The Week Ahead
Well, good Monday morning to y'all. It's a rainy, rainy start to our day here today but I can't complain because it has not rained in at least two weeks I think? Must be some kind of record for Wales- two weeks without rain?!?! January is my least favorite month of the year here, although it's my birthday month, that's about all I can find to look forward to! Ha. It seems to be the darkest, dreariest (is that a word?) month ever and I'm always glad to see it pass. February is usually a bit brighter and then by March you might start to feel like a normal person again once the daylight returns. So, not that I want to wish my time away, but the birth of our baby will hopefully keep my thoughts away from how yucky it can be this time of year!
In other baby news, I thought Saturday night might be the real deal and Baby Girl would make her appearance. After a few hours laying flat on the couch and resting, things stopped for which I was so grateful. I'm all for not going to my full 40 weeks, but I'm 36 weeks now and have to make it to 37 weeks so I can be in the midwife led unit at the hospital. I won't go tell you all the horror things I've read and heard about the consultants (doctors) floor at the hospital- which is where I had Cerys. There is still a chance I would end up there though if I need a c-section (hopefully not likely) and/or any of other complication arises. I will see my midwife on Wednesday hopefully and then if I can just make it till midnight next Saturday I'll be happy to see Baby Girl! Of course after all this action, she will probably wait and come at 42 weeks. :) Which is highly possible since there is not really a high induction rate in this country. Ugh. Please Lord, no.The girls are getting excited about Baby Sister's arrival- whether they actually know how much their world is about to change! Cerys is talking non-stop (no surprise there!) about how she is going to help me by bringing me nappies and wipes. I'm sure that will last one day! Sweet Bailey likes to talk to my tummy and stroke it and then she begins to sniff and meow like a cat, so I'm not real sure what that is all about! :)This weekend we received word that one of our dear friends in Pontypool where we lived previously had passed away. When we first moved there, the precious people in Pontypool just took us under their wings and truly became family to us. They were all like grandparents to us and always looked after us. (You have to know that this church was a small group- when we moved there, maybe 20 people? And we were by far the youngest!)
Ron and Jen were one of the first couples we met when we came to visit a few months before moving. They have always been supportive of us and never missed sending us a birthday card (for each of us) and Christmas card every year. Even while we were back in Texas. We can always recognize Ron's famous handwriting on the card before we even open it. Last year Jen was diagnosed with cancer and was soon in remission. We have seen them several times over the last two years of being back in Wales, but we got word that she was back in the hospital over Christmas and was really ill. We are heart broken, although we know Jen is singing with her beautiful voice with the angels right now and in the presence of Jesus. We are heart broken for Ron, who was by her side every day for all the years they were married- I don't even know how many years, but trust me, it was a LOT of years! He played the piano every Sunday at the church we lived above and we could always here him early on Sunday's through the floor just playing away! He is such a jolly fellow. If you think of it today, please pray for Ron. I'm hoping there will be a service this week in Pontypool and I'm able to attend. I want to hug his sweet neck and let him know that we will not stop praying for him. I will miss seeing them together, they were always so funny. I remember him telling me about how they met and that they would go dancing every weekend. Hehehe.Jesus, be near Ron.
This is Jen, holding Bailey. And Ron behind her with a cheeky look on his face.On my agenda this week-
*more rest (boring)- we decided I over did it the end of this week and weekend.*finish making a Boppy. I made a trial one last night and it was a bit too small so I will try again!
*I'm in the middle of two knitting projects- those ballet shoes I wrote about here and the ballerina cardigan wrap on the cover of the first book. I've already pulled the sweater out several times, so if I ever actually finish it and it looks like a sweater then I'll be pleased.*Try and make a few meals that I can freeze- the trouble is that our freezer is the size of a dorm fridge if you remember, so I'm not even sure I will able to do this one.And, last but not least-
When did my babies grow up?
