Spring is Here...

Spring has officially arrived, and it feels great! The last couple weeks we have had a few 70 degree days and lots of rain and thunderstorms. Spring is by far my favorite time of the year!

Titus playing golf while Stephen washed the car and truck

We decided to try to switch Titus to his toddler bed that we bought from a friend. We were a little worried at first, but he is doing very well!! The hardest part are naps...he refused to take one this morning (just wanted to get down and play) and even this afternoon he fought it. We finally had to get stern and tell him to get back in bed. He cried (which he never does for naps) but it has been quiet in there for a long time, so I think he is sleeping. We may just be down to one nap a day now - more out of the excitement of a new bed than his choice :)

IWU employees have exciting news - more for those of us that are hourly or administrative than the faculty. We now get all of Good Friday off - effective immediately! (How nice of them - they are going to give me a day off to celebrate the day I get off bedrest! ;)) Also, they are going to shut down the college between Christmas and New Year's!!! We now will get at least 5 and possibly 7 (depending on when Christmas falls) paid vacation days! We all thought it was crazy to work when no one called or came into the office during that time. I was dreading the year when Christmas fell on a Wednesday, because we would have had to work that Monday, had T-W-R off, and then had to work Friday! Now we don't even have to worry about that :)

13 days and counting until I am off bedrest (which I have renamed "restricted activity" since so many don't understand how I can still go to work every day). It is encouraging to see the end so close. There is so much I want to do!! I am thankfully feeling a little better - I don't feel as sick as I did, even though it comes and goes at times. Stephen is feeling less stressed as well, which is good. We had our third ultrasound on Thursday and she is still small to no one's surprise...a whopping 4 pounds (the average baby is almost 5-6 lbs at 34 weeks!!). She is already in the 10th percentile and she is not even born yet :) The good news is that Dr. Swan is no longer concerned at all. He said she is exactly following the growth curve for her "age" and so she is just going to be a little petite. We could see a huge difference from last ultrasound to this one...we could tell she has been putting on the weight which, if she continues to follow the curve, is just going to continue in leaps and bounds from now until she comes. I can definitely tell a huge difference too...she is starting to kick my ribs, and I can definitely feel it in my back more now. A huge disadvantage to being "all belly" I guess...I hate getting my picture taken, but maybe I will post one when I get off my "restricted activity" :)

Fun fact...today marks the day that Stephen and I "officially" got together 7 years ago. We had met 2 months prior to that and spent every day hanging out, but it was the 24th of March, sitting on a bench outside Shatford Hall, that he actually asked me to be his girl ;) Even more crazy to think that this summer will be our five year anniversary...the time has gone so fast!!!

I think that is all for now...hope all of you are having a great weekend so far...