Lovely...

Well I may not be going to the pulminologist.  Rainee currently has a fever of 101.5.  And is miserable.  We thought she was a wee bit hot at the lake, and was clingy.   But it WAS hot, so we didn't put two and two together.  It would be really nice if it was heat exhaustion and not her getting sick.....

I put her in the lake to cool her down (sat her on my lap at the edge)  and was lightly cupping water over her.  And she started crying.  She LOVES the water.  

Woo hoo I'm under the 100 day mark until this baby appears....**points at countdown on top of blog**

I'm grumpy today.  Over did it yesterday.  Not like I had a choice.

But at least I found the cake mixes.  All the groceries got unloaded and no cake mixes.  The last thing I wanted was to go back to the store.  But I found it along side a seat where it had fallen. 

Rob made the cakes this morning, and will ice them in a couple hours.   Just before we leave.

Laundry is mostly caught up again.  And now I'm gonna go take a nap, so I can pretend to enjoy the birthday party this afternoon.

Rob picked up another shift this week.  So he's gonna get almost 30 hours.   Things continue to look better.

I splurged and spent $4.00 on embroidery thread.  (Couldn't find mine.)  And am working on a blanket for the baby.  (Had the pattern already.)  It feels good to haave something to keep my hands busy.

Kaylin is miserable this morning (asthma)  and making everybody else miserable.    She's so rarely cranky that oy is it hard to deal with. 

And I'm gonna go hide for awhile. 

I'm here...

What an incredibly long day. 

I'm sooooooooooooooooooo ready for bed!  This is the first time I sat all day.  I couldn't make an intelligent r/p post tonight to save my neck...

Rob had 50 hours of leave donated to him!!!

Things aren't going to be quite as tight after all.

I spent too much money on the party favors.  But tis ok I spent less on other things.  

I now have to pack the party bags and then I can put the kids to bed...and then I'm gonna sleep in front of the tv until the kids are truely asleep.

Have a day all!

Good morning,

Its gorgeous today.  *cheers*  We got to go up to the lake yesterday.  *more cheers*  It looks like we're gonna get a bit of summer again after all. 

Rainee had a rough night.  Her second or third one.  The good news (if such a thing can be construed as "good")  is that her desaturations were due to her pulling off the oxygen rather then like the other two nights.   The other two nights it just was.     So at 2:30 am I woke up enough to find band-aids etc and got her cannula etc on.

As a result I'm dragging.  (big suprise eh? )

Rob is getting ready for work.  It just all feels rather weird.  Of course before he can go to work I have to drag him back into the doctors one last time.   As he needs a slightly different worded note to get him back.....

Zeria woke up in a BAD mood.  I'm fed up with it and its 8:22 in the morning.   She's been in a bad mood since I announced she could have her birthday party.  I'm not entirely sure whats up with that.

The irony in stupid conversations came up with that.  After church she was kibitzing.   And everything Kaylin said was apparently wrong in her eyes.   I finally looked at Zeria and said.  "You know I don't *have* to have a birthday party for you."    Kaylin pipes up in the back, "Mom you can't do that."   And Zeria in her extremely contrary attitude informs me.  "I can cancel my birthday party if I want to!"

Rob and I were left truely speechless.

As for assine conversations two and three, they came from Samuel.   We were headed last night to pick up a automatic from my bil whose lending it to Rob.  "We've got to go get Uncle Tony's car."  I inform the kids for the fifth or sixth time.  Samuel pauses.  "Whose Uncle Tony?"   Uncle Tony has been around him since before he was born.   "Jonathan's daddy?"  I said with a funny tone in my voice.  And he's like "Oh yeah."

(Whatever.)

And then 30 seconds later.  "But, what I can't figure out is who Ericka's daddy is."  (my brother, whom we are with a LOT).  

Bangs head on table.  I guess its time to have a family 101 class.

Okies, so gotta go get the laundry going.  Its filled just have to add soap, and turn stuffies on.  This is my way of making sure that Sam didn't screw up too badly.  That and I really don't want him trashing the washing machine. 

Have a great day all

Ya know I'd *almost* be willing to let them slide down the stairs.....If they'd actually check to make sure no one is coming up first.

