Mostly this summer we have just been taking it easy. Dylan and I go to the pool just about everyday Mon. - Fri. just to try to cool off. I am so proud of how much Dylan has improved with being in the water. The first time we went, he clung to me for dear life and whined a lot but now he is fine to just bob around in the water with his floaties all by himself. He's a little nervous to jump off the edge of the pool but loves it when I throw him up in the air and catch him. Hopefully sometime this coming week I can get some pictures of him in the pool.
I am getting so excited for Owen to come. I am 33 weeks now and life is so much more favorable than in my third trimester with Dylan. I am not swollen, at least not yet, I don't have that crazy sciatic nerve problem, and no PUPS (which is a very unpleasant rash that can occur during pregnancy). So, in comparison, life is great. Hopefully I won't have to eat my words later on! Also, I have had a couple of people tell me that I don't look that big in comparison to other women they know that are due close to my due date. I don't think I've ever had anybody say anthing like that to me before and I was so excited to tell Isaac that not everybody thinks that I am huge!
I have my C-section scheduled for the 21st of August at 5:00 PM which is six days after my due date. But I hope and pray that I won't have to make that appointment. I am trying to give myself as much time as possible in hopes that I can go into labor on my own and try for my VBAC. I am terrified that I am going to be late and have another huge baby. But, after you have a C they won't allow you to be induced in order to go early because you have a greater risk of your uterus rupturing. I feel like I have so many strikes against my last shot at a natural birth but I guess I just need to let go of the fact that I can't control what happens. I am so fortunate to have Dylan and Owen that I have no room to complain. At my last appointment the midwife told me that Owen was measuring right on target. They do say that every pregnancy is different, so maybe I'll take myself by surprise by going into labor early and having a smaller baby.
I feel bad that I don't really have pictures for this post, but way back when I put this picture up of Dylan hanging out in the dryer.
Well, the other day he was up to his old ways and I caught this funny video. I think it took him by surprise when the dyer started moving with him inside it!
