Family Picture in Barcelona
Baby - She still doesn't have a name. We think we've got it narrowed down to two, but we (I) don't like how one is spelled and we're (I'm) not sure about the other. And middle names are still up in the air. No, we're not telling. It's taken us over 5 years to get this close to coming up with a girl's name that we liked. I'm not risking anyone ruining it! At our final scan (32 weeks) she was measuring 2 weeks big. They do not adjust due dates beyond the first 12 week scan here, but since she's going to be a c-section, my doctor did move up when he wants to take her. She's already head down and I think I've been having some contractions. Much more progress in 34 weeks than the boys did in 40! The doctor does not want to risk me going into labor and having to pull together an emergency c-section. So, she's coming December 3! Yikes! That's 3 weeks! I will not see my doctor again until the surgery which seems a little weird, but I'm happy not to wait in his office for another hour or more. I'm also excited that I get to check into the hospital the night before. Now we don't have to worry about how we're going to get to the hospital early before the buses are running full schedule. The surgery will be sometime between 8 and 12 and then I'll be in the hospital 5-7 days. They keep you longer the more kids you're going home to. With the boys in school, we're good while I'm in the hospital, but my parents are coming the following week to help once I get home. Once Ulysses reads this, I'm sure he'll find the picture from our ultrasound and I'll post that.
I knew Ulysses would find the picture. Poor third child, she doesn't get pictures posted of her and she's not even born! I don't know how well you can tell, but she seems to have a ton of hair already!
Ezekiel is going to school all day! We talked about it during the school holidays that after break, he was going back. He was okay with it and Xavier practically forced the issue. Xavier did not like the idea that Ezekiel was getting to spend every afternoon alone with mommy. It didn't matter that all we were doing was sleeping. He seems to be getting more excited about a baby coming. He loves to put his head on my belly and listen to the baby "swimming." Unfortunately Ezekiel still has not started gymnastics. Last spring, his coach got hurt and he only had 1 class in May and June. His coach was supposed to be fine to start again in September, but he wasn't. They told us November, but it's now been changed to April. We're pretty irritated. Especially since we just found out and all of our other affordable options are long filled. Hopefully we'll be able to find something soon, but until then he's enjoying making dinner with me on Thursday nights when Xavier goes to gym.
Ezekiel with his apple choice from the market. It was almost as big as his head and took three people to eat it all!
Xavier is learning how to read and write. He is mostly learning at school, but he is bringing home what he's learning and making the transition to English. I have no idea how common that is, but I'm impressed. He still loves school and is enjoying birthday parties most every weekend. He's quite the social butterfly. He's got a page long list of kids that he wants to come to his party and is not happy that he's going to have to cut it down. He tells me that he isn't inviting any of the crazy kids because Grandma can't handle that. (Grandma is doing his birthday party for me since I'm going to be recovering.) Xavier loves gymnastics. He has a mini-meet, but we're not sure he's going to be able to do it. It's four hours on the Sunday afternoon that I'm going to be in the hospital.
Xavier at gymnastics
Ulysses is actually looking forward to his next set of overnight shifts. Beam is half-way around the LHC and he's hoping there will be collisions in time for his next shift. I can't explain anything else, but it's a good step for the LHC and eventually his career.
On top of the Columbus statue in Barcelona
I am just biding my time until the baby comes. I have not accomplished anything on my list of to dos. :-( The boys still do not have baby albums which makes me very sad. I have not sewn the curtains. They are still sitting in the IKEA bag on our floor. There's a slim possibility of getting something done in the next three weeks, but probably not. Oh well. Hopefully we'll have a happy, healthy baby and nothing else will matter. Right? Also, I refuse to buy a new pair of maternity jeans for only three weeks, but what I've got is not comfortable for walking back and forth to school in three times a day. Erg. Why couldn't they hold out one more month?
On my birthday - enjoying an American football game on a friend's TV
