When's It Gonna Be?

I finally found a way to combat the hip pain at night. Firstly, surprise surprise, it helps to sleep with a pillow between my legs. Imagine. Whenever I had tried it before, I had stuck it under my belly too, which I didn't like. But when it's just my legs, much better. Further, whenever I'd get up during the night to go to the bathroom, I'd have to hold onto the bed/the wall/the counter/whatever to keep myself from collapsing from the pain. But then I found that if I throw my back really far back, it doesn't hurt quite so much.

Except I finally looked at myself in the mirror- what I thought was leaning far back actually looked like proper posture. My belly just drags me down.

And really, my belly itself is dragged down. My goodness, I stick so far out, don't I? It's like a baby-sized shell was stuck in the front of me. It's nice that I don't have anything kicking my lungs, but it looks nuts. And it's really hard to cover.

Did you know I'm the Primary Music Chorister? Well, actually I'm not, I'm the 2nd counselor but I'm pulling double duty until another chorister is called. More importantly, did you know the primary program is to be performed the day after my due date? Whoops. We've had to make some contingency plans because who knows if I'll be there!

As of today I'm nine days from my due date. NINE. That is a single digit number. I'm still hoping Mr. Baby waits until my mom comes (the day before my due date) to be born. It'd just make things so much simpler. I had another appointment yesterday in which my doctor told me there were no imminent signs of labor. I just don't want to go two weeks over (like two of my mom's pregnancies) and completely miss my mom's visit.

Any takers on when this little man will make his appearance? Sean's guessing Sept. 12 (anniversary of our first date. Aw) and I'm guessing Sept. 17. What about you? Winner gets a high five!

Froggy Floats

Sean's been wanting to replace the boys' floaties with something a little more substantial, something that would give him even more peace of mind as the kiddos explore the water. So we bought a couple life jacket-type flotation devices.

And they are a hit. I think it has something to do with it being a frog.

But even more, it gives them the confidence to try even more swimming moves. It does a really good job of keeping their heads up when they want it to be up, so they feel really secure.

Now, they'll try floating on their back for more than 0.2 seconds.

And they can even swim a little bit. They wiggle their arms and sort of kick their feet and they end up moving.

Doesn't it just look like Dash is swimming along, bobbing his head and singing? He's just loving this thing.

Froggy Floaties just made the pool even more fun. Amazing.

This makes me oh so happy

Sometimes when we're stir-crazy...

... we go a little sticker-crazy.