We got to see out little one last Wednesday. She weighed 3 lb 11 oz (only 8 more weeks to go!). We got a picture of her face and it strangely looks like her eyes are open. It is kind of bizarre. My placenta has made no more progress and is still blocking the birth canal. We go back on April 29 to see if it has moved. If not, my doctor is going to schedule a c-section. It will probably be 1-2 weeks before our due date on June 17 just to make sure I don’t go into natural labor and bleed to death (what good times). If she comes any earlier than this we are in trouble for more than one reason…..please keep reading.
Other than that things are somewhat hectic. Karlis came home from hockey (thank you God) a couple of weeks ago. He brought a couple of friends with him to help rip up all the carpet in our 4 bedrooms, a hallway and 2 sets of staircases. The carpet was put there by the previous owners when the house was built. It was in ok shape but with a zoo that lives in our house it needed to be changed for a higher quality and something a little darker. So we are currently living on the living room floor because the new carpet was just ordered today. Our bed right now consists of somewhat of a thick mattress so getting up and down is not all that bad. Dad did come up and help for a couple of days so that helped a bunch. We are hoping to have the carpet laid by tomorrow afternoon so we can somewhat return our house to normal and move all the furniture back to the bedrooms (the furniture is currently taking up our entire living room and bonus room). Our bedroom will still be a work in progress because we went ahead and bought a king size mattress but have no king size bed. So add that to the list of things to do before we can even move back into our room. Also, bad thing is when you rip up that much old carpet things seem to just fly into the air. Our entire house is in dire need of a deep cleaning. Mess has just spread all over the place. Problem with cleaning is that I have managed to pinch a nerve in my back when I was trying to find my feet and put socks on. I somewhat look like an acrobatic act that people might pay to see in a circus when finding my feet. Looks like it will be sandals from here on out. So in addition to really being no help around the house in the moving furniture area I am now completely no help and actually have to be somewhat looked after. About every 10 steps the nerve throws a fit and my left leg gives out and I moan, groan or scream in pain. I sound like someone with Tourette's syndrome. I called my doctor and of course the only things I can do is take Tylenol and rest. Unfortunately, rest is out of the question right now. On top of all this Karlis flies to Detroit on Thursday – Sunday to coach some hockey games (my mom will be coming up and help me since my back is gone) and he is trying to finish up some classes he took this semester before he leaves. Well my good old husband is somewhat of a procrastinator when it comes to school work. Ok, a complete procrastinator. So we are trying to do a semester’s worth of assignments in a few days and have that turned in before he leaves on Thursday. This also just happens to still be my busiest time at work (budget for next school year, grants to be done for stimulus money for equipment, commodity and food bids for next year, closing out with one food distributor and starting with another one, end of year awards banquet, RFP’s, etc.) so most days I really feel like I am sinking. The baby’s room has been painted and the carpet will go down in a couple of days but that is the extent of baby stuff that has been done. Everything we have gotten to this point is piled in a corner of the living room. All her clothes have to be washed, the closet in that bedroom has to be completely cleaned out, the crib has to be brought up from Alabama (she will be using the one that my sister, cousin, nephew, family friends and myself was raised in), the room has to be somewhat decorated, etc. etc. etc.
This really isn’t a gripe session it is just what is going on in my life right now. Although, I would love to have the house completely ready for the arrival of our baby, enough time to rest my back and time to write on our blog….those things just aren’t happening at this point. We will get there, just not yet.
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