27 weeks

I am so sure I did a 26 week blog with a photo of my ever increasing belly but It seems to have been lost in cyber space (or maybe I just dreamt it.)
Things have been all go lately with people staying to friends over for dinner, not to mention the everyday kids stuff. It has been great though. I love having people in our home.
I did have my first hormonal pregnancy cry on Sunday though. It seems that I have one episode each prenancy and it is probably due to not going to bed early enough. We had a fantastic weekend but it did catch up on me. I knew this coming week was going to be busy and had mentally prepared to do all without complaining. This was what I was going to be doing: Mon- Normal stuff + Looking after Daniel age 2 for a few hours. Tues- nothing too much, just kids sports and Daya having a night time rehearsal for a play she is in + Someone over for music in the evening. Wed- Home group hosting this week. This means it's our turn to clean the church, no problem except that it is a Leaders meeting/dinner when we would normally do this so David and I need to go down when he finishes work and do as much as we can before the meeting. The rest of our group will come when they can. I still have not arranged a baby sitter for our dinner that night.
Thur- Prayer meeting and music practice. Fri- Daya's first performance. Sat- Ladies breakfast and two performances for Daya. Sun- Church, we are on music team + hosting. This means we do the teas and coffees/ clean up etc both morning and night. Danielle is also being baptized that afternoon. So in a nut shell without all the usual stuff it was going to be busy. I then found that My brother inlaw has booked to fly up on Sat with Vicki his fiance so we can meet her before the wedding. I love Brian to bits and really want to meet Vicky but we are not going to have heaps of time to spend with them. They are only up for one night, staying with us and are flying out in the morning. This I was still happy about until last Sunday we were approached about our homegroup doing the teas and coffees for the three performances over the weekend(usually it is the hosting groups job to help out but I had not realised they were having supper.) This is when I broke down. I said to David "I want to be servant hearted but I just can't do it" Everyone tells you to take it easy and rest when pregnant and usually I manage fine with God grace, but mentally and physically I just didn't know what to do. I am a serving person and was torn between what I wanted to do and what I just didn't feel I could do, I was completely overwhelmed. My darling husband was so good and said " We don't have to do all three days, there are plenty more people in the church to help out. Well Duh!!! after letting them know that we will cover friday and they will need to find others for the Saturday, all was fine again. I don't know why it is when I am pregnant that I don't always see how things really are. I had made things into a much bigger issue than was needed. I know why God gave us husbands. It is still going to be busy but with one day at a time it should be fine. My first day of the week was great and The little fellow I was looking after didn't come in the end. The other thing that had thrown me was that a good friend had tried to take her own life last week, this causes the mind to spin a bit.

Now that I have my crying episode behind me, I look forward to this week and call on Gods grace to give me energy as my belly is getting heavier. I see my midwife on Thursday ( Oh that was another thing this week, I see her after our mothers group)
This is something I always look forward to.
I had a nice bath tonight as it will be the only evening to chill out this week. Its just so strange to see your tummy shuddering and bulging, Moving around in all directions and to think that there really is a baby in there. I still find it amazing after four other babies. Here's a link to my last belly shot and I will endevour to get another one done soon.