Spring is sprouting

Okay, so I haven't kept my promise to post every week with weekly updates...but you must understand how busy I am. :) Hee! Hee! Anyway, for some updates...in the last couple weeks we have celebrated 2 birthdays, Kayle's 2nd and Brody's 7th. So we have eaten lots of cake in the last couple weeks. Kayle's grandma and grandpa from Colorado came to visit to help us celebrate for her birthday the last weekend in March. The birthday theme was cake and circus. All Kayle wanted was "cake" for her birthday, but she also got to spend lots of time with her grandparents and went to the circus two times and saw the "lions...rooaarrr!" and "elephants sit." She thought she was a big cheese and appeared to feel very special on her birthday weekend. All the excitement wore her out and she needed a few days to recover and take long naps afterward. We also celebrated Brody's 7th birthday yesterday. It was a Lego theme and he played lots of legos and Creationary with the family all day long. Grace decorated his carrot cake and did a wonderful job. It was delicious. And he wanted Grandpa's mini English muffin pizzas for his special dinner. My weekly visits with the doctor have been good the last two weeks. My amniotic fluid levels dropped due to the contraction meds I am taking. So my meds were reduced, and the next week my fluid levels doubled. So that was good news. We have had great news each time we go to the doctor. I am even getting up and sitting outside more with the warm weather, still eating all meals with the family at the table, changing a few diapers when Kayle brings me the diaper and wipes, etc. So I have sort of pushed my bedrest limits a little, but the bedrest is paying off as shown by the good doctor reports. My original goal was to be able to stay at home at least until May, but I'm starting to think that maybe I can stay at home and not have to go into the hospital until this little girl arrives. How great would that be!?!?! It has been so much easier on bedrest at home than in the hospital. Kayle continues to keep me entertained everyday, along with my nieces and nephew. There is never a dull moment around here. The only other thing I have been dealing with is an ear infection. I have taken two rounds of antibiotics, yet it is still lingering. So I will need to follow-up with my family doctor next week to see what we can do next. Allergies seem to be effecting a lot of us. We all seem to be walking around with runny noses and/or congested sinuses. Kayle also has the ongoing runny, stuffy nose. But this too shall pass. :) I'm looking forward to this weekend as the weather forcasts for 80 to 90 degree temperatures. The pool was opened this week and even though we won't be swimming for another month, it is nice to look at and see open. Spring is here and summer is coming...so is this baby girl. :) 27 weeks gestation...85 days on bedrest thus far.