We had plans to go to a cook out at one of the couple’s from our small group from church’s house this evening and when we showed up I could see the baby shower sign in the window and just the other day, when Dean told me there was a cook out today, I laughed and said something smart about a baby shower, jokingly of course. So it was ironic that that is what they had planned. We got our car seat! Yipee! Now we can have Caleb and bring him home from the hospital! That is such a relief, honestly because I was getting worried about not having everything we needed. The only bad thing was I was not feeling well and didn’t want to eat and they had gone to great lengths to have lots of great food. So I felt horrible about that. Not to mention I was downright exhausted, but I made it through and they were great about my not feeling well. Caleb is so blessed with so many people that love him and they havent even laid eyes on him yet !
On a more negative note: Why is it I always have good dr’s appointments then a day or two later am feeling awful? Today we went to lunch with friends and after we were at the restaurants just long enough to order our lunches I felt quite ill. I thought if I ate something it would go away, so I munched on appetizers. That only made it worse, and I ended up getting sick in the ladies room! I thought morning sickness was supposed to end months ago! Then I got even more worried because my ankles have swollen to about 3 times their size and I couldnt get my rings off, when I had just tested this morning to make sure I could. So I was sure something was really wrong. But of course, now I am feeling okay, just a mild tummy ache, but still very swollen ankles and fingers. So I am debating whether to take part of tomorrow off, maybe go in late? But that wont help anything but maybe I’d be able to rest? Oh well, I’ll probably go to work anyway, at least then I can have them check my bp and have the dr take a look at my ankles just to see what she says. If I am lucky they will send me home! But what are the chances of that? I mean it is a Monday and it will already be a short week because of the holiday…….oh well, I think I’ll go take a nice bath and hopefully the swelling will go down after I get off my feet for a while.
First though, another funny thing about our lunch plans, we were at a restuarant I’d never been to before so now I wonder if I’ll ever want to go again, and the couple we were with was so concerned about me. Dennis even asked if it would help if he stopped eating since he was sitting across from me, meanwhile Dean ate away and picked at my food! It was just funny how worried Dennis was and how used to my being ill Dean was. I mean I know Dean cared but he knows that there usually isnt anything he can do to help but to be there for me, and that is all I really needed, but it was cute to see how concerned our friends were. It’s so nice to have great friends like that! So despite how bad I felt today, I had so many great friends around that were there to take care of me that it was bearable, and well it turned out to be a very nice day, despite the getting sick and all……but once you’ve been pregnant this long I think it just comes with the territory, the being sick part I mean.
