Birthday report

Well, yesterday was #36 for me. Aaron's school was having their "Shakespeare Faire" yesterday, and we planned to attend. It was well done and lots of fun. They had lots and lots of different Shakespeare or Renaissance related activities, including a short performance from the 6th grade orchestra, Shakespeare play by the 8th graders, stockades, making masks, making jester or princess hats, learning renaissance dancing, and 'Renaissance theatre' performance (story telling and fencing and the like) while we ate dinner, face painting, and much more.

It was a fun 'educational' activity, and the best part for me is that I didn't have to cook or clean up dinner.

Tim and the kids gave me a couple new maternity shirts and a jumper style maternity dress. The kids made a diorama for me to remind me of our trip this summer to the Redwoods and the beach. (you can see the dead looking piece of tree in the photo - that is to remind me of the redwoods.; and the sand, sand castle, shells, and cup of dirty water are obviously representative of the beach)

Tonight we are going out to dinner - haven't yet decided if we'll make it a "family" celebration, or if we'll call Grandma and Grandpa to babysit... we'll see. Tim's thinking along the lines of babysitter and dinner and a movie for us. Can I just tell you, I honestly can't remember the last movie I saw in the theatre. I'm guessing it was before Aaron was born... so like 8 years maybe... I just don't care much for the loudness of the theatre, and I'll admit it, I have a hard time leaving my kids for that long for something I consider "frivolous." If we decide to do a movie, I'll need to track down some earplugs.

In regard to my last post, I found it harder than I though to "not worry about it." That first day I decided it would be a good idea to do a bit of research and find out what it "might" be and if there was anything else I should be doing. BAD IDEA! I think I was reading about intrauterine growth restriction (an office name for small babies) resulting in brain hemorrhaging and Cerebral Palsy before I figured out that ignorance was the better route to go. There is nothing I can doing about it if there is something wrong, and worrying about it isn't going to do anything except put more stress on me (consequently putting more stress on the baby.) So, I'm much more grounded now and doing better at the "try not to worry" bit. (thanks for the stories about other people who were measuring small and everything was just fine - that helped ease my mind)