Oh my goodness- it has been so long!! Life has been busy, hectic and somewhat stressful. James has been busy with work. We have also been busily preparing for the arrival of our baby girl Mckayla who is due to arrive June 25th. We are excited but I am particulalrly nervous about the labor and delivery. I do not handle pain well- to say the least! I have been having some difficulties this last week- two trips to the OB ER. One for irregular contractions which they gave me a medication to help with and one for fast heart rate. I saw the OB today and she says all these things are actually quite normal for pregnancy as far along as I am. I am now at 33 and a half weeks. Everytime I stand up or walk I get shaky, out of breath and my heart beats faster- s0 it's hard to do much of anything if it involves standing or walking. I am resting and taking it easy and I just let my work now that due to these things I will not be returning. The OB says that evertything is okay- and that I am fine and baby Mckayla is fine too. They say that her heart rate increases when mine does but that is okay as long as it is only temporary and doesn't last hours at a time.
My best friend Jennifer has been coming over on Fridays (which has been my day off from work) and helping orgazine and doing cleaning things that I am no longer able to do, as well as preparing for baby Mckayla. She has been such a great help! James has been enjoying putting together baby things- such as the bassinett, crib, swing etc. It's fun preparing for a new baby but I just her due date to hurry up and get here. I want to hold our little girl in my arms and just snuggle her so much!
My sister Heather and Jennifer threw a baby shower for me recently which was a lot of fun. Unfortunately we had to put a limit on the number of people who could come due to limitied space and not wanting to have it outside due to the summer heat that has already hit here in the Phoenix area.
Our puppies are continuing to get bigger and better behaved too. They are so cute and so fun! They are now 10 months old and look much more like dogs than puppies! They are now both over 55 pounds!! They totally both have different personalities too. They just crack us up constantly with their behaviors! Cindal has recently gotten a new trick down to an art- James will place a milk bone on her nose and she will balance it there til James tells her "okay" then she will toss it in the air and catch it. Occasionally she drops it but she usually catches it! It's so funny to watch!!
Anyway that's the update for now. I think I will be updating more regualrly now that I am home and no longer working. I will be looking for quite things to do at home. Hope everyone is well. Please keep me, baby Mckayla and James in your prayers as life is a bit stressful for all of us right now! Thanks so much!!
