27 Weeks - Goings On

Well I was bad and didn't take a belly picture last week, and I haven't taken one for this week yet. When did we get so busy? It's funny because I knew our life would get busier once this baby comes into the world, but it seems that the busy has already hit.

Last Friday I had my monthly doctor's visit. It was different for a few reasons: one Jared didn't go with me to hold my phobic hand, and two I had to take the gestational diabetes test (where you drink the nasty orange drink, wait an hour, then they draw your blood). To sum it up? Yes I freaked out, highest BP at the doctor yet. I think it was just really high because it was my first visit to the doctor alone, and I also had had a glucose drink on an empty stomach (you have to fast for the glucose test too). Sugar on an empty stomach is not good for my nerves. BUT this story has a happy ending. I was actually able to calm myself down at the doctor, something I've never been able to do. Once I'm worked up like that I just want to bolt from the office and go home. So by the end of it, I was able to get my BP down to 130/80. . .still a little high, but enough to where the doctor believed that I'm just a nervous freak. Yay!

It's been a week now and I haven't heard from my doctor at all, they do the "no news is good news" policy so I'm happy. . .I don't have to stop eating cookies. :-)

Other baby things?

- I'm gaining more weight now. I think my total weight gain is around 15-16lbs. I don't think that's too bad, although it's rough to see numbers on the scale I've never seen before.

- Jared heard the baby's heart beat through my belly for the first time last night!!

- Nothing really new on baby movements. He's still rolling and kicking on and off all day. He seems to get more active if I'm hungry or when I lay down in a comfy chair and really relax.

- Work has told me they will give me 3 months for maternity leave (unpaid, oh well, I'm just happy they will hold my job that long) They also said that I don't have to work Mondays any more! I can even start my Mondays off before the baby is born, I just have to pick the week I want to stop.

I think that's it for now. . . .

The rest of last weekend we spent catching up on our neglected yard work and house cleaning. This weekend we are going to put up a new mail box, finish staining the steps we bought for the bed, and possibly purchase a closet organizer for the nursery. . . .more projects!

25 Weeks - Painting and Registering

25 Weeks! Modeling my new maternity clothes. (please ignore the fact that my belly is the same color as the off white wall) I'm like a chameleon. . .wait no I'm just really pale.

It was another baby packed weekend for Jared and me (are you sensing a theme?).

Most of Saturday was spent painting the nursery. Since it was cool out we were able to open all the windows upstairs so it didn't get too smelly for me. I was actually able to help roller a few walls before I pooped out and took a nap in our bedroom. The room gets a lot of light (even though there is only one window) so we went with a darker blue/green. We also have been getting some baby clothes as gifts! See them all on the glider?

I'm thinking this might be the last picture I'm going to post of the nursery until it's totally finished. We shall see if I can resist posting photos!

Sunday was spent all day at Babies R Us registering for the shower! I can't believe that we finally registered, it feels like it's still too early to be doing things like that. So go to babiesrus.com and check out our fun baby registry! It took us over three hours to do. I was completely exhausted by the end, even with all the research that I did, it still took forever. I can't wait until the baby shower to see what fun gifts people buy for Bean.

I feel pretty, oh so pretty!

Last Thursday I went shopping with my mom and we bought 2 maternity shirts, a maternity sweater jacket, and another pair of maternity jeans.

I love love love the new clothes. They make me feel so cute and pregnant. I didn't think shopping for maternity clothes was going to be fun, but it really was! I can't wait to buy more :-)

Sweet Moment

SCENE: Me laying in bed. Jared with his head on my stomach trying to hear the baby.

Jared: "Hello in there?"

*Bean punches*

*I gasp and Jared laughs*

Me: "He responded to your voice!"

*Jared grins ear to ear*

Jared: "Are you happy in there? Nice and warm and cozy? Punch once for yes, two for no."

about five seconds pass

*Bean punches once*

It was so much fun. The past week or so Bean has been pretty active all day. He's gone from a few movements in the morning and a few movements before bed to where I notice him moving on and off all day while I'm working. I'm just waiting for the day he punches or kicks a patient in the head. It'll be hilarious.

Office Fun

99% of my patients tell me they can't even tell I'm pregnant. I wear a baggy lab coat so it hides my belly pretty well at work. Well today I had a fun exchange with the parent of a little boy I treated (I've seen this patient a bunch of times, so we're pretty familiar with each other). He was quite the opposite of the rest of my patients.

Me: Hey! How have you been? Did you have a nice summer?

Parent: Yeah, it was a great summer! Boy, what happened to you? You used to be all skinny!

Me: *laughs* Well, I'm pregnant.

Parent: Well I can TOTALLY tell.

You would think this might bother me, but actually I just started cracking up. It was nice for a change to hear somebody say I looked pregnant. I'm proud of my unskinnyness, and it was nice to get noticed at work.

I also had this adorable little 4 year old girl tell me she wanted to be just like me when she grew up. I love the kids I work with, they seriously had a huge impact on my decision to have children. All the offices I worked at previous to this one had nothing but spoiled brats. . . my office is nothing but cute angels. I wonder what the parents secrets are?

24 Weeks - It Began With a Chair

Weeeeeeeeeee! 24 Weeks!

Today we bought (well technically I bought it last weekend, but we picked it up today) our first purchase for the nursery, a glider with ottoman!

We had fun putting it together (Jared did most of the work).

I was actually glad that some assembly was required because when the crib and dresser that we ordered arrive, we paid the store to assemble them here. I don't know why but I always thought it was sort of. . .hm. . .a right of passage? to assemble baby furniture. So we had that experience with the glider. I'm happy to say that there were no fights, extra pieces, or broken parts.

(floor wires will be removed before the baby comes :0)

I am definitely feeling the baby move a lot now. He's even kicking enough for Jared to feel it. There was one point last week we were cuddling on the couch and and all of a sudden Bean started kicking a ton (he did about 10-15 kicks in a row) and Jared felt every single one of them. It brought tears to my eyes it was such an amazing feeling and moment. I can't wait for more.

In non baby news:

This weekend was super fun for Jared and I. Lucas, Jared's best friend from high school, and Mary his fiance came up from Lexington Kentucky and spent the weekend with us. It was so wonderful spending time with them, but it makes me sad that they live so far away. Lucas and Mary are actually getting married on my due date (1/1/11), so needless to say we will not be able to attend the wedding, but we got to talk about it all weekend and learn all their fun surprises that they have planned for the event.

23 Weeks - Nesting!

I can't believe I'm 23 weeks pregnant! This weekend I was finally able to let loose with some nesting I've been itching to start on. But first, here is a belly picture!

I think I definitely look pregnant now. As a matter of fact I bought my first pair of maternity jeans today too. I can't believe I suffered with that Be Band for so long, the maternity jeans are SO comfy. Although if I had my way, I'd wear pj's 24/7. . . . see how happy I look?

Anyway. . .back to nesting!

First of all we bought furniture for the nursery on Sunday! Ahhhhh! It will be here in 8-10 weeks, just in time for the baby shower. I also picked out some paint samples to compare with the bedding I picked out.

After a year in our house I finally hung some family/friend pictures above our piano. Why did we wait so long? The house feels so much more like a home with our friends and family on the walls.

I also put the first coat on stain on the wood step stool that I bought online for our insanely tall bed (I forgot to take a picture! Doh!). Just a couple of more weeks and I think I'm going to need it to help get myself in and out of bed. I really hope it works, otherwise I'm going to have to sleep in the guest bedroom for the rest of this pregnancy.

I hope everybody had a great labor day weekend!