the GLENN family

Hooray for having children on (or almost on) their due dates!           To tell this story, I feel like I should back way up first. When I found out I was pregnant again, I immediately started looking into pain management techniques. I had gotten an epidural with Adaline and that was awesome, but I was DYING before we got to the hospital and it kicked in. This time, I wanted to have a way to deal with the pain that couldn't be avoided before getting to the hospital. But then, there was the change in our insurance. Since I was no longer the student, there was suddenly a $6500 deductible just for maternity care. In other words, unless our baby needed a cesarean or had to spend lots of time in the hospital, insurance wouldn't be helping us at all. This is when I decided I should try to not get an epidural. After reading LOTS of books (seriously, I feel like I've read them all) about natural childbirth, I was lead to hypnobirthing and after researching a few of the...

We always seem to be so busy, and yet I feel like I don't have much to blog about. What is keeping us so busy? I guess the biggest news is that Andrew accepted the job with Dow Chemical and we will be moving to California at the beginning of January. So now we get to figure out housing and moving stuff which Andrew is doing a great job with :) We are really excited and can't wait to see what's in store for us out on the west coast. Andrew is still a rockstar at school; he got a 98% on the last test that he got back which happened to be the high score. I love that smarty pants! Andrew is still playing soccer, and Adaline and I even got to watch his last 3 games. Adaline loves picking up the trash on the field and putting it in the trash can, yelling, "go daddy" at random points throughout the game, crying when Andrew has to go back into the game, and helping Andrew warm up. She is SUCH a daddy's girl. It's adorable. Intently watching the game Who ...