Things have been so very busy around here lately. My stepdad has been coming over when he can to help Dave work on the old kitchen. It is really starting to look impressive now! We have some sheetrock and outlets and lights up now. The insulation is almost all done. That seems to take up a whole lot of time.
We have been having a rat infestation in the old kitchen, too. They want our bags of chicken feed! There is really no other "safe" place for us to store them, besides in our house. I don't really care to have the inside of our house look like a general store, though... Dave has been setting traps every night and we have caught FOUR rats so far. Call me odd, but they are kind of cute. If they didn't possibly carry diseases and such, I would consider making them a pet. I know you can get them at pet stores, too, and they don't have diseases. However, with a fourth child on the way, my life holds enough excitement without a pet at this point! It will be nice when the boys are a bit older and we can have a pet that they can be responsible for.
As I type, Dave and the two older boys are driving to the airport to pick up his halfbrother and halfsister who flew in from Alaska. They are coming to help sheetrock/do whatever needs to be done out there and around the house and help take care of the kids and let me get some rest before the baby comes. They will be here until August 30th. I have to admit, it is a hard thing for me to do, although I know it will be most beneficial in the end and I will enjoy their company.
Things are progressing well with my pregnancy. I am now at 36 wks (tomorrow!), and am feeling quite icky. You know that feeling of "Just come on out so life can go on!" This is my first summer baby, so needless to say, Mr. Air Conditioner and I have become close friends! :D The baby is way past the cute little kicking stage and into the kung fu kicking stage. I feel grumpy and hot and huge, even though everyone says I am not. I have also been having quite the pelvic pains, and there doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to them. I get them when I walk, when I stand up, whenever! I do have a support belt I have been wearing, but that only helps so much. I didn't go to church last Sunday, because I had been hurting so much the night before and Dave wanted me to rest! They are actually bad enough that I have to breathe through them. If only it WAS labor!!
Speaking of labor, the hospital that I go to now has installed ONE labor tub. My midwives say it is supposed to be ONLY for labor and that the powers that be would get rather upset if they found out someone intentionally gave birth in it. The midwives also said that a few women have given birth in the tub since they didn't get out in time. Now, I think to my self about how rickety I am with my pelvis and pain and such... I might just get in and not be able to get back out in time. I find my pain escalates so much when they make me get out of the shower and on to the bed to be checked! So, maybe I will have a water birth. Maybe I will have an epidural! It is hard to say right now. All I have to say is, I am not trying to be superwoman at this point. As little pain as possible would be excellent after months of this pain I have now!
So, this is why my dear husband felt that our relatives should come out sooner rather than later. My last labor was extremely exhausting and I had been worn out even beforehand, so he doesn't want that to happen again and neither do I! If his sister can take the boys outside to play and I can take a short rest on the couch, that in and of itself would be heaven! ;)
That is the update from northeastern PA! I probably won't have much time to update this while we have our guests. Have a great summer and I will be sure to update when there is baby news!
