Sunny days

It's beautiful weather today. The boys are I were outside all morning. We set up some of their blow-up pools and sprinkler and they had a blast. I got to actually sit for quite awhile and read my newest book on my Kobo "The Shack". The weather is so nice and warm (finally!) and the boys hardly argued. They played both together and separate and it was just so nice. I guess if you give them sand, water, and sun they're happy! They made sand pies, sand drip castles, oars for a "boat" in the kiddie pool, and sprayed Dakota (our dog) with water guns. It's quiet time now and I guess it wore them out because even Austen fell asleep on the couch.

I've been having some physical problems with the pregnancy. Doing too much around the house caused me to have a pulled muscle in the pelvic area which is EXTREMELY PAINFUL. It's so hard to walk and sit. I find the only relief I can get is sitting on a lawnchair. I've been trying to rest up this week as I have to go with Megan on her class trip tomorrow. There's swimming involved so let's hope that my body can take that with the pulled muscle and all.

After a week of coping with the pain, I finally went into emerge and my OB/GYN happened to be on-call which was great. He told me REST, REST, REST. I said "yeah, yeah, yeah." Then he asked how many kids I have. When I told him "3", he said "Oh." So there you have it.

The walking has gotten considerable better with rest though. I can actually walk now and managed to do groceries with the boys this week. The sitting (and sleeping) is another story. I certainly hope this pain leaves because otherwise childbirth is going to be even more excruciating than it already is.

Anyhow, days like today certainly help. Being outside since 9:00 and just resting and playing with the kids is wonderful. Soaking up the sun. Reading a good book. I'm really enjoying it because I haven't had too many days like this yet! With only 3 months left to go before baby JohnBob (as Austen likes to call him) arrives, I need to take advantage of having only 2 or 3 kids to watch, not yet 4 including an infant!

Hope you're having a wonderful day and get to enjoy some of this sunshine as well! The house might be a mess, the bathrooms might need cleaning, but nothing is as important as taking time for yourself and the kids. (and yes, it took me a LONG time to figure that out too).

Have a great day!