Thrilled!!

We are HOME!!! It feels so very good to be home, I can't even describe it! I am sitting on the sofa with Rags curled up next to me. I was able to sleep in until 10am... or was it 10:30?? Can't quite remember. It was so good to be in my own bed. I'm not even bumming about all the laundry that needs done.

It was a long trip, but it went really well. The kids were super and I enjoyed every minute with them. We went hiking in the Rocky Mountains, and it was exhausting but beautiful! We stopped at the Toledo Zoo, went to an amusement park, stopped at a wildlife park, and on and on. And at the conference was amazing. It was so inspiring to see so many youth worshipping together. The energy was awesome. I had a hard time making it to worship in the evening, my feet were usually SO swollen. They were double in size some nights and hurt. Now that I am home, they are back to normal.

Towards the end of the conference and on the way home, I started having tons of Braxton Hicks contractions. That is continuing today. None of them are painful, but they just feel weird. I guess I'm getting to that point where it is normal, but it still makes me a bit nervous. Baby has been moving a lot on most days. And I mean A LOT. Then there will be days where I rarely feel him, and I get scared and start poking at my belly. He usually responds pretty quickly.

Steve signed up for a race on October 10th last night. His best friends from college are doing it. It is about 3 hours away. I told him I doubted I would be able to go, but it was fine with me if he went. It will be 2 weeks before my due date. He said he was going to register for it, and I said just make sure you will be okay leaving (meaning leaving me at that point). He responded very quickly that he didn't have a problem at all leaving. I was a bit insulted (but not mad). I waited a couple minutes and decided to give him a hard time. I said I understood we just spent two weeks together, but I can't believe how willing he is to leave me. He was very confused. Turns out, he was meaning he didn't have a problem leaving the race or dropping out if baby arrives early. Whoops! Boy, did he look upset that I thought he meant he was okay leaving me.