I have finally hit the nesting stage of this pregnancy. I am 36 weeks today. I have spent the past three days throwing things out and reorganizing the kids rooms. I am just about done upstairs but I am worn out. I have a huge pile of stuff to give away. The kids have been great through it all. They even have done it without the use of the TV as a babysitter. I have banned the television for the next month. We have been three days without the television and they have not really missed it. William built a K-Nex roller coaster set that I bought two years ago and was about to get rid of because no one had put it together. The last time I checked on them they were pretending to be in heaven and they were describing what their mansions looked like. I could not help laughing at that one. I get a break tomorrow as we have SEEK in the morning and then my mom is going to watch the kids. Carl and I are going to a Dave Ramsey web event being held at our church. Poor Carl is on day 5 of his 10 day cleanse so we can't even go out to dinner. I am so proud of him though. last night was tough because he went and bought me a steak sub and cheese fries (I know real nice when your husband is on a cleanse). He had to leave the room because the smell was wonderful. I will have to update you all on how the entire cleanse is going. He is really committed to a better lifestyle for us. He is int he process of planning our garden for the summer. He is so good to me and the kids.\
I do have a prayer request that is really causing stress on me right now. My mom was supposed to watch the kids this week so I could get some stuff done. I was on my way to meet her when she called me and told me she was at the doctors. She had to have some routine blood work done (monitor her magnesium levels) and immediately her mouth and tongue and lips went numb. She went right to the hospital. She fell and hit her head last week and they were afraid she was having some bleeding in her brain. They did an CAT scan and then an MRI because they found something they did not like. They did another MRI with dye and sent her home. This morning she found out that she has a brain tumor. I know it sounds scary but it is not the cancerous kind. They explained it as more of a hamangeoma (like Daniel has on his wrist). The problem is that it is pressing on certain parts of her brain. That is why she has been having the muscle twitches and the memory loss and the loss of balance and the other symptoms that the neurologist could not explain. The MRI she had a month ago showed the tumor but somehow they missed it. SO here I am due in a few weeks having to deal with the possibility of my mom (and babysitter when I deliver) having brain surgery. I know the Lord is in control but the timing, in my eyes, stinks. I know everything will work out but my hormones are telling me something different. Just pray for my mom and praise God that her mouth went numb or we might not have been able to catch the tumor. Oh, her mouth issues ended up being a latex allergy which she developed all of a sudden. I think that is enoough rambling from me for now.
