March...time marches on

Time does keep marching on, sometimes faster than it seems I can keep up with. Everyday I'm sure I'm doing to get a million things done and often I only get a few or other things come up that take priority. And yet time keeps on going. March has been like this for me. I really thought this month would drag but here we are half way through it and I am down to close to 10 weeks till my due date. With how quickly time is going he'll be here before we know it. (And we can't wait, love this little guy so much already!)

This week just turned out crazy. Sunday night at dinner Grandpa  suddenly got up and said he was feeling cold and went into his room where he has a small space heater to keep his room extra toasty. I went to check on him a bit later and he had a fever and chills. He usually only gets this when he has pneumonia, but that usually starts out with a simple cold or cough and then he gets the fever later. This time however he hadn't been sick at all leading up to this so we took a wait and see approach thinking it must be some other bug. Monday he thought he felt a little better but was still battling a fever and weakness. Tuesday morning he was convinced he was on the mend but by the afternoon he was feeling just awful. Shortly before dinner I talked to him about going to the hospital and he readily agreed. I had a meeting at church so Lars decided to take him so I could still go to my meeting. So the kids and I headed off to church and Lars and Gramps headed to over to the VA hospital. They confirmed pneumonia and decided to keep him at least overnight.
Then my dishwasher decided not to work. Perfect and such good timing. So add to the mix pregnant hormones and you had me, one overwhelmed woman. But again time keeps on moving and here we are Thursday evening. Grandpa is back home and feeling much better thanks to the modern miracle of antibiotics, Lars has fixed the dishwasher for half the price the repairman wanted, and I am feeling much happier. (It is amazing how much a broken dishwasher can reek havoc when you are so used to having one!)

So for the moment life is a bit more calm. March will keep on marching and blossom into April and before you know it we will have celebrated three April birthdays, one May birthday and the baby will be here. I'm sure I'll face another "crisis" or two before then, and I am starting to get the nesting bug. (Meaning that I realize the baby is coming soon and it will be a long time before I can really clean my house once he comes so I NEED to do it now.) The kids may not be too happy with me over the next 7-10 weeks. Chores, chores, and more chores! (I should have an evil laugh after that but I've never been very good at evil laughs. Oh well.)

On a very happy note, one of my dearest friends is coming into town this weekend with some of her kids. It will be a fun weekend full of chatting and playing! It doesn't get much better than that.

That's about it for the moment at the Andersen home. Monday is full of appointments. Henry has a dr appt, I have an appt with my midwife, and we have an appt to get our taxes done. (That will be such a relief) I might have something more to update then.