Life. Pregnancy.

The truth is...

  I love reading blogs, and have found some amazing ones to follow. Yes, I am a blog-stalker.

  It is so much easier to read blogs than it is to write one.  

And, that is why I am so behind on updating my blog.  I could say "I am busy, I have 8 weeks left in my pregnancy, Lou keeps me busy, I have growing pains, it is HOT outside and that makes me lazy," blah, blah, blah.  Ehh.. I just really have not felt like updating.  Until now... lucky you!!!

Lou has been off of her book-reading kick for the past couple of months, and then all of a sudden, it came back.  She loves reading and doing puzzles, which is awesome to this pregnant-hot-huge-mama.  Bailey actually sat still for a little bit and let Lauren read, harass her. So special.

 

NEXT: Mark competed and SURVIVED, I mean finished, in his first Super-Sprint triathlon! I was a first time spectator, and WOW... triathletes are amazing!  It was inspiring to watch all the CRAZY people, thousands it seemed, compete in a triathlon, not necessarily to win, but to finish.  Amazing!  I highly recommend for you to watch a triathlon one day, not on t.v. either, but in real life.  

And the final picture:  32 weeks pregnant. 8 weeks left! What in the world were we thinking?!?! I do not want to complain because every good and perfect gift is from God, but MAN... I am definitely in this certain boat right now.. And, you might have been in it with me before.  I am talking about the boat where you already have had a child, so you know exactly what you are getting yourself into; and although you are getting to that hurting stage in your pregnancy, you are not completely ready for the other side of it: a NEWBORN!  Yes, I am there, and it is okay if you were, too. I have realized that it is okay to be honest and real with how I feel.  I have conflicting feelings about this pregnancy all the time. I am hurting, but I love being pregnant. I cannot wait to meet our son, but I am scared to death to start over.  Lou with be a great big sister, but she is a handful right now.  The list goes on and on and on...

I go for my check-up, without Mark and with Lou in tow, so it should be interesting, especially if there are any "checks." (You girls know what I am talking about.)  But, this is only the beginning of the summer craziness that happens around the Swayze house, so I am getting used to being 3rd trimester pregnant with a 2 year old and with Mark in and out for days at a time.

Actually, Mark is in Costa Rica right now for a prepatory trip for a mission/worship week that his band is doing at the end of August and into September. Next week, annual conference in Corpus Christi, June 13th is another triathlon, we all leave for Colorado at the end of June for his sister's wedding, we get back and he leaves for camp the next day, 2 camps in July, and then baby boy is due. Shew.... but that is only the schedule for him before baby boy... the list goes on a few weeks after the due date.  Ahem, the due date. So, with saying that, PRAY FOR MY SANITY, and for my patience and understanding with Lou.  She is growing and learning, and I have no excuse, stupid pregnancy hormones. 

That is life, for now.  God is good, we love our Bible study friends and we are enjoying watching our friends become families with their children, both adopted and biological.

And with that, I leave you.  I cannot promise that I will update more often, but I will try.