Hello blog friends!

Thought it might be nice to post an update seeing that the last time I posted something was December 2nd!  But, life has been busy and energy has been low.  I can only do so much, physically and mentally.  I'll just quickly sum up the past few months .......

The holidays went well.  We kept things very quiet, in terms of activity and gifting.  It was actually a very enjoyable season.  The past few years have gotten pretty crazy and we didn't like it.  So this year, we set our minds to keeping it simple and stuck to it.  It went very well.

I have been growing like crazy!  I'll post a few photos so you can see my progress ........

This was at 25/26 weeks.

And here I am (headless!) at 30 weeks.

I've been measuring quite large for my dates.  I didn't have an ultrasound until 26 weeks .. and believe me .. we were on the lookout for two babies!  Only one baby was found .. a very healthy one, thankfully.  But the baby was turned sideways.  I've heard many accounts since about a second baby hiding behind a sideways baby .. even on ultrasound.  So, my mind still wonders.  Last week, after a delightful trip to the spa (a pedicure and prenatal massage), the baby did turn head down.  I had an appointment with my midwife the next day and my measurements were still almost 5 weeks ahead.  We thought maybe the big measurement was due to the the transverse positioning.  So I don't know.  My placenta is low and I need to have another ultrasound around 35 weeks to determine that it has grown far enough up and away from my cervix.  I may still have them check for two on that ultrasound, just to be sure.

I'm feeling so big and already so uncomfortable.  I wonder where 10 more weeks of growth will go!

We are still planning on a homebirth and are getting excited about it.  Although it does feel like I need to get everything a little more prepared around here.  That is next on my list.

I was still planning on switching to cloth diapers for this little one.  Sometimes I feel up for it .. other times I feel like I can't handle something new and so different.  Looking into gdiapers though .. which seem like the best of both worlds.  My hubby has given me the go-ahead for these diapers, even though they won't be as cost-effective as straight cloth.  So, in my clear-headed moments, I'm trying to decide.

On the homeschool front, things are going quite well.  I added in lots of extras just after Thanksgiving and it totally overwhelmed us all.  We took a few weeks off around Christmas and when we picked back up, I went back to our original workload.  It was very well-received and has been very manageable ever since.  I truly don't know how something will work until we try it.  Thus, there are a lot of unused items sitting on the shelf.  I don't want to waste money .. but to give things a try, we must purchase.  Not sure how to get around that, except that I think I now have a pretty good idea of what works best with our family.

So .. there's our few months in a nutshell.  Hopefully, I can get back here to check up on more of you sometime in the near future.

Blessings!