Hot!

Wow, has my thermostat gone up! I feel hot almost all of the time. I drink ice cold water or lemonade and frequently have a Pop-Ice popsickle when I'm home. There is a good part to this; I don't always have to grab a blanket when I sit for any amount of time and my feet are never cold! When I put my hand on Garrett he complains that I'm hot. He also used to complain when I was cold. He said he'd rather I be cold so I told him to remember himself saying that this winter.

We're all doing well. Baby Girl continues to squirm. It's reassuring but it would be nice if she could not kick the same spot over and over. Yesterday and today she's been stretching which is an odd feeling as well. I've read that I should feel her hiccup starting now but so far I haven't noticed it. Her eyes should be opening now and she should be able to detect light/dark. Her lungs are in their prime development stage, growing the alveoli and surfactant, necessary for respiration. And of course, she's growing in every direction. The sharp pain I had has for now subsided. Now there is a constant ache in my pelvis but it's a lot easier to walk without the stabbing sensation. My ribs are also getting a bit tender. Garrett and I looked at our financial numbers to figure out if I could go back to work part time. It would be a close call so it looks like I have to go back to work full time. I'm really bummed because I was hoping we could work it out somehow. It would work if we sold one of our vehicles but we really need to have two. Especially living where we do, it would be dangerous not to have transportation in case of an emergency while the other person was gone. We also don't want an older car that we'd be putting money into anyway. And Garrett's time. At least we have found a nice day care center and we feel comfortable with them. I'll be able to take off 12 weeks and start back to work in mid January if she comes close to her due date. Garrett continues to work on the upstairs office room. It's getting there and hopefully we can paint soon. I'm getting anxious because we don't have anything set up for Baby and it's going to be a while longer before we can get things how we want them. I'd like to be painting and getting her room set up in case she arrives early. I'm trying to stay focused on basic cleaning and trying not to get stressed. I know everything will work out fine. If she does arrive early her chances of survival are very good. Our new hospital has a Level 3 NICU that I've heard is very good which gives me some piece of mind. Let's just hope she stays put for a while longer. Ha! I may not be saying that in 2 months!

We now have two hummingbirds that come to the feeder on a regular basis. The second one showed up a couple of weeks ago. The first one is a ruby-throated and the more recent friend is a beautiful shiny emerald. I couldn't find our bird book to see what it is so I'll look it up after I finish writing this. I'm surprised we don't have more hummers but I'm thankful that we have the two. We also have a resident chipmunk that lives against the back of the house. We see it almost daily running from the back door to the back deck and everywhere in between. The other night we were eating dinner in the dining room and it was on the deck off of the dining room eating dinner as well. It found a cicada and happily munched it for a good 5 minutes. Chipmunks are quite cute. Our cats think so, too! The butterflies we have are amazing. We have all different kinds and it's so peaceful to be in the kitchen cooking or cleaning and look out and see a butterfly, probably 95% of the time.

It's about time for me to leave work and go to the store. Everyone stay cool (temperature and awesomeness) and have a great rest of the week!