Ahhh... Feeling Groovy

Woohoo! I finished by antibiotic! The entire month of February I've been very sick. It started with a reasonably bad sinus infection the week that the power went out. Then there were two days that I felt fine before suddenly coming down with the flu. I went through the dosing of Tamiflu and felt better for all of maybe one afternoon before I realized I was ill again and went back to the doctor. That was the beginning of strep throat, ear infection, and upper respiratory infection. So anyway, yesterday I just finished my antibiotic and for the first time in a month I'm feeling great! The only thing I've missed out on is a stomach bug.

I'll go back to the ob doctor next week and I'll double check, but I think Sam will be born on May 14th. That puts it at only 11 weeks away! I'm so thankful to my parents who are helping me prepare - last night they were at my house until late into the night helping me put up shelving in the kids' closets. So since earlier in the week mom helped me organize the other closets, by the end of this weekend every closet in my house will be in order! That may not thrill everyone's heart like it does mine, but it means alot to me.

The living room in my house is beginning to look like a nursery. Sam doesn't have a room to himself, so with the exception of the bassinet next to my bed I've set up all the gear in one end of the living room. The only thing missing is my glider, which is ordered and may be in this weekend. So everything is coming together! I think we've settled on a full name: Samuel Paul James Cole. I'm not a huge fan of the name Paul, but I suppose Frank does get a say somewhere, :). I liked Peter or Edward better. James comes from Papa. One of Frank's brothers' official name is James too but he doesn't use it. So there you are. We were so undecided I was beginning to think he would be born with just one name.

Last night Frank and Alex went to a Pink Floyd Experience concert and they had a great time. It's not Pink Floyd itself, but a tribute group. Today mom and dad are taking the kids for a day trip to Nashville, so they should have fun doing that also. I don't have any pictures to upload, since I've been in pretty much a zombie state for the past month. But I promise I'll get back into that soon.

Baby Pics

So if you're talented you can pick out Sam's face in these photos. This is the 4D ultrasound, and it was really cool. In the first one he's got the cord passing over his eyes right above his nose, and his arm up over the left side of his face with his hand on his forehead. Cute little cubby hand already. In the second one, you can see his face in the left side of the picture.
Today things are going to start to be getting back to normal since mom and dad regained power this afternoon. Hopefully by next week we'll all be back to our normal sleeping, eating and playing schedules. This storm has been interesting since I've never seen so much devastation like this in person. This kind of stuff happens on tv, not to Kentucky. It's like an 80-mile-wide tornado came through and knocked down the top half of all the trees. I've not seen much damage to houses though, which is really good. But it looks like some sort of war zone. I wish I had a wood chipper or knew someone who did; my landscaping would be really pretty this spring with wood mulch. As it is, the entire region will be cleaning up way into the Spring.
Alex and Avril are doing well. I think Alex is enjoying homeschooling alright, but next year I think I'll invest in some pre-laid-out curriculum. I don't feel very prepared this semester. I suppose that's alright since it's only kindergarten.
Frank is into his last full semester of college. Hopefully with a few extra hours taken in May/June he'll be ready to graduate in August. The new idea he's come up with is looking for a job in the Fort Campbell/Clarksville area which is only an hour away from our current location so that's alright with me. We'll just see.
I am now 14 weeks away from having the baby, and not quite prepared yet. I've still got a few large items I need to buy, and a house to clean. I'm also embarking on what will be the last carpentry job for awhile, a headboard for my room. Hopefully that project will be done by this time next week then begin shampooing all the carpets. It never is really ever done.
Here are some pictures of a few trees in Calvert.