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...:)