Brenda’s Pregnancy Journal

We got to see our niece Natania again on Saturday night. Holding her made me even more excited for Elliot to be here. I want to see & hold him so badly I can hardly stand it! I spent an hour or so yesterday going through all the cloth diaper stuff, organizing & evaluating, cutting off tags from the wipes, and practicing different folds.

We also went through the clothing we have so far. We’ve been totally blessed by Charlie’s older brother & our sister-in-law who had a little boy last August. They’re basically giving us all of Myles hand-me-downs! It’s great and I don’t think we’re going to need many clothes, so it’s nice to have that part taken care of! Of course we haven’t been able to resist a couple basketball outfits, the most recent one being a cute Laker Onsie from walmart!

Because Charlie was layed up w/ a bad knee on Friday, my mom took me to my blood test. The worst part was drinking 10 oz. of what tasted like pure cocacola syrup. Well, that and the nurse had to poke around several different times to get my blood to come out - and I had to have my blood drawn 4 times! I don’t know the results yet, hopefully they will be in by tomorrow - and prayerfully they will be good.

In between each blood draw we went grocery shopping - it worked out well since I had 3 stores to go to. I felt fine too - even though I hadn’t eaten since the night before. But by the time I got home after the test I was getting pretty close to fainting, so I stuffed myself with 4 quesadillas and a banana.

Thursday night Charlie hurt his “good” knee badly in a basketball game. Poor guy was in a lot of pain. It’s healed some since, but he’ll be going to the doctor to get it checked out soon. It did confine us to the house for most of our long weekend, but so did the pouring rain. He’s not using crutches all the time, but his limp is rather obvious. We’re praying that it heals completely & quickly so he can finish the season & be able to play.

Speaking of the rain - of course that means more water damage - and every time I wake up in the middle of the night & hear the rain I get more upset about it. I’m frustrated w/ the neighbor whom we can’t seem to catch at home, frusterated w/ the HOA for not taking swifter action, and worried about the mold & how it could harm us & Elliot. Wondering when & how it’s all going to get fixed - so that we can start workin on the nursery. It’s stressing me out. Each time I get worked up about it I have to pray - it’s in God’s hands. After all, it is Him who is sending the rain! Once again, so glad that Charlie is the one dealing w/ all the people on the phone. I think I’d just get angry & say things I shouldn’t.

The nursery furniture was supposed to arrive on Sunday…but it’s not here yet. At least not all of it. Obviously we’re not in immediate need of it, but I haven’t been to happy w/ Baby Depot’s service so far, and it’s a little bit of a concern. Hopefully they will do what they said & call us back soon to let us know what’s up & when it will arrive.

And then there’s the dogs. As much as we love them, boy they can be frusterating. House-training hasn’t gone too badly overall, but with all the rain they really don’t want to go outside, and I don’t know if it’s pregnancy hormones or what, but I get quite upset when I find a mess. We forked out some cash this weekend for different dog stuff that will hopefully help. It will be worth the money if it works.

They’re relatively minor things I guess (some people’s homes are sliding down mudslides right now), but I generally don’t get stressed out about things as much as I have recently - and I don’t like it! Prayer has definetly been my best weapon so far - and am I having to pray a LOT!