Stuff

Well, I really can't wait for March 14th, it still seems so far away even though it's less than 2 weeks. I am still nauseated every day and came somewhat close to throwing up this morning but I took a Zofran and rested until the feeling subsided. What a bummer to have to keep taking those blasted constipation pills! Sorry if I share too much information :) I am also feeling more and more awkward every day!

The only worry I have right now is childcare when I go to have the baby. My father-in-law was having his physical to get ready to turn in his mission papers. One of the tests they performed was a stress EKG and there was enough concern to perform an angiogram to check out his heart. He had the procedure done a week and a half ago and they found 3 blockages in his heart and ended up having open heart surgery this past Monday, the 28th of Feb. He is okay, out of the ICU but still in a lot of pain and of course weak and tired. We are hoping to be able to visit him in the hospital this week, possibly on Friday. We are so glad they were able to find this out before something more serious happened. It is possible he could have had a heart attack and died within a few months if they didn't find this out when they did.

Anyway, with that told, it's up in the air whether or not my mother-in-law can take our kids when I have the baby. She was planning on it, but with the new events that have taken place, she is not sure how Steve will be doing and if he's still really struggling, we will need to find someone else to take our kids. When we asked her about it, she said to see how Steve was doing a week after the surgery.

It seems I always have some sort of stress about childcare/help when having a baby. With my first baby, my mom left to England on the day I had the baby and didn't get back until he was a week old. Talk about the hardest week of my entire life! We were living in Virginia and had no family around and friends we had only known for 6 months. I had no visitors in the hospital but my ward members were certainly kind and helped out a lot. With Allison, my parents had a trip scheduled to Hawaii right before she was supposed to be born and they had a lot of ups and downs about going and ended up canceling the trip and were able to take Tim. Now, this new stress is once again added to the list with this baby.

Here I am 12 days away from baby time, and still no solidified childcare. Oh well, I'm sure I can ask a sister-in-law to babysit but for some reason it still makes me feel like I'm putting someone out. I could even ask my Mom to take the kids but she is still adjusting to her new house and life down in Wales, UT and is 2 hours away. She is however planning to come for a week after the baby is born to help out and I'm glad that she will be able to.

Also, the past 2 times my Mom has come to help with my new babies, she has been very sad and stressed about her relationship with my Dad. With Tim, she had just gotten back from a really rough trip to England and did not have a good time. She was so happy to see the baby but very sad and depressed too. With Allison, she was also struggling a lot with my Dad and not very happy. However, this time, she is very happy to be married to Dennis and her life has certainly taken a turn for the better and she is very happy to be able to come and help seeing as she is not working anymore. Dennis may even come and spend some time here too which is fine with me.

Anyway, that is what's going on here at my house. I'm sure things will turn out fine but I wish I just had things figured out for sure. I guess I should just make some phone calls.