Been a while...

I guess it's been a while again since I last posted, so here's the run down of the last couple weeks since being back home. The day after arriving home we just kinda hung around the house. On the Wednesday, I had a prenatal dr appointment and I am liking this dr more and more still! :) Everything looks really good, I feel pretty good and because I passed my glucose test, I will more than likely not have any more ultrasounds. Some people might want more, but I prefer to not deal with the extra appointments or the time just to hear that everything is good. I also found out that he will not even start talking about inducing until I'm 42+ weeks, so that was reassuring to hear for me, as I tend to go overdue and would much rather things start on their own.
Thursday I had another dr appointment, this time with my thyroid specialist, and basically he asked how I'm feeling and did a blood draw. Seemed to be a waste of time to even go, as my regular dr could easily ask me the same questions and order the same blood draws. I'm going to ask to just have my dr take care of that for now except maybe once or twice a year for a follow-up with the specialist. I took Daniel with me that day and we went for craft supplies on the way home and then for lunch just the 2 of us. I think he enjoyed that special time together, as we don't seem to get that often enough.
Since then, it's been pretty much the same old, same old. Chantelle is here and has been a huge help with the kids, giving me time and freedom to run to the store alone in the middle of the day, or get a little snooze in the afternoon. I'm gonna miss her when she has to leave, that's for sure!
We have also gotten used to having a trained dog in the house! lol He has fit into our family so well, it's hard to remember what it was like without him. Kimberly gets so giddy everytime she sees him and the boys pay him a lot of attention. He seems to have attached himself to Chantelle, as she can't hardly sit down without him jumping on her lap. He's really well behaved in the house, barking only when someone knocks on the door, and outside he has to be tied, or he will take off, but we've only had to chase him a few times, so it's not so bad. I like when he's outside and someone pulls in the driveway, I always know because he'll bark out an alarm. But the best part? We have had NO accidents in the house to clean!!! :)
I have made it up to the hospital to see Pam 3 times already since we've been back, twice with Chantelle and once with Peter, (his first time seeing her since August, I think... really sad, I know) and will probably be back up there again this week with Chantelle. I think there are a lot of people ready to meet the little one who has caused so much trouble. :) Pam is sooo ready to get home to her hubby and little boy, and I don't think I can blame her one bit! I don't know that I'd be able to have endured 19 weeks of strict bed rest as well as she has. We are thankful that she has now made it to 35 weeks and everything looks as good as can be expected at this point.
Christmas day was a different one here. Lucas was up all night (until about 5:30) with what appears to be an extremely bad ear infection. His ear drum burst at some point, we're thinking shortly before 5:30 and he was finally able to stop crying and get some sleep. Peter and I were finally able to fall asleep at that point as well, and slept in, so we missed church. I called the dr office after hours first thing and he prescribed a stronger antibiotic and we finally found a pharmacy that was open at about 4:30... I was thankful we didn't have plans to go anywhere or have anyone over as we probably would have canceled. He has an appointment on Monday to discuss where we go from here, if it's going to be tubes, so we'll have to see what the dr thinks. I really hope we can avoid more ear infections for him. We also got his allergy panel results back. He's allergic to egg whites, so we have to try avoid them if possible. I asked how severe his allergy was and she said that they like the numbers to be .35 or lower and his was at .99, so my guess would be he's moderately allergic? He has never had a reaction to eggs and he loves to eat them, so we'll see how this goes. 
Well, that pretty much sums up what we've been up to, and we're having a few of Chantelle's friends over this afternoon, so time to get the kitchen and bathroom cleaned, and the kiddos some lunch. Hope you all had a Blessed Christmas and have a wonderful New Year!!