Progress Can Be Painful!

Tomorrow I turn 35 weeks and I only have 9 days until Mr. Bennett's scheduled c-section. Time is running out! This morning I woke up feeling pretty good and wanting to dwindle down my to-do list and Adam did as well. The kids spent the night with their Nana and Grandpa so we were able to relax this morning and enjoy hot cups of coffee. Once they came home we were off like rockets. Adam wanted to get the rack system built in the basement for our reptiles to finally move down there. While he worked on that I started cleaning up the infant car seat. It was really dirty from sitting in a friend's garage and we've had to call and replace the straps because of mold growth. They haven't arrived yet so I've just cleaned up the straps for now and will replace them as soon as they come in. Such is the life of a third child I guess. After that I headed outside and started cleaning out my van like a pregnant woman on a nesting rampage. I vacuumed it, washed the dashboard, sprayed the seats down and washed all the inside windows. I didn't bother with anything outside because it is just going to rain. I started playing around with the mirror that's going to go in with the infant seat and decided we might as well install the seat now. We have plans for next weekend so I'm not sure we'll have a lot of down time to get it done (even though it takes all of two seconds to do). It's done now though so it's one less thing we have to worry about. 

After Adam finished building the rack he went around finishing up some other odds and ends and then it was on to mowing the lawn. After I finished the van, the kids wanted to watch a movie and relax a bit so I took that opportunity to go out and take advantage of Once Upon A Child's Memorial Day sale. The kids still needed a few summer items still anyway. I also had to stop and pick up another bag of charcoal for Adam to grill with for dinner. I got very funny looks from people as I carried the bag across the parking lot. I should have gotten a cart but I didn't want to make the cart return workers walk that far. 

I brought the clothes and charcoal back home to Adam and then headed off to do my weekly grocery shopping trip. Normally I do it on Sundays but I had to stop and pick up stuff for tonight's dinner anyway so I thought I'd just get it all done at once. That took a while and I'm glad I was pushing a cart. My hip kept going out on me and I would've been falling every two minutes if I wasn't leaning on the cart. By the end of the shopping trip I was in quite a bit of pain and just wanted to go home and sit. I helped with the groceries on the home end and then I did get to sit for a few minutes while Adam cooked dinner. (Can I just say how awesomely amazing it is to have a husband that cooks?)

We did dinner and baths and nighttime routine and all that and now I'm chilling out on the couch. Tomorrow I'll try and take it a bit easier because I'm extremely sore now. At least we got a lot accomplished today though! 

Other than that, everything is all set up and ready for baby. I do have to clean the pack and play still. That will probably be this weeks job at some point. Not sure where we want it to live yet but luckily pack and plays are flexible! I have a changing table in the living room filled with my entire cloth diaper stash. The crib is set up upstairs where his little nursery area will be. Everything is washed and put away where it will live for now until we decide on a different system. The kids are ridiculously ready and excited. I'm anticipating the change will be hardest for Elliott. I'm preparing to let Miranda help a lot with the baby so that I can help Elliott mostly. She no longer enjoys helping me with him. She's easily annoyed and frustrated with him which never makes any situation any easier. They do love each other though and for the most part they're really sweet together.

Next time I write there will be new life to share! I can not wait!