I should explain this one. We were looking at some photo albums of when Cerys was born this weekend. Because she spent a week in the NICU, all her first pictures are of her with her oxygen and feeding tubes in her nose. She has seen these pictures many times, but she always likes to look at them. Yesterday morning before church, she came into my room with this necklace on her face and said, "Mommy look, I look my baby pictures!"What a long and rambling post.
In other baby news, I thought Saturday night might be the real deal and Baby Girl would make her appearance. After a few hours laying flat on the couch and resting, things stopped for which I was so grateful. I'm all for not going to my full 40 weeks, but I'm 36 weeks now and have to make it to 37 weeks so I can be in the midwife led unit at the hospital. I won't go tell you all the horror things I've read and heard about the consultants (doctors) floor at the hospital- which is where I had Cerys. There is still a chance I would end up there though if I need a c-section (hopefully not likely) and/or any of other complication arises. I will see my midwife on Wednesday hopefully and then if I can just make it till midnight next Saturday I'll be happy to see Baby Girl! Of course after all this action, she will probably wait and come at 42 weeks. :) Which is highly possible since there is not really a high induction rate in this country. Ugh. Please Lord, no.The girls are getting excited about Baby Sister's arrival- whether they actually know how much their world is about to change! Cerys is talking non-stop (no surprise there!) about how she is going to help me by bringing me nappies and wipes. I'm sure that will last one day! Sweet Bailey likes to talk to my tummy and stroke it and then she begins to sniff and meow like a cat, so I'm not real sure what that is all about! :)This weekend we received word that one of our dear friends in Pontypool where we lived previously had passed away. When we first moved there, the precious people in Pontypool just took us under their wings and truly became family to us. They were all like grandparents to us and always looked after us. (You have to know that this church was a small group- when we moved there, maybe 20 people? And we were by far the youngest!)
Ron and Jen were one of the first couples we met when we came to visit a few months before moving. They have always been supportive of us and never missed sending us a birthday card (for each of us) and Christmas card every year. Even while we were back in Texas. We can always recognize Ron's famous handwriting on the card before we even open it. Last year Jen was diagnosed with cancer and was soon in remission. We have seen them several times over the last two years of being back in Wales, but we got word that she was back in the hospital over Christmas and was really ill. We are heart broken, although we know Jen is singing with her beautiful voice with the angels right now and in the presence of Jesus. We are heart broken for Ron, who was by her side every day for all the years they were married- I don't even know how many years, but trust me, it was a LOT of years! He played the piano every Sunday at the church we lived above and we could always here him early on Sunday's through the floor just playing away! He is such a jolly fellow. If you think of it today, please pray for Ron. I'm hoping there will be a service this week in Pontypool and I'm able to attend. I want to hug his sweet neck and let him know that we will not stop praying for him. I will miss seeing them together, they were always so funny. I remember him telling me about how they met and that they would go dancing every weekend. Hehehe.Jesus, be near Ron.
This is Jen, holding Bailey. And Ron behind her with a cheeky look on his face.On my agenda this week-
*more rest (boring)- we decided I over did it the end of this week and weekend.*finish making a Boppy. I made a trial one last night and it was a bit too small so I will try again!
*I'm in the middle of two knitting projects- those ballet shoes I wrote about here and the ballerina cardigan wrap on the cover of the first book. I've already pulled the sweater out several times, so if I ever actually finish it and it looks like a sweater then I'll be pleased.*Try and make a few meals that I can freeze- the trouble is that our freezer is the size of a dorm fridge if you remember, so I'm not even sure I will able to do this one.And, last but not least-
When did my babies grow up?
I should explain this one. We were looking at some photo albums of when Cerys was born this weekend. Because she spent a week in the NICU, all her first pictures are of her with her oxygen and feeding tubes in her nose. She has seen these pictures many times, but she always likes to look at them. Yesterday morning before church, she came into my room with this necklace on her face and said, "Mommy look, I look my baby pictures!"What a long and rambling post.