I have been against being induced simply because I believe my body should know better than myself when it is ready to have the baby, but now 3 out of 4 times we have had good reason to go ahead and do it anyway. I really don't want to do it this time around, but the concern is that the baby is going to be big again, and we really don't think it is a good idea to have another 10lb baby. We stewed with the doctor to find a good time to schedule being induced and of course there weren't any real convenient times for him other than Tuesday the 2nd. I'm excited to have a date set and know that I don't have to endure much longer, but now I have other concerns. Besides the fact that it seems rather early to me, my whole family is on antibiotics. We have fevers, coughs, conjunctivitis, and sinus infections going around. Do I really want to choose to bring a baby into this environment? I've managed to be the only one lucky enough not to catch anything, but the chances look pretty good that I could be sick by Tuesday as well. My thoughts are to just go with it, so I hope I'm making the right choice (and not just a selfish one). Wish us luck and hopefully the next time I post there will be a picture of our new little one with good reports of delivery and health for us all.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Fire Station
Dani's preschool class went to the fire station today on a field trip. They got to sit in the driver's seat, try on the big heavy coat, and learn all about fire safety.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Dried Apples
This is what we've been doing all week. We tried getting some apples at the church orchard, but I couldn't believe the masses of people there. If you weren't there 10 minutes before opening, you didn't get any. My wonderful in-laws instead went out of their way and brought us almost 2 bushels from another orchard. Last year we happened upon a dehydrator and some cheap apples that we would never be able to eat all of, so we decided to try out drying apples. I was amazed that the children who would not eat fresh apples devoured the dry ones (loaded with cinnamon sugar of course)and they were gone way too fast. This year we got more apples and we spent 5 days peeling, coring, and slicing apples. This included 2 dehydrators running at the same time. Hopefully these will last us throughout the year. We also had a lot of friends over to babysit and are glad to help out where needed.
I woke up one night this week about 4 weeks prior to my due date convinced I would go into labor and couldn't sleep because I started thinking about all the things I needed to finish. About half of these are just things I want to finish, but the next day I got a move on and now the kids are packed, I'm halfway packed, the apples are done and my Disney World scrapbook is finished (mostly - I still have finishing touches). I'm almost to the point now where I can go into labor without feeling too unprepared. We still need to bring some things down from the attic and I wouldn't mind having a clean organized house, but that might be a lost cause anyway. On a good note, after over a month of the pain in my leg that I thought wouldn't go away until after delivery, somehow it dissappeared and I'm walking fairly normal again. Don't ask me how it happened because I didn't change anything, but I'm glad to not have to deal with that through this last month which is usually trying enough. Thanks to those who were concerned for me.
