Swine Flu, Life Insurance and Halloween...Oh My!

In the past week we have made decisions about the Swine Flu, life insurance and Halloween. I decided to get my H1N1 vaccine on Wednesday. I know there is controversy over the ingredients in the vaccine and I did my research A LOT before getting the shot and for me the positive factors in receiving the shot totally out weighed the negative of not getting the shot. You can blame it on the media if you want, but what it came down to was me not wanting to get sick and then possibly die because according to everyone it is most dangerous for pregnant women to contract the virus. So it is over and done with. I have received the vaccine and I feel confident in my decision to get it. It's hard to hear people talk negatively about the vaccine when I have already received it, but I am comfortable in knowing that I made this decision and that I feel it is the right one. I am hoping that Ella's doctor will receive the vaccine in the next week or so, so that I can feel more safe about her health as well.

We are also in the process of getting life insurance. Maybe this is Paul's way of "nesting". But I have been grumpy about it through the whole process. I know and understand that Paul want's to take all precautions to make sure our family is financially okay. But having a 30 year policy to me is hard to understand because I feel like we will live long lives and the 30 year policy will end when we are just shy of being 60. In my head I am imagining that we will both still be around and healthy at that age. I know that Paul is just being cautious and that is why he is doing this.

I think the thing that makes me most grumpy of all is that we will be having an exam and blood work done for the policy. The appointment is at 10:00 A.M. and I have to fast all morning before the appointment. This is not something a pregnant woman would ever be happy to do. All I can think about is how hungry I am going to be and just thinking about it makes me hungry right now. I already have my breakfast meal planned out for right after the appointment. I keep imagining having an egg and english muffin breakfast sandwich all ready prepared and waiting for me right after the appointment is done. Home made of course.

Last night was Halloween and Ella got to go trick-or-treating for the first time. Her costume of choice was a Ballerina Sock Monkey that was purchased from a store. Not hand made like I had been planning. I previously was going to make her a Tinkerbell costume, but the sewing just seemed too overwhelming at this time, plus I have been tired a lot from this pregnancy and couldn't get motivated. So Ella and I looked through a lot of costumes and she made the final decision on the Sock Monkey.

We got her all dressed up and headed downtown to trick-or-treat at all the little stores. Poppa, Yaya and Grammy Dee came along to support her first Halloween experience. She was extremely shy the entire time and a little overwhelmed by the amount of people down town, but she warmed up and even wore her monkey hat once we walked a block up to all the houses. She even became brave enough to say thank you whenever she was given candy. She just couldn't get the courage to say trick-or-treat yet. I am sure she will be more willing to say it next year.

Overall this week has been pretty busy. We also celebrated Paul's birthday on Friday. This is his last year in his 20's before hitting the big 3-0. Woohoo!