Sea of Green Life

AnnaBelle said her name before, but now you can tell what it is. It is very short so you may have to play it a few times. First she says, "on" and turns on Tad the frog. Then she says her name, "An-milt" before catching herself and slowly saying "An-na--Belle." AnnaBelle is the picture of health and must be growing because most of her temper tantrums is because she wants to eat all the time and I refuse to let her have a snack every half hour. Very cruel, I know. Genevieve is in swimming lessons again and loving it. Gideon is in charge of carpooling and hating it. Twinkle Toes is happy and dancing all over my stomach and other organs. I have been feeling better the last two weeks, but still can't count on the time I can stand up. So the grocery store without a second adult to finish the job and check out is still a task that eludes me. I am able to stand up for longer though and get a little bit of stuff done. Usually between 5 and 10 minutes standing,

Hello, I'm sorry to not post fun things about kids with pictures. We've lost both cameras at the moment so there is no way to take pictures or to post them. Anyway, since everyone always asks how I am doing... I always have brakston hicks contractions or something. I think I posted about them. Last night they wouldn't go away and I was supposed to call if they lasted more than an hour. Rhonda took me to the ER and they hooked up the fetal monitor and ran a bunch of tests. Baby is still happy and healthy from what they can "see" and I was not in danger of preterm labor. They did find I had two totally normal (amazing) pregnancy infections which they can treat with antibiotics. So I have two more pills. I am also still anemic and lower than last time (currently 10.9, they want 14 as a low). Since I said the iron wasn't bad on my system, she said, "Good, you can take it three times a day." I am also adding a vitamin C supplement to help my body absorb t

The title is from the amazing fact that we have no laundry to do. My mom came for a week long visit and did laundry and cleaned the kitchen endlessly. It did take her almost the whole week to get to the end of the laundry though. Was great to have her here to do the hauling upstairs and downstairs with it and stand at the sink for dishes. And of course visit!! We have been keeping track of the oxygen saturation with the monitor but it doesn't seem to always change, even when I don't feel well. The best way to describe it is: imagine the opposite feelling of standing on your head-instead of everything rushing to your head, you can feel it falling away. Rather uncomfortable and other things start to go awry that make me feel ill, the last two things are that my stomach gets real tight and my vision dims, like I put on sunglasses (really wierd to have happen). The contractions, if that's what they are have eased up quite a bit but seem to come on in the car (big surprise). I h