Tinkerbell

I had my 28 week appt. this morning and there is not much new to report. I had my glucose testing which I wasn't thrilled about taking both kids to considering it's an hour wait then I had an appt. afterwards but my good friend, Stacey, watched Lincoln (THANKS STACEY!!) which was a HUGE help. Riley does fine at my appts, but Lincoln gets very antsy! Got my blood drawn and now my arm is bruised and it hurts to straighten it, oh well.

The baby looks great still which I am so thankful for. Her heart rate was in the 140s. She's such an active peanut, I'm not sure she ever sleeps...lets just hope she doesn't keep that up when she's here!!! I've put on 22 pounds so far. Not too bad, but I know with the heat still to come I'll be puffy and swollen in no time! We start going to the doc every two weeks now, I cannot believe how quickly time is passing me by!!

Ty and Riley had a special evening planned this weekend--he was taking her to the circus! One thing we try to make a point in doing is spending special one-on-one time with the kids so Ty thought this would be something fun for he and Riley to do. She was SO excited when we told her she was going and she couldn't wait to see the giraffes--even though I kept telling her there probably weren't going to be giraffes there (I think she thought it was going to be like the zoo). The circus ended up getting over a lot later than we thought and Ty said they got in the car at 10:00 and she was asleep by 10:02! Next year it will definitely be a family affair because I really want to go :).

Just call me Debbie Downer for the duration of this post. I have been in such a funk the past few days and I can't quite put my finger on exactly why, but I think it may be a few reasons:

1. Church-hunting. I am so sick of looking for a church to call home. I was hoping we'd go to one and that would be it...it just hasn't happened. We've been to at least 8 different churches in the area. Maybe it's Satan getting to me, but I'm so sick of going to a new church only to figure out we don't like it, that it makes me not even want to go on Sundays. But we do and we will--until we find "the one". We have another one we'll try out next week that I friend goes to and it's literally around the corner...

2. Ty traveling. Oh, where do I begin?? When Ty took this job he was told he'd be traveling maybe 2-3 times a year. Okay, that's not bad at all, we can handle that. Well, once he took the job things changed somehow. Since Feburary he's been "out of town" (whether it be for 2 nights or a whole week) 8 times. That's an average of every-other week. This past week he was gone Wed-Friday and the next two weeks he's gone Wed morning-Saturday night. I know it won't last forever because he's covering some trips for his boss, who is out on maternity leave, and the other account manager, who it 36 weeks preggo and cannot travel, but seriously they said 2-3 times a year NOT a month!! I hope they pick up his traveling when we have a newborn--doubtful, but we'll see. I don't want complain about his job because it's a very good job and he enjoys it, we just miss him when he's gone!

3. Homesick. As much as I enjoyed spending time in Michigan when I went back for my Gma's funeral it really made me homesick. I don't mind it down here, it just don't get the feeling down here that I do when i'm "home". I know that wherever Ty and the kids are is home, but it just isn't quite the same. I'm out of my comfort zone and even though I have made some good friends there is still something missing. I've never wanted to live really close to my family, but it would be nice to even have the option of driving home for a weekend sometimes. It's not even an option when you're 8 hours away!

4. Hormones. Enough said.

I've probably been a bit too honest about how I'm feeling right now, but it feels good to get it off my chest! I'll get out of this funk and on with my life soon and I will keep praying that things get better over time and that I can learn to be content.

Mom with the original 5!

Just a couple of the reason I LOVE summer:

Not only did Ty and I get a new ride recently, but Riley got some new wheels as well! Part of her "Easter Basket" was a brand new Barbie bike with training wheels. The weather has been beautiful and we've spent many of our days at the park, so it was perfect timing for her to get a bike. I was so excited for her to get it because I just thought she'd be thrilled. She was so excited when we gave it to her and even though she doesn't quite get the hang of it yet, she will soon. She kept trying to back-pedal not knowing that was actually the brake. We'll have plenty of days at the park and in our "driveway" for her to practice.