The last month has been crazy! We had problems with our pregnancy at the end of March. We are still pregnant and have now made it to 29 weeks. Only 7 more to go until 36 weeks, which seems like a lifetime away. The meds for preterm labor were pretty bad but now I take them every 4 hours so I am hoping that will help. Things were already hard to deal with in being sick and then I saw what our portion of the hospital bill was going to be and wondered how in the world all of this is going to work. Of the other big news, all three children had the flu. A new form of torture is to be pregnant and on bed rest and have to take care of three children with the flu by yourself. Then have one of the children have an allergic reaction to Tramiflu. The CIA should try that one.
Jackson is doing his first book report for school. He got his test papers for his recommended black belt which is amazing. He also was given a laptop by my friend Jennifer which had been saving his money for. To treat him, he got a computer game where you learn about animals but then the computer wasn't fast enough. Oh well, it's the thought that counts right? Caleb has now made friends with Maisy and they are so cute playing together. He has now collected every lego set available I think thanks to his birthday. Maisy had her ballet recital. She actually did the first part and then the entire second part spent it looking for me. I had to move spots to be able to record her dance. I was so proud though that she was one of the ballerinas that did the dance though instead of standing there.
The kids need to get back into all their activities and things to return to normal. Although our normal will never be the same with a newborn coming. How is this summer going to work with trying to get babysitters to come to the house to keep the older three meanwhile having a newborn at home. And then on TV there is the 18 and counting show where the family has 18 kids that are all homeschooled. Not sure what parenting techniques they are utilizing but with three things are chaotic.
This week, Jackson will need to go to karate everyday so he can take his recommended black belt test. Caleb will have to make-up his standardized reading test. Hopefully he won't break out with any more hives. Maisy is going to have to readjust to school. Our biggest problems right now are just having clean cloths, a nutritious meal and getting along. That doesn't take into account taxes, the hike in our health insurance premiums, and trying to afford the medical bills.
A strange thing that happened this weekend at one of our worst moments. The kids were being absolutely horrible. Telling me "No" when I asked them to do something, fighting with each other and destroying things to say the least. We did a group intervention and all three got down on their knees. Each one of them was to say a prayer to ask for help in acting better and asking for forgiveness for how they had treated others. Jackson and Caleb had tears in their eyes. Maisy seemed to enjoy it and just repeated after what we told her to say. But after that they actually started getting along and trying to help Maisy out. They had some really sweet moments. After the week we had, we were willing to try the power of prayer.
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