Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Today

No profound thoughts today. Nathan is in Reynosa/McAllen until tomorrow getting a van for the base. I'm excited that this trip came up because he will also be bringing back a glider, a crib, crib sheets and some other much-needed baby gear. I always shift into high-gear when he is out of town. The house is spic and span, the floors are sparkling and there is not a stitch of dirty laundry in the house. I wonder why that is? I think part of it is the mindset that if I don't do it, it's not getting done. If only I could be so motivated all the time.
Deacon has recently discovered he can scale the dining room table and has taken up Averic's old habit of sitting atop it and destroying whatever he may find there. Casualties so far have been my favorite candle, a few highlighters and Ben's flash cards for school. *Sigh* Much of my day has been spent saying "no Deacon!" Yes, another stage is upon us. And now, we will add an infant into the mix! Maybe this is why the man from New York I met yesterday in the check out line kept shaking his head at me and saying "God bless you, God bless you." Hmmm. Well, it made my day anyhow.
I do hold my head a little higher when I am strolling through the grocey store with my handsome little entourage, my belly bump guiding the way. I am a novelty here in Mexico..a white woman with more than two children. I get comments all the time. The lady doing my pedicure the other day said; "You have THREE and one on the way?" I replied in the affirmative, confirming the obvious, and she said "white women don't have that many kids, that is the Mexican's woman's area of expertise." I'm just trying to fit in the best way I know how I guess. ;) By the way Mom, if you're reading this, we are SO going to get pedicures while you're here. Ten bucks for a full spa pedicure! And they turned out beautifully!
I have a lot of energy at this point in the pregnancy and have been trucking along just fine. Of course around 4:30 when the sun has been baking my Stucco house for several hours and I am sutck to my faux leather couch, I start to wane a bit. This is my first time pregnant without AC. I don't recommend it. I hope I labor at night because the birthing center (as well as most public places) in Guadalajara do not have AC either. Such a contrast to the meat locker hospitals in the states! I am feeling good about the birth, and Dr. Jose is such a positive force in the whole deal. He told me VBAC's are his favorite births to attend because it is such a triumph. I am praying that baby will be in position and that God will just take care of the details. I know that I will be allowed to go for days with my water broken if need be and that gives me such peace. I have always been trying to "beat the clock" in my hospital births and I am so OVER that. America's Obstetric world is in crisis and I am thankful not to have to be caught up in that machine again. I am hoping to attend some pain management classes at my midwife's house. I love the woman like a dear friend already! She is constantly sending me e-mails of encouragement, videos of VBAC births and positive statistics. I am getting so much more than we are paying for this time around. And..I THINK we have our names chosen though this is top secret classified information. I don't know why we want to be all secretive with everything this time..we just do! It makes the phone calls more fun! Well, the Deaconator is screeching from his crib....hasta luego.