3 months...

So, depending on how it's counted, I'm pretty much at the 3 month mark now.  The nausea has started to lessen some, although last night (as another pregnant friend of mine so amusingly said) I should have just flushed my supper down the toilet and saved myself the trouble of throwing it up. It was a fairly good day other than that.  Scott took the older two to Caleb Village for the Bible study and I took the younger two with me to my Drs. Appt.  I have never seen so many of the receptionists(nurses) with so little to do.  There were 5 of them standing around talking and looking at Avon catalogues.  There are only 3 doctors for all of Kindersley for the next several months and only one scheduled to work at the clinic this month.  There is a wait period of at least 6 weeks to get an appt, sometimes 3 months.  I'm on the schedule now so it won't be a problem to get in once a month.  I'm very thankful that my Dr. is returning at the end of the summer.  I wasn't looking forward to picking a new Dr., although after seeing him twice I'd probably go with Dr. Oberleitner.  I'm not sure if it's as common in the States, but the majority of our Doctors are from S. Africa now.  I'm not sure if it's easier for them to get into Canada, but that's the way it is.  There are pretty strict guidelines before they can start practicing here though and that is what's causing the hold up.  Apparently Saskatchewan, although they're doing well economically, doesn't have a large enough budget to entice new Doctors to come here. The newspaper yesterday said that it will be January before they can get new ones into the program.  The new clinic next to the hospital should be complete by then, so hopefully they'll have at least 8 Doctors by next Spring.  A long time to wait for such a big area though.
  On the way to town Caleb was telling me that he didn't want to go to the Doctor.  I told him that the Dr. was just going to give me a checkup.  Why?  To help me stop throwing up.  I need to be able to eat so that I don't die.  The Dr. doesn't want me to die.  Caleb's reply, "I would be very sad and Daddy would be very sad if you were died."  Spoken with a very sad voice.  I don't know if he realizes what it means totally, but maybe I shouldn't have put it that way.  Things aren't that bad anymore and although there's not a weight gain yet I'm able to drink a bit of bottled water and eat a bit more of a normal diet.  Gr. beef seems to be a definite no no for me, which is a shame because it's so easy to throw together a meal using it.  I've eaten more turkey sandwiches in the past couple weeks than I care to think about, but at least it's something that seems easy on my digestive system.
Caleb was quite the charmer once we got to the office.  Kiersten tucked her head into my shoulder and didn't want to talk.  They both picked up several toys to keep them occupied while in the smaller office and that worked really well.  Usually they take us back and 45 minutes later the Dr. walks in.. This time it was about 10 minutes and my total appt. took about 15 minutes.  So far most things look good. They haven't mentioned anything about low iron yet, so maybe this will be my first one without that problem. We'll see...
  When we finished we met Scott and the other two and headed to the park.  I had picked up some donuts for the kids and they were very excited about that!  I think the last time I went to the bakery was last year, so it's been awhile.  The kids were having lots of fun, but while Scott was bringing some stuff back to the van Kiersten decided to climb to the top of the tallest slide.  Thankfully he was able to get back to the slide before she went down.  Elyssia climbed up and went down with her.  They did that several times and it seems to be Kiersten's favorite thing.  However, at the end of our time there, Scott was making another trip to the van and I saw Kiersten climbing with no one behind her again. Elyssia was on the ground panicking.  Not sure why she didn't go behind again.  Anyway, Kiersten was about 7 feet up and thought it was funny.  She has Caleb's climbing spirit, but thankfully a much better sense of balance.  I don't think that I will be taking the kids to that park by myself anytime soon.  It could definitely give me a heart attack if that situation occurred very often.
  We headed home around noon and Scott headed over to pray and then to work for the afternoon.  The kids went down for naps and the afternoon was over before we knew it.  Elyssia finished her schoolwork in about an hour, so we started fixing supper shortly before Scott walked in.  All was well until about 10 minutes after eating.  It was mostly downhill after that, but thankfully it was fairly close to bedtime.  My mom called and we talked to her for a bit, but after devotions I was thankful it was time to sleep. 
  Today Scott put the plants outside to start the "hardening" process. He's not finished building the greenhouse, so they'll be brought in each night to avoid killing them.  All except the melons seem to be doing quite well. Tomorrow is the big day for planting the garden.  I don't know how much help I'll be, but thankfully it's something that Scott really enjoys and 2 of the kids are pretty good at helping.  Caleb Loves to help, but sometimes does more harm than good:).  Kiersten can sit out there in a stroller and watch as long as the mosquitoes aren't too bad.  They seem to like the boys the most this year.  Caleb probably has at least a dozen bites, while Garrison has 6 or so.  I think last year was the worst, but I don't know if they kind of run in cycles lasting a couple years or not. 
  I'd better be off.  There's school and lots of cleaning to be done today.  Hoping to at least make a dent in it:).