Thursday!

Well, the ultrasound went fabulously and terribly at the same time. The wonderful part was this: Gavi is still a boy. I know that sounds ludicrous, but I was really, really nervous that they had misread the ultrasound earlier, and I would be totally unprepared for a girl! But no worries on that account. The awful part was that Caleb screamed the whole time! He’s never been to the doctor with me. By coincidence, his Grandma F had him for the first appointment when I started staying home with him, and his Grandma G had him for the second! So this was my first time taking him along, and oh BOY was it not fun! Luckily, this was JUST an appointment for the ultrasound, so we didn’t have to face any doctors with Caleb acting like a howler monkey!

Anyway, Gavi isn’t any bigger than he should be, but the tech did crack up that she could understand why I was in constant pain. Even though Gavi is getting bigger and should be slowing down a little bit in that tiny space, she had a tough time keeping track of him on her scope because he moved so much and so fast! I said, “Tell me about it!” Caleb didn’t seem particularly impressed to see his baby brother on television, but really, when you think your mom is being tortured, who cares about what’s on the tube!?

My Dad got home on Monday night! Caleb and I trekked up super early on Tuesday to see him. All the way up, I was praying that Caleb would remember Grandpa because my Papa was so tired that I didn’t want him to be disappointed at his reception. I don’t know if God answered my prayers or if they were totally unnecessary, but it was like there had been no separation. Caleb ran straight to Grandpa and ignored everyone else for the duration. (Until Meggie got there with Dakota, at which point, Caleb’s affections were split!)

Then yesterday, Caleb and I jaunted over to Miss Carie’s house, where we joined her, Dave and T-Bone (aka: Tiny) in the pool! I can’t tell you how marvelous it was to have not only a private pool, but to have it fenced in so I didn’t have to jump out of the pool every time Caleb wanted to explore. Plus, the puppy came into the water, which Caleb thought was the coolest thing ever. She has her own raft, which Caleb cuddled up with her in, and they just floated around for a long time. As for me, I got to relax a little because he was so well entertained, have an adult conversation with a friend that I think is the bees knees, and wore my little bug out. He slept for almost TWO HOURS when we got home!

It’s almost worth becoming wealthy just to get our own pool. Nah.

Tonight is our celebration dinner with Auntie Alisa and UNCLE CHRIS! Yes, it’s official ~ or at least almost. They're not married, but Jonathan and I decided over a year ago that the second those two cats were engaged, Chris gets uncle status. It’s been really hard to remember not to call him Uncle for the last little while. I’m looking forward to grilling them for all the details! Today, Caleb and I are taking it easy, though. It’s the first day in forever that I promised him we wouldn’t leave the house. And the weather is so glorious that he’s been able to play outside with the door open so I had time to get stuff done! But now it’s lunch time, so I gotta jam. Happy Day!