Still Waiting

So I'm somewhere between 7 and 11 days past my due date now, depending on whether you're asking my doctor or the ultrasound technician. Either way, I'm way beyond ready for this pregnancy to be over. Adam was worried that the baby would be born on our Anniversary (August 5th) but no worries. This kid has decided that he wants to stay in there forever.

I'm scheduled for an induction this Tuesday, but I'm really not excited to be induced. I was hoping that this time labor would sort of progress naturally, and I'd get to experience a normal childbirth. I'm afraid that being induced will mean that labor will take way too long. It was 22 hours when I was induced with Anicka... then again, she was a month early, so my body wasn't quite ready for it. I was hoping to go without an epidural this time, but no way am I going to be able to handle 20 hours of labor pains.
Anyway.

Yesterday we went swimming for what might very well be the last time this summer. I was afraid the pool would be packed because it was the last Saturday before school starts, but surprisingly we had the place all to ourselves for two hours. We had a lot of fun. I like it better when we're the only ones at the pool. Anicka did really great yesterday. She's usually not very confident in the water, and most of the time she needs arm floaties, her pink lifesaver and mom or dad's hand to clutch on to before she'll venture out into the middle of the pool. She mostly likes to ride on Adam's back or stay on the stairs where she can touch the bottom. But yesterday she was so brave! We've been having her practice kicking and paddling while we hold on to her bottom and her tummy and navigate her around the pool, and yesterday she decided that she was ready to take off on her own. She even ditched her little pink inner tube and started swimming back and forth between me and Adam with only the arm floaties on. She had a blast. There was one moment where she panicked and her face went under the water for a second, but after sitting on the steps and crying for a couple of minutes she was good to go again.


And that's probably enough of my blabbering for today.
Ciao.

Rambling

Well, today is my due date, and no baby yet. *sigh* Hopefully it will be any day now.

Also, this Friday is the first day of August, which means that we officially go on month-to-month rent, which is more expensive, and we still haven't found a house. We've looked at almost two dozen houses now, and nothing is looking particularly promising. We were close to putting on offer on one place, but when we had some family members help us look at it a little closer it turned out that it had a lot of problems. There are a three places that we're considering at the moment, but none of them are really ideal. Maybe I'm just too picky.

Option A: Home built in the 50's. Has a great yard, but the house feels really small, only 600 s.f. on each floor. Not a big deal for me, but Adam says he feels like a giant in it. There are only two actual bedrooms, the option for the third bedroom is sort of a large closet with a tiny window in one corner. It's also a bit out of our price range, so we'd have to hope that they'd accept a lower offer.

Option B: Newer home, built 2003, just under our maximum price. Tiny tiny backyard, which I can deal with. But it's way out in Hurricane, and it's a Short Sale. Which means that we could put in an offer, and not hear back from the bank for two or three months. I'm not really willing to sit around and wait for that long.

Option C: Townhome in the Dixie Downs area. Really nice. Didn't really want to stay living in this area, but we'll consider it for the price. No yard, but there is a very large deck off of the master suite (on the roof of the carport) that we can turn into a garden area using planter boxes and such. The big problem with this place is that there are three floors. The master suite is on the top floor, and the other two bedrooms are on the bottom floor. I don't think I could deal with Anicka being that far away. And even if I could, I don't think she would be too keen on sleeping down there all by herself. Also, the bedrooms on the bottom floor have a strange layout, you have to walk through one bedroom to get to the other. I don't think they were originally supposed to be separate rooms.

Anyway. I'm just rambling. This seemed as good a place as any to try and get my thoughts organized. We're going to look at a few more townhomes tonight, maybe we'll come across another option. Wish me luck!

Catching up

Because I've been slacking with the updates lately, here's a bunch of random stuff that has happened in the last month.

About a month ago I took Anicka out and tried to get some pictures to send to the grandparents and such, but all I ended up getting was silliness. Still cute, though.





A couple of weeks ago my sisters came out and spent the day at my apartment. We spent most of our time at the pool. Here's a cute picture of Sienna, Kaycee and Anicka rowing their "pirate ship"


Yesterday Anicka came running out of her bedroom wearing underpants on her head. "look mom, it's a hat!" She was tremendously excited to find that there was more than one use for her My little Pony underwear.





Also yesterday we went out to an awesome new park in Bloomington Hills that has a huge playground a splash pad. Anicka had tons of fun playing with her cousin Ben (Alias: George).
George ( I mean Ben ) is Dusty's youngest. He and Anicka have a very funny love-hate relationship. I tried to upload a cute video of them playing together in the water, but I can't get it to load. So sad.

Memories

All right, I'll play too. :) This game is going around on my friends' blogs, so I thought I'd join in.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

You've all got me reminiscing! I think I'll go read my old journal. Ha.

Apricot Pie

That Apricot pie that I made ended up being really good, so I thought I'd put the recipe up here for anyone who is interested.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 cups sliced fresh apricots
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches)
• Milk
• Additional sugar

DIRECTIONS

1. In a bowl, toss apricots, sugar, flour cinnamon and nutmeg. Sprinkle with lemon juice; mix well. Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom crust; add filling. Roll out remaining pastry to make a lattice crust. Place over filling; seal and flute edges. Brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar. Cover edges of pastry loosely with foil. Bake at 375 for 45-55 minutes or until golden brown.

This pie was really awesome warm with whipped cream on top. It's like a mix between apple pie and peach cobbler. So yummy.