Compared to last week, this week has been quiet. But, sometimes quiet is good, right? We have been home most of the week, I had an ultrasound this morning and that is the first time I've been out all week. I didn't even make it to church Sunday as Kimberly had an eye infection and I stayed home with her in the morning and Peter ended up with a really bad migraine at night and I was not comfortable leaving him with kids when he was puking every time he stood up. He was in bed at about 5/5:30, so the kids and I ate an early supper and they were all in bed by 7:30! I was able to have a nice quiet evening, although I missed Peter's company. Monday he still wasn't feeling 100% but managed to eat a little and get some tire work done outside.
Wednesday I had the other girls from Edmonton who married Grand Rapids area men over for coffee, and we had a good visit. My boys were so excited to have boys over to play with, and they got along pretty well. Pam wasn't able to make it because Dakota was sick, but we're hoping to do it again soon before the 3 babies due in February arrive. :) I love the fact that we're due so close together! It's going to make for some really fun times down the road, me thinks. :)
This morning I had my ultrasound, but only found out that baby was breech now... I'll find out more about "due dates" on Monday when I see the Dr. I still have the feeling the baby won't be here until the first week of March, and until then I'm not going to consider induction. My Dr also has me checking my blood sugars just to see where they're at, even though I passed the glucose test by a good margin. He's skeptical because of my past history of having GD. So far, I've had a couple higher numbers than what they'd like, but I'm not too worried because I know I'm eating healthy and it's just once in a while I get a high one, they're not consistently high.
I'm looking forward to Lucas' ENT appointment in a couple weeks, as he's still complaining about sore ears and whining and crying a lot with really no apparent reason. I try to just let it go, but after hours of hearing it, it starts getting to your nerves. I love it when his ears feel better and he's able to communicate a lot better.
That's about all the news for now... Gotta get supper started so we're actually eating on time. I'm headed out for an evening of shopping with Chantelle tonight, and REALLY looking forward to it! :)

Wow! What a lot can change in a week!

VERY excited today to share that my dear sister Pam who has been on strict bed rest for 20 weeks is HOME and NOT on bed rest!!! May God be praised for the wonderful change in her previa! She no longer has any previa and has been cleared to go ahead and wait for her baby to be ready to come on his own. She doesn't even have to see the high risk doctors anymore! Last week we didn't think there was any chance of her going home without a baby, but wow, things sure can change! She is up and about, looking really good, but tires out really quickly due to the amount of muscle tone she lost in the last 20 weeks. Chantelle is there with her now to help out with Dakota when he gets home on Thursday and for a while after baby is born. She is allowed to stay here until Mom and Dad come in March, so she'll also be here when our baby is born to help out. We're hoping that because she'll be here, we won't have to farm out the kids either. :)

We also had a follow-up appointment for Lucas to check his ears, and even after being on antibiotics for 10 days,  he has too much fluid, so we have been referred to an Ear, Nose, Throat specialist and are looking at the possibility of getting tubes put in. That appointment isn't until the end of this month, and I'm hoping that we can get the surgery (if it's deemed necessary) done before this baby comes. I'm REALLY hoping that he starts feeling better and acting more like himself again. Right now, his hearing is a concern because of the amount of fluid, and we know that having to repeat yourself 4-5 times to get him to hear you is not normal, neither is him talking really loudly all the time, or being really whiny and crying a lot. His doctor said that if we think he has an ear infection just to call and he'll order the prescription without us having to make a trip in to see him. I'm praying it doesn't happen, but with the amount of fluid, I would not be surprised either if it did. When his eardrum burst, we were actually dealing with the "real" Lucas for a couple days. He was happy, playing nice and not saying "What mom?" constantly. I don't want him to have to burst an eardrum for him to finally feel good, so if the dr thinks the tubes will be a help, I'll be happy to have him "back" for longer than 2 days. :)

That's about all the news for now. It's already been a busy week and it's only Tuesday, so I'm not sure if I'm going to mess up Kimberly's nap time 3 days in a row tomorrow to go to Ladies Bible Study, as much as I'd love to go. There might only be one or 2 more that I'm able to make before the baby is born, so I'll have to see how the kids are when they get up tomorrow morning.

Hope you all are having a good week so far, and continue to have a good one!