Rainee and Mari have been knocked flying one too many times....never mind the times the toy box took them out as it zoomed down the stairs.  Its a wonder they haven't broken their heads, arms, legs.

And we have a trampoline....didn't work.  *sniggers madly*

Everybody's ready for church and DH and I didn't kill each other.....although we came close.  *blushing*

We have GOT to stop having Carb's for breaky.  It turns us into monsters.   But protein is hard work.....

Theory is we're headed for church in a little bit.  And summer appears to be back....though I must admit it feels a lot more like fall then summer.  *sigh*  I wasn't ready for it to go.

My mom came back from Joyce Daze exhausted.  Samuel only lost his money once...I was rather amazed.    The teenager that took Zeria forgot to feed her...so she got lunch at 3:30.  (oops)   I *think* they had fun......and the three youngest collapsed on the window seat for inpromptu naps shortly after they got back.  

They all slept like rocks last night too.  *cheers* for a quiet night.

Except DH...he kept dreaming nobody would give him his pain killers.  To wake up and realize he was in pain. 

I am looking preggers all of a sudden.   Its rather encouraging.  Its much better then just looking fatter then normal. 

And I may have mastered a new sleeping position...as I've been aching in bed at night.  So I found the right combination of pillows, and blankets...I hope. 

I'm ready for my husband to go to work.

I love him, but space is a good thing once and a while.  *wicked grin*   And I'm ready for a wee bit of it.  Shoot I'd just like to be all by myself for a wee bit.  Not a long time.  Just ya know a hour or two?  Nobody touching me.  NOBODY. 

Its a nice dream.

We're finally gonna pull off Zeria's belated birthday party.  I just have to get really creative about a party favor.  The cake is a easy thing.  But money is scarce and some idiot parent a long time ago decided their had to be party favors at every birthday.  I'd like to wring that parents neck.......

So guess I'll hit the dollar store and see what I can find.....And pray hard!

Its always harder to enforce a parenting rule when you knew you broke it as a child and it was just so much dang fun.

Examples;

Jumping on the couch;

Sliding down the stairs;

In Mari's words.  Its just kinda doofy.  (goofy)  But ya know doofy is just so much more descriptive.  *snickers*

Kids are going with my parents to Joyce Daze today.  (Our local towns festival)   We had told them they couldn't go as mommy can't walk, and daddy can't even more.  And it involves quite a bit of walking.  My mom was here during that conversation and called a couple days later and volunteered.

She's gonna be one tired lady when she gets back.....Its a good thing she has three teenagers to help.  *snicker*

So my kids for working so hard taking care of mommy and daddy are each going to be given $2.00 to spend all by themselves.   There's some trinkety kind of things they can buy.     I'm glad I don't have to help them make those decisions.......

What are we going to do?  Probably just enjoy the quiet house.  We talked about going and getting doughnuts...(ya know a whole dollar spent.)  But Robs talking about just being quiet.  We'll see how it goes.  I have a sneaking suspicion I'll take him for a little drive.  He gets rather bad cabin fever rather quickly....

He's managing to be upright for great parts of the day so I think work will go okay.     It will be intresting learning to live on half of Rob's income for the next 4 weeks......

Actually I think we'll be okay.   We didn't blow the adoption respite fund.  We have it completely saved.   So I think if we're very very careful we will manage.   And in the back of our heads we know we have a $1,000 credit line if we have to pinch into it.   But we really, really, really don't want to. 

On Thursday I have to take Rainee to the pulminologist.  Rob will stay home with the other kiddos.   And I will jump the Geo to drive.  Its been sitting for a month, so I seriously doubt it will start.    I'm trying to master cutting corners on that trip.  I seriously considered driving around.  But that means almost 10 hours in the car for Rainee and I...and I don't think I could do it.    Let alone survive Rainee in the process.

So I guess we'll scrap up the money for the ferrys.  *growls*    Fortunately its two days after payday.  (Such as payday will be.)   So we'll do it.  I really wish I could cancel, but it takes three months to get an apointment and I do NOT want to do one two days before the baby is due. 

