Silver Linning

This has been a rough week at our house.

On the Fourth of July, the motor in our furnace broke, which means that no air conditioning can be pumped through our house.  Luckily, M believes as soon as he can get the part, he can fix it.

Then last Saturday I sprained my ankle and the top of my foot.  Sunday & Monday I was on bed rest.  Tuesday I was fitted for a giant boot thing after waiting over an hour and half at the Orthopedic doctor (super thrilled about the whole thing...)  And have spent any time in public explaining what happened and when my due date is, and yes, its good the baby didn't get hurt.  And the boot thing is heavy, and causes my left foot to be about an inch higher than my right (and puts lots of stress of my right side).  I also can't do very much now, so its very frustrating and I feel bad for M, since he has to do everything.

But we've been trying to keep things fun.  Yesterday I took C to dig for treasure at the library, which he really enjoyed.  Then we went to Soergal's to pick blueberries with my youngest brother.  Last night I helped out at my mom's store during the Sewickley Night Market - filming all the kids for our dancing duck contest - you should go vote :)

Its really been getting hard to chase C around, and now its near impossible.  We can't go on walks, and its hard to pick him up from a tantrum.  Anyone have some good tips?

For those of you who are interested...Pregnancy update - 32 Weeks:

-Normal sized baby is 18 inches 4.25 lbs.  I believe this dude is bigger
-M really felt a kick today for the first time (with C he couldn't feel much because the placenta was over my stomach, so this the first real baby kick he's felt in general)
-I can actually see the baby moving, its weird
-We have a scheduled repeat C-Section for September 2nd - Labor Day!  So hopefully bean doesn't try to leave any sooner, as I'm not really mentally prepared to try a VBAC and the doctors estimate my success rate around 50%.  I would much rather have a planned c-section than emergency (planned is safer for me and bean.)  So let's hope he listens!
-Only 7 more to go!

I'll try get a photo later on of how pathetic I look...:)

52 Weeks of Blogging with a purpose: Week 3 - My Life 5 Years From Now

 Thanks to From Mrs to Mama for this idea....and to In This Crazy Life and God Will Fill This Nest for keeping me inspired to keep up with this!

My Life 5 Years From Now...

This is the kind of thing they ask you on a job interview that I've always struggled with, not because I don't have a plan, its just very flexible, and sometimes its nice not knowing where your life is going.

In 5 years, M and I will have just celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. Which is crazy to think about, as I can't believe its already been 4 years, then again I can't really remember what life is like without him either.

C will be turning 7, which means he will either be entering first or second grade (we haven't decided if he should oldest or youngest in his class.)  Bean will be turning 5!  Which is hard to think about when little dude still has two months until birth.  He'll be in preschool, and we'll be facing the same decision about when to start Kindergarten.

I'll be in my mid-thirties, very weird, and maybe by then I will be able to balance it all to do what I really want to do.  I hope to have a fair share of volunteer activities and be a stay-at-home mom.  I think we will be in the same house, since we bought this one with the intention that we could spend the rest of our life in it.  There are two reasons I would consider moving, 1.)Obviously if M was to get a job in another city, 2.) to move to up in the world, assuming M starts making a lot more money (I'm talking about a community where our house would cost easily 3 times as much as our current) and we could find a house with a bit more space (which more money doesn't necessarily mean)).  This is also around the time that we would like to think about baby #3, M and I both agree that we would love to have more kids, but we need a bit of a break, and I am not a mom who would choose to do 3 under 5, I just feel completely overwhelmed by the idea (those of you who are, I give a ton of credit, since I know its not something I could handle.)  Also since I am likely to have a repeat c-section with Bean, I really want to give my body a long period of time to heal.  

In an ideal world, I would love to think we will have all of our student loans paid off in 5 years, but I just don't know how realistic that is.  We're working on getting about 8 small one paid off this year, but the rest are very large and I'm just not sure how feasible that it.

I'll also be driving a car with a third row by this point (but not a mini-van, I refuse to drive one!)  Right now we have a wagon/crossover and it works now, but I know we'll want a third row if another baby k joins us, and I don't know how well these things grow with the family.  M keeps pushing the mini-van idea, but I told him if he wants one, he can drive it.

Also in 5 years I could be teaching my little brother how to drive, who was born the same week I failed my first driving test.  My youngest sister will be graduating from college, and hopefully one of my siblings or M's will make me an Aunt (I can't wait to be an Aunt, you get to do all the cool stuff of being a mom, with being able to hand the baby back when they get cranky!)