update

Hello everyone! Haven't blogged in awhile so I thought I better get my butt on here and do so. The kids started church camp this week and loved their first day. Hopefully today will go just as well. Kyle was NOT excited about going yesterday and I even had to make a deal with him to get him to go. I told him that he had to give me 2 full days of attending and then if after 2 days he really didn't like it he wouldn't have to finish out the week. I wasn't about to let him make up his mind after just one day so that's why I required 2 days out of him. I knew he'd be hooked after 2 days. I picked him up yesterday and asked if he had fun. He was enthusiastic and said yes. His comment was "I thought we would just sit around and talk about God ALL day but we didn't. We did fun stuff too!" I had to chuckle. Attending this camp is good for him and he doesn't even know it. It's like sneaking veggies into their supper without them tasting it. :)

We had a fun 4th of July. It rained most of the day but that didn't stop the parade. Kyle was in it for Cub Scouts again. I felt bad for all the people in the parade who were getting rained on. Jenevieve had a few different 4th of July outfits to choose from but all of them were sleeveless and suitable for normal July weather. Too bad we didn't have normal July weather. It was COLD! She wore a sweater over her dress and later had to put pants on. I wore jeans and a t-shirt to the fireworks. So unusual. Usually we sweat our butts off. lol We went to Grand Mound around 7 pm and waited for the fireworks. The kids had fun with sparklers and were incredibly well behaved this year. Kyle loved the fireworks like always and Jenevieve enjoyed them but doesn't like the loud ones or the firebomb things. After like 3 fireworks she came up to me and sad she was tired and wanted to go lay down in the van. I was like seriously??? We waited all night for this and now that it's started you want to sleep??? lol She stuck it out though and stayed up until the drive home. :)

Pregnancy update:
Well, I'm now 30 weeks and 4 days into this pregnancy. I was cruising right along and feeling quite well until lately. It's like a switch was flipped and all of a sudden all of the pregnancy aches & pains have set in. As well as the return of crazy hormones that make me want to cry & have temper tantrums. Gotta love it. Sleeping has become a challenge and I get crampy a lot. Lots of Braxton Hicks too which I'm not enjoying since I never had them with the first two kiddos. I told Jason last night that I've been feeling so torn lately. I want to enjoy every moment of this pregnancy knowing that it very well might be my last and yet I'm ready for it to be over so that I can meet Josh. He's moving like mad today and I know I'll miss this feeling. It's what I missed so much after Kyle & Jenevieve were born. I have a dr. appointment mid month and I'm going to ask the doctor if he can tell how the baby is laying. I have a feeling the little guy is laying sideways across my belly instead of up & down. I'm wondering if that's why everything has felt SO different from the first 2 pregnancies. I only get kicks on my left side and pushing on my right. And whenever I try to sit or bend it's like having a brick in my belly with sharp right edges. Hurts like heck!

Here's a pic of my 30 week belly. No new stretch marks yet but my marks from the first two didn't show up until after they were born so I know I'm not out of the woods yet.





I took my 2nd glucose test and didn't hear anything so I'm assuming it was fine. They usually only call if the results are bad. I'm REALLY relieved about that. I'm really curious to see how much weight I've gained. (nope, I don't own a scale) I feel like I'm doing a pretty good job at keeping it under control this time but I want to know what the numbers say. Jason has a REALLY old scale out in the garage for weighing his scrap metal junk so I went and stood on that and it read what I weighed a month ago so I'm guessing it's a tad off! lol

The house projects are STILL dragging on. The bathroom is finally finished minus a few touch ups and baseboard. The baby's room is started. Drywall has been hung and the first coat of mud was put on and sanded. Now it's waiting for another coat of mud. Jason also got his step-brother over here to start wrapping the windows that were put in a couple summers ago. About time! The aluminum that goes around them blew off the window in our bedroom during the very first storm we had after it was put on. That construction crew did such a crappy job with everything here. So Mike's been here fixing it all up. He only got that one window done so far but it looks really nice. I think he's supposed to come back this afternoon and work on them again.

I'm anxious to start painting the baby's room and get everything all set up. I'm majorly lacking energy these days so I hope Jason hurry's up and gets that room done so I can start in there.

Well, I need to get over to True Value and chat with Billie Jo about getting new cell phones and renewing our plan, etc. We haven't gotten new phones in years. Jason's took a little dip in the river on Sunday and now it's a tad pissed off. lol Have a great day everyone!!!!