I know, I know

Again, it's been a while. This has been a hard 2 or 3 weeks for me. The hardest of the whole pregnancy so far. I haven't even been on the internet since my last post. Which is unusual for me, because I'm usually on there several times a day. First of all, we had VBS last week, which took up a lot of time. I had to rest all day so that I would be up for it at night. Then Friday morning we left to go to Warren. Then Saturday we came right back after my dr's appointment. And my family came back with us so they could go to my baby shower on Sunday. Speaking of Sunday, it was incredibly busy. We had church, my shower, Shaun had a meeting, and then VBS family night. On Monday, we went to Rogers to return some VBS decorations to First Baptist. And we ate at Copeland's. Which is wonderful, by the way. And yesterday I stayed in bed all day.

To add to all of that chaos, I now have 3 different kinds of back pain. There's the normal pain, which is just caused by so much added weight. Then there's the sciatica. Which hurts. A lot. Sometimes it makes my whole leg feel numb. And then on Saturday a new pain was added. I really don't know how to describe it. Just that it's the worst. My doctor said I was probably just experiencing some Braxton Hicks in my back.

To add to that pain, I have injured my shoulder somehow. I thought I slept on it wrong, because it went away after a couple of days. But then it came back. Add to that some minor swelling and occasional Braxton Hicks (other than the ones in my back) and you have my life for the last couple of weeks. This makes it incredibly hard to sleep, as well. Oh well, it will be over soon. I'm sorry about all the complaining, but I needed to get it out. I know my husband gets tired of hearing it, even though he never says so. He's been so supportive throughout this whole thing. And it wouldn't be too bad, except I have so much that needs to be done and I just don't feel like doing it.

Ok, enough complaining. There have been some positive things. First of all, my appointment went great. I have to start going every week now and next week he's going to do another ultrasound and start checking me. Also, it was wonderful having my family up here for church and my shower. And speaking of my shower, it was wonderful!!! And VBS was a huge success! We averaged about 77 kids every night and at least 1 accepted Christ. She was baptized Sunday night. And today I am 35 weeks which means I'm almost there! Just pray for me in these last weeks. I'm so ready to meet my baby! Well, I guess that's it for now. Thanks for bearing with me!