So I have a sick day without being sick. Not such a bad thing, but I only have 6 to use this semester and today is number 3. Plus the last day of school is May 20th and my due date is May 23...hope I make it!
I haven't posted for a while. Life I guess. We have been busy preparing for the new addition by rearranging furniture ownership. We bought ourselves a nice new queen size bed, along with some dressers and a headboard on craigslist (I am now completely obsessed with craigslist by the way. It is probably good that site is blocked at school!). So our bed and dressers will move (have already actually) to Jude's room and Jude's crib and dresser will move to the new baby's room. Jude is still sleeping in the crib though. Not sure how to go about that transition. So far he thinks the big bed is just for playing and jumping on. Plus there is always the problem of him not staying there, never getting to sleep, and of course falling off! Maybe we'll try it this weekend. Today Gil is picking up paint for the new nursery and some boards to finish the shelves he is building for storage in the basement. It will be nice to finally get everything out and put in place. We are still also waiting on our woodwork to get finished in the new room and closet.
In the midst of all of this, our washing machine took a turn for the worse. It doesn't shift cycles and doesn't spin correctly. So today I have a toddler throwing up and no working washing machine (not to mention the massive piles of laundry we have already been accumulating)! I did manage to find a good deal on a couple of front loaders on craigslist as well. We are hoping to go pick all of our new craigslist purchases in Omaha this weekend, but are leery of the predicted rain for Sunday. I just want to do laundry!!! I will have to post pics of all of our new rooms and purchases when we finally get things under control around here.
This past weekend Gil and I were able to take part in another Briar Cliff Antioch weekend. We had a great group of college students and had a lot of fun (despite the fact that I had to sleep on an air mattress while 7 months pregnant!). Jude got to be with my parents Friday and part of Saturday and with John and Carolyn the rest of Saturday and Sunday. He LOVES his nanas and popas and didn't miss us a bit (although I did miss him a little!). I love being able to share in Gil's job as campus minister at these retreats. It is also such a nice time to get away and do something completely different...not to mention focus on God!
What else? Well, I feel like we are going to be so busy that April is almost over before it begins! Every weekend is almost packed. That means baby will be here before we know it. For those of you who don't get to see me often, I can assure you I look very very pregnant. Hard to believe there could be 8 weeks left in there! She is a mover and a shaker and lets me know she is around! The quilt is still under construction. I have it pinned and am going to begin quilting the layers next week. I just hope I don't ruin it! I think I've also been getting into nesting mode because I found a few other crafts to put together and want to just go buy everything I'm going to need today. I have done a little online shopping this morning, but have so far refrained from any impulse buying!
I need to change our main picture on here because despite the recent snow falls we've had in March, the fairly warm weather allows it to melt away fast. Almost no snow right now!!! I have spring fever and want warm weather NOW!
