The race is on – what day will Baby #5 make her/his debut? Will it be tonight… tomorrow… days from now? Last night I was up at 3am with a severe side cramp and then intermittent tightening, to the extent that I actually called Health Links 30 min later to ask advice (our 1-800 nurse line here in Canada). Basically running down the symptoms (aching back, nausea, bathroom needs… etc etc) to find out that really – no reason to go in year… joy… and by 5 am I was back in bed attempting to rest and asleep for over 4 hours! Then I woke up to a lovely inconsistent consistent tightening… so nothing hospital worthy but enough to have us call up all our babysitters to find out who is available and at what times. Complications of a larger family!

So our day was spent at home… after being gone so long to my mom’s we had tidying, apples to deal with… raspberries to pick… and now a fridge to refill. So we made a much needed run to the produce store for fruit and veggies (each boy chooses his own apple as a treat and Trinity LOVES grapes) and then a quick shop at Safeway for some necessities. When we go to someone’s house for multiple days we tend to bring our perishables with us, supplement the meals.

Mmm grapes!

Last night we sent the kids off SUPER early (5:30pm) too bed… today we let them stay up until 7:30 or so. But all of them were out to the world rather quickly. It takes a while to get back to being used to being home when we are gone more than just a night.

Enjoying supper before shower and bed (Gavin left)

Tomorrow is my dr’s appointment – if nothing happens tonight and IF things go well – a library program for the twins… if… but it is now after 10 and after a bath I still feel ick so who knows!! Off to relax I go!

Trinity last night