Late morning

The boys & I slept very late this morning. We had a leisurely breakfast then we drove to Nortonville to see a horse. We ended up putting $100 down on one named Phoebe. She's a 7 year old Haflinger that's trained to drive. I'm really excited b/c she seems like exactly what we need! She was stoic about everything I did to her. I the next couple weeks I'm going to drag mom down there to go drive the horse w/ my harness just to be sure. Its been over a month since I've touched a horse, so I was just basically excited to be around one again! I definitely don't want to spend the $$ on a horse that's not going to fit in. Andrew even seemed to approve.

Where did the day go?

Today we planned on painting pumpkins, but instead ended up running to Owensboro to pick up supplies. Somehow it ended up taking all day! I didn't even go into a store & I'm exhausted. These chemos are really building up on me. I hope that by the time it comes to bring Rachel into the world I'll have at least a little bit more energy! Simon has enough energy for me and him plus about 10 other people! He's so cute though! It makes it all worthwhile!

My little Butterball

Yesterday we had our last pre-chemo ultrasound. Rachel measured in at 4.48 lbs, that's almost a pound bigger than the average for a 32 week baby! She's doing great! She let us see again w/o a doubt that she's a girl! This was probably her most blatant show-off of her girliness through all the ultrasounds we've done! So she's growing quite well. I'm doing ok too, but I've been ordered to drink more b/c my amniotic fluid is just a bit low. So even though I feel like I'm floating away 90% of the time already, I'm going to need to drink more! Of course, that also means I'll be visiting the girl's room even more... Sometimes I think I should just stay in there for all the time I spend! :-)

I've decided that if I don't do the turkey on my belly for Halloween, maybe I should do a Butterball logo instead! She's so big & so healthy I'm continually surprised & blessed! Tonight she gets to sample the food at the Right to Life of Owensboro's annual banquet. I'm sure she'll be kicking up a storm! Simon gets to partake as well. This will be his second all before he actually turns 2! What a way to start a pro-life journey! Hope to see some of you guys there!