Not Much is New

Same old, same old. We are living daily life, waiting for our new little one to make her debut. Not much has changed. Abbie continues to test us and we continue to show her that we are in control and that we love her. Actually, she has gotten MUCH better. We have had some very tender moments with her in which she is showing us genuine affection and love. She has also started to tell me that I am a good mommy. This came after some pretty intense heart-to-heart talks about her "black ma", why she was given up for adoption and the difference between a "tummy mommy" and a "forever mommy". As we were talking (or as I was talking, she was listening) I told her that I thought maybe she was upset because she saw a baby growing inside me and she knew all the rest of the kids grew inside me, too, but that she didn't. She instantly blurted out, "I want to grow inside your tummy, too!". It nearly broke my heart as she threw herself into my arms. What must it feel like for her to be the ONLY adopted child and the ONLY black child? Maybe someday we will adopt again . . .

Other family news: Jonas' baseball team won both of their playoff games and his championship game is tonight! Very exciting. I kept telling myself that I just had to make it to the end of baseball season . . . so tomorrow I can go into labor! LOL. Maybe I will make it to my due date this time? Pray for me . . . With Haven, I am pretty sure I broke my tail bone and I am just a tad fearful of similar pain. However, as long as I don't need to be induced this time, I will be happy! After a QUICK labor with Anna, and an easy and almost pain-free, until the very end, labor with Jonas, I have had to be induced the last 3 times. With Katria--for an infection in my amniotic fluid at 35 weeks, with Elyse for low amniotic fluid, and with Haven because my water broke and labor did not start.

I am still homeschooling up until the baby is born, then we will take a break, although we have slowed down considerably because I am just so tired! We are reading "Detectives in Togas" and the older kids love it! The suspense is killing them and they insist at the end of every chapter that I read "just ONE more!" (They know my weakness--that if they play with my hair I keep reading and reading and reading . . . ). Our garden is growing, our rabbit had babies (from her last litter that we got rid of "too late"--who knew rabbits could have babies from their babies???), and my house is "ready" for this baby to come. Now all we do is sit back and wait . . .

In Christ, Laura