As I wrote on Facebook earlier today, Laela was feeling sooo much better this morning! Her nose was still runny but not even close to the snot faucet it was yesterday. She was chipper and a normal temperature. Yes, her jammies were covered in hardened boogers, which was a treat, but nothing that a load of laundry couldn’t handle. While the kids ate their breakfasts, I gathered all of the bedding from the kids room, as well as their jammies and all the other laundry lying around, and got started on the day. I also got cleaned up and put on makeup. I accidentally bought a beautiful new lipstick from Mac the other day and I was sooo excited to rock it today! I feel so festive and put together with it 🙂 Brady had worked really hard on the last house to get it done in time to make it to my doctors appointment this afternoon, but as things happen in life, instead we planned that he would work his morning and then come home and be with the kids so we didn’t have to take Laela out into the sick city and spread her around to others.
This turned out to be a great decision, as the clinic was FILLED with sick babies. There was a two hour wait for walk-ins. I was so pleased that I had an appointment, and got in right on schedule.
As for my baby stats this week, I’m 28.5 weeks and still going strong. Good baby movement, and not as many braxton hicks as I was having maybe a month ago. It seems things are a bit calmer in there, but in a good way. I’m gaining weight faster than “average,” and just generally faster than I’d like to be, but I know I’m not the most responsible in choosing the times that I eat, so probably the amount that I eat so late into the night is likely what my problem is. C’est la vie. My blood pressure is still nice and low, and babys heart rate is in the 130s. It all looks good. I’m sad that I’m fully losing my battle with acid reflux, though. Dr. Guselle wrote me a prescription for something stronger today, so thats good. However, the pharmacy said it would take an hour to fill, so I didn’t actually leave with it. Maybe Monday. Zantac will hold me over until then. But all in all, its looking nice and uneventful. I’ll see her again in the new year, but I have no weird restrictions or anything to worry about over Christmas.
I ran a couple of little errands after my appointment but then headed to spend a bit of time with my mom. We’re leading music at church on Sunday, and we like to have a mid-week practice if we can help it. So we played through it all, and then travelled over to the church to get the music copied and bundled for the right people. It was nice to spend a couple of hours with just her. It so rarely happens. Not only are we both busy, but there are usually beautiful but attention-seeking little minions vying for her attention as well. Not this time 🙂
After getting home, I learned that not only did I have a sore throat, but so did Brady and Dekker. The whole family is currently loaded up on Tylenol. The kids had breakfast for supper, which is a heavy favorite and guarantees that they’ll eat a decent amount, and Brady and I have plans for grilled cheese and soup to soothe our achy throats. I can’t lose my voice this time around. I need a voice for singing in church! So any and every prayer against that would be greatly appreciated. I’m thankful that its only Thursday though. I have two days to give getting better a shot before I need to be better. Two days of no real schedule at all. Just home days.
Time for soup and a soak and a bit of TV. Early to bed.