Other then that life is just tripping along. 

And so ya know your bored when...

Your husband starts putting your daughters baby doll in weird places just to make you laugh.

All day Rainee's been bringing me baby and telling me baby poopy.   Or baby cryin.

I'm rather tired of baby.

So nooooooooow.  DH is doing it.   Why?  Cause there's only so many things you can do on a rainy day......

Beats him with a wet noodle.

Wait he'd like that way too much.  (blush)

Morning;

Summer has apparently left, and the rainy season is here.

Its coming down in huge buckets full.  

I'm so hoping summer hasn't really left, and God's just wetting the forest down so it doesn't burn down.

In the meantime its rather damp and dark feeling in here.  And the only light in the living room blew out.  This doesn't sound like a big deal.  Except its 12 feet up.  And Rob isn't exactly climbing ladders.   And the ladder is up behind the shed.     Guess I'm gonna go play super woman.

Or enjoy the dark.  I'm gonna go look at the ladder, and if it looks like it will bite me I think I'll call my mom and see if she's headed to town today.......

We're all rather depressed by the rain.  But we DID need it...so trying to fight that.

My mom is taking all the kids on Saturday to Joyce Daze.  We'll get a break.  I'm counting the minutes.

On the good news front.  Rainee and all the wee kidlets slept in until 7:30.  This is a new record I think.

And Rob got up and made the kiddos breakfast so I got to sleep in.  He's trying to spend two hours up right to make sure he *can* go back to work on Monday.  He made it an hour 45 minutes today.  snicker.

He also went for a "baby" walk on crutches yesterday.  It was our main adventure for the day.   We got precisely 70 feet from our property and turned back.   Kids enjoyed it although were a wee bit miffed we didn't go farther.

I need to start doing school again...but haven't found the energy. 

And oy...if my kids fight over their pennies one more time I'm gonna burn them...or conviscate them, or...

*sigh* 

How cool.

I admit I was struggling and just as I hit submit on the blog a mom of a big family in our church stopped by. 

She had a HUGE box of snack foods.  Graham crackers, fishy crackers, ritz crackers, gogurts, crackers and cheeze, juice boxes, a treasure chest I declare.   Snacks are the thing we were running low on...not out...just making me worry.   And with 5 wee ones snacks are important.  Oh we have apples, but God gave abundantly above, and I'll hold onto that. 

God will take care of us.   I just have to keep remembering.  

Good afternoon,

Theory is I have a midwife appointment this afternoon.  And my sister is coming with her family for dinner.   We're not cleaning house for their visit.  *snicker*  Oh did I mention SHE's the one bringing it?? 

It will be nice for Rob to have some adult company.

The doctors apointment for Rob's leg went well.  He has permission to go back to work.   No weight bearing, (d'uh).   Now work (Human Resources are being lawyers.  )  Rob's boss is ready to strangle them.  Rob needs a second letter from the doctor saying he's cleared to work swing but not nights.  Rob isn't asking to work nights.   But HR has declared it.   His boss argued with them for hours....after all they said Rob could only return to work if their were no restrictions....now their putting 'em on.   So we will see how this works.......Please pray a bit more.   Rob's doctor is out of town.   We're waiting for the p/a to return the call...their shouldn't be a problem but the details are nerve racking.

So next week Rob will work 20 hours.   (2 10's)  And then he's hoping to pick up some sub work, as he can't do nights until he's off crutches.   Originally his boss was going to switch him to swing shift...but for some reason it didn't pan out....not sure why.   I so hope he can get in 40 soon....but any money is better then none.

All of a sudden my tummy "popped".  Theirs a big baby in their.   And all the aches that come with it are coming.  I keep getting charlie horses in my stomache when I get in varying positions.   Its so much fun.   Why did I want to do this again?  Oh yes, cause I love newborns    And I'm crazy.

I can't get online to submit this...got bumped off.

Great Rob just knocked all of my glass collectibles off the wall with his crutches.  I'm beginning to hate those crutches.

He just offered to let me go early to the midwifes.....its umm tempting. 

Other then that we're surviving....which I'm having a hard time being cheerful about.  Surviving is just plain hard work.