34 weeks

i count down my weeks in dance classes.

so come thursday night as i finish my 9th class of the week...if i'm not in labor

then i praise myself for surviving another week.

so tonight is 34 weeks.

cheers!

by the way...the baby has dropped significantly. she's head down.

i keep reminding her that the timer has not gone off yet.

at least 4 more weeks my darling...4 more weeks.

we'll see.

lynz was 14 days early. emi was 19 days early.

this next week starts my 4 week countdown.

tiff and tausha are taking over the afternoon classes so i will only have my 5 morning classes to teach...they are the youngest dancers. you would think it would be easier to teach them, but it's not. they are my hardest classes because i cannot just tell them what to do...i must show them. full out. if i hold my belly while i gallop around the room or pretend to jump half way...they imitate me perfectly. we are a bunch of pregnant ballerinas. and there is a lot more hopping and jumping and bending and twisting and holding little girls and picking them up. but it's in the morning when i feel my best...and the girls don't seem to notice any difference in me yet...although i get frustrated that i'm limited in the movement we can do together. i can no longer pick them up in their frozen shapes and twirl them around.

in 4 weeks i'm closing the studio for a 3 week spring break.

3 weeks to have this darling baby...and heal.

i know that's not much time, and i'm assuming the best labor and recovery, but it's all i can do to ensure these girls can have a spring performance.

after our break, we will have 6 weeks to prepare for The Wizard of Oz.

i can't tell you enough how grateful i am for tiff and tausha.

neither of them read this blog...but i must tell you how amazing they are

and how amazing it feels to have them.

so the girls can continue to dance...

even when i cannot dance with them.

so...cheers!

to 34 weeks

and counting.

by the way...reuben ordered me a battery charger for my camera.

from china. yes. china.

he insisted on ordering from ebay and assured me it would arrive in 7 days.

we'll see.