Life On Hold

School's been out for just about two weeks now, and in that time, Jenna's had a two day virus with fever and an ear infection (two separate events). Abby had the same two day virus (at a different time, of course) and now has a severe case of hives--which we can't figure out what is causing them. So I feel like our life is on hold--even more than usual.

I know I am nine months pregnant, but being at home all day every day with children who want to be on the go is not my cup of tea. We've planned playdates, trips to the pool, as well as to the park. Many of those have been canceled in the past few weeks due to some illness or another--so I feel like my summer is still waiting to really begin.

"On hold" has been my life for quite a while, actually. I've been waiting to start a new online teaching position that seems like it's taking forever to get started, I've been waiting for our new baby to arrive, and we've been waiting to settle into a home rather than in a temporary apartment that we will soon outgrow when the baby arrives.

Being on hold has been good for me in some cases because it's forced me to make healthier decisions amidst transition (move, new position for Nate, new baby, new everything), but I'm ready for it to be done. I'm ready for healthy kids, a new baby, and a house to experience life in.

We have had a few fun things going on in between the illness in our house--one of which was a trip to Camp Pioneer last week with the youth group at church. It turned out to be too windy for the kids to swim, but they had a blast playing on the beach building sandcastles. And just being at camp makes my day, so it was a good trip all around:)

My due date is in three days, so I'm sure that when I feel like my summer has started, the baby will arrive--which is so exciting! But then life won't be on hold, it will just be new and chaotic and all things baby. And just in case you were wondering . . . according to my doctor, this baby boy is not showing any signs of coming out anytime soon. Not much progress has been made in that area, and my doctors don't consider inducing until 41 weeks. They could actually let me go up until 42 weeks. So I am trying to stop expecting him to arrive any time now and get my mind wrapped around being pregnant for two more weeks:)

Enjoy a few pictures from our day at Pioneer!