owner of the store I will be working in. The staff she has hired also seems wonderful and I can't wait to get to know them. The store started out as our local cloth diaper store. I have bought a large amount of my diapers from there. She has had a dream for well over a year to exand into an eco friendly store. She finally has done it and I am so excited for her. I was approached to work for her last fall so I am so glad it is all coming together. We have had some family changes since with Ari, but we are managing and it is all working out great. The best thing is, kids get to come to work with me. It is wonderful.

Thursday brought my appointment with Dr. Herta the OB I saw with Lilliana. I was driving to my appointment on the freeway and passing a semi. Low and behold a huge softball size rock comes flying at me. It cracked my windshield really good! I have to say Praise The Lord nobody else was around because I know I swerved. It did not help the blood pressure situation but oh well.

My appointment went well. Dr. Herta laughed that I was back to see her. Her words are, "your back to see me so you can try not to deliver with me?" It is rather ironic but the truth. She actually was pleased with how I am doing this time. She says it is a good sign I didn't start having problems until 34 weeks. She also says it is not that bad only borderline. I did discuss the possibility of more kids as honestly, Anthony and I really do not want to be done for good. We do want to wait a bit. The biggest concern has always been my health. She said she would never

say not to have anymore kids because of this. She said this the pattern that it goes and it might come to a point I never get it. All in all it was a good visit. She put me back on medicine which is where things start to get a little fuzzy.

I had to wait two hours in town for my perscription to be filled. So I did the grocery shopping and got home late. Finally got home and took my medicine. It was also warm on Thursday. I also have had a strong desire to clean non stop. I have been spending a lot of time doing that. So I started doing that and about passed out. It is the side effects of the drug. It is frustrating beyond belief. So needless to say it has continued until right now. Right now being 5 in the morning on Sunday. I have not slept all night. Another side effect. Thankfully no more dizzy spells. My body will regulate this medicine at one point but I have felt awful and been pretty useless. I finally got the pictures saved from last week. I also began working on a quilt for Ari. I can't edit at the computer due to swelling. So I have needed something else to create. I started the quilt and have gotten a lot done. I am excited to get it finished. So our whirlwind of a week has ended in a fog. I have gotten a lot of things done in preperation for him though and slowly but surely Anthony and I are crossing things off our list. I just hope I feel better and can really get things done!!!

Last weeks pictures! Friday night I wanted ice cream!!!! I had been craving it so we headed to town and got ice cream! It was wonderful. We went to the park and enjoyed it there and the kids played.

It was a night I realized my kids were growing up. It is so bittersweet. Especially my little girl. She is not my baby anymore! I feel bad because I have been to big to really let her slide like Eli did at this age at the park. He was a daredevil though and climbing up on the big toys before he was a year old! Anthony was there though and he let her slide.

I grabbed Eli to take a couple nice pictures of him as sometimes it is hard to get him to want to.

I come back and apparantly Anthony's help was not good enough for Lilliana. Nope she wanted to do it by herself!!! She had done it once while we were taking pictures and then said, "again" and away she went!

She loves to keep up with Eli and is not going to be left behind if she has her way. Eli also climbed the rock wall for the first time. He always wants to do it but there is no way I can catch him at this point if he were to fall. Thankfully Anthony was there to help

Saturday Anthony had to work. The kids went with Anthony's mom and I enjoyed a nice quiet peaceful house! I have to say it was pretty amazing.

Sunday was another hot day and we pulled out the pool for the first time that afternoon and played.

Lilliana was not too sure and did not really spend much time playing in it. She was more interested in climbing in and out and bouncing on the side.

Eli on the other hand was a fish. He was jumping and playing and loving every minute!

After nap we were out again. This time it included popscicles. I have been eating them for a month. The kids not so much. Eli normally does not like them. He asked for one and as usual didn't really want it. Lilliana loved hers. In fact she cried very hard after Eli threw his on the ground and Kenya started eating it and we would not let her have it.

It was wonderful to play outside and I am sure we will make it out again today and tomorrow as it is supposed to be another hot one!

I also made finger puppets for Eli this past week. He asked for a snowman and caterpiller. Interesting combination. He has enjoyed playing with them all week. We will probably make more. I just have to find different glue because the foam glue I used takes a long time to dry!!

All in all it has been a busy week! I am glad it is busy because it helps the time go by quicker before I deliver! I will regret not getting any sleep tonight and hope I can stay awake in Church today! Hopefully by the end of this week I am feeling better and my body has adjusted to the medicine! Have a wonderful Memorial Day! I know we will be visiting family and relaxing!