Saturday, January 31, 2009
Still waiting...
I have 45 days to go and I am definitely counting down the days. I am pretty excited. The baby's movements are more pronounced. Last night Carl was feeling some of them and was amazed. It feels like baby is somersaulting in there. She might be reacting to all the spicy food that I have been enjoying.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
the pregnancy continues...
A couple of weeks ago we started our series of prenatal classes at the hospital. The instructor mentioned that she had a pregnacy belly for the men to try on if they were interested in understanding what their mate was going through. Well, Carl approaced the instructor during a break and said he was interested. I had no idea he was interested. She strapped on the 25-pound belly and
I am excited to think of how much time I have left. It is so little and it has got me excited and frightened. Carl is painting the nursery today. It will be a neutral light brown color but it will make that room feel and look fresh again.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
our christmas
We are very lucky to live only 15 minutes away from Carl's parents house and that is where we spent Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and part of the day after. It was nice not having to rush anywhere, having my mom-in-law cooking delicious food, and getting to relax as much as I wanted to. Christmas Eve Carl, Beth, Bill and I went to the MOA, after i had a three-hour glucose test in the morning. It came back negative for Gest. Diabetes. YEAH, but I had to fast before it and by the time it had ended I had not eaten in about 18 hours so I was hungry. Carl solved that problem with sandwiches from Jimmy John's then off to the mall we went. We all were feeling less spirit this year. I couldn't ride any rides and no one seemed to really want to shop so after we made the rounds of each floor we left. That still took us about four hours since it is the MOA.
That evening we had appetizers for dinner that Mary had made in our absence and watched Batman on Bill's new HUGE television with Blu-ray player. It was amazingly clear and one could not stop looking at it but i still fell asleep halfway through, after wrapping all my gifts.
The next morning I was the second one up, Bill being the first. We sat around quietly looking at magazines until the rest of the crew woke up. Mary made breakfast while the rest of us slowly got ourselves situated. Once we had some coffee, decaf for me, we got started on opening gifts. It lasted for a good hour or two, we even stopped halfway through to eat breakfast then continued. I apparently had the most gifts including a panini grill and a blender; gifts for the kitchen but also gifts i really wanted. I was really excited to give Carl his gift. I had gone through the trouble of buying it in Logan where i found it for a good sale price that was offset by the shipping costs to Minneapolis, and i didn't get the rebate in on time so i lost t $30 more dollars, but i was still really excited about it and the fact that Carl had no idea he had it coming to him. He hadn't even asked for it this year because he was so disappointed in wanting it last year and not getting it. Anyway, when he opened his gift I was the excited one. It was a new Blu-ray DVD player for him. He was pretty happy to know that he would be able to get rid of the current DVD player that he had received free when he test-drove a car many years ago, and needed to be updated.
That evening we had appetizers for dinner that Mary had made in our absence and watched Batman on Bill's new HUGE television with Blu-ray player. It was amazingly clear and one could not stop looking at it but i still fell asleep halfway through, after wrapping all my gifts.
The next morning I was the second one up, Bill being the first. We sat around quietly looking at magazines until the rest of the crew woke up. Mary made breakfast while the rest of us slowly got ourselves situated. Once we had some coffee, decaf for me, we got started on opening gifts. It lasted for a good hour or two, we even stopped halfway through to eat breakfast then continued. I apparently had the most gifts including a panini grill and a blender; gifts for the kitchen but also gifts i really wanted. I was really excited to give Carl his gift. I had gone through the trouble of buying it in Logan where i found it for a good sale price that was offset by the shipping costs to Minneapolis, and i didn't get the rebate in on time so i lost t $30 more dollars, but i was still really excited about it and the fact that Carl had no idea he had it coming to him. He hadn't even asked for it this year because he was so disappointed in wanting it last year and not getting it. Anyway, when he opened his gift I was the excited one. It was a new Blu-ray DVD player for him. He was pretty happy to know that he would be able to get rid of the current DVD player that he had received free when he test-drove a car many years ago, and needed to be updated.
29 weeks and 4 days along. I have gotten much bigger in the last few weeks. When i measured myself the other day i found that i am 38" across the widest expanse of my growing belly.
I have been busy cleaning up and organizing. there is so much left to do in the next 10 weeks. we still need to get a car seat, a changing table/dresser, a chair and ottoman and many small things for the layette.
one thing we may have taken care of soon is getting a safer car for the baby, and us to travel in. Carl's dad is getting rid of his old (2007) Honda Accord for a newer one and Carl asked if we could buy it off them instead of them trading it in. He said sure enough and we will be getting that taken care of soon. The car is not one that we dreamed of but the price is right and there was no way we could bring home our baby in a rundown Ford Explorer or a fallen apart Honda Civic, both more than 10 years old. My car alone is still running great for something that says it has 220,000 miles on it (the odometer stopped working effectively on it about 7 years ago so only about 1/3 to 1/2 the miles are actually logged) and has lost three door handles, two on the inside and one, recently, on the outside. Carl was to blame on all three instances. the two inside handles snapped in a way that they could still be used, if one was careful and educated on it, but the outside one snapped clean off and one could open that door from the inside, that happened to be broken too. That handle is on the front passenger side so most times, when i am traveling alone its not a problem but when i have carl with me its a big ordeal leaning over in my condition to open the door with a broken handle. We laugh about it but i cry on the inside :)Other problems with my car include a window that needs assistance rolling up so it will close properly. It was pried open about 4 years ago so someone could steal my car stereo and it came off the track and has had trouble since. My air conditioner also died last spring, for the second time, only this time we decided it was not worth the cost to repair. My muffler has had numerous repairs and replacements in the past 14 years, the most recent one being during our trip to Minnesota from California. The last major issue with the car concerned the radiator, but Carl and i replaced that ourselves one nice California day. Other than those issues my car has not had many major issues or costs. It has been a GEM and i will miss it when I have to say goodbye but it is for the good and safety of our baby.
I have been busy cleaning up and organizing. there is so much left to do in the next 10 weeks. we still need to get a car seat, a changing table/dresser, a chair and ottoman and many small things for the layette.
one thing we may have taken care of soon is getting a safer car for the baby, and us to travel in. Carl's dad is getting rid of his old (2007) Honda Accord for a newer one and Carl asked if we could buy it off them instead of them trading it in. He said sure enough and we will be getting that taken care of soon. The car is not one that we dreamed of but the price is right and there was no way we could bring home our baby in a rundown Ford Explorer or a fallen apart Honda Civic, both more than 10 years old. My car alone is still running great for something that says it has 220,000 miles on it (the odometer stopped working effectively on it about 7 years ago so only about 1/3 to 1/2 the miles are actually logged) and has lost three door handles, two on the inside and one, recently, on the outside. Carl was to blame on all three instances. the two inside handles snapped in a way that they could still be used, if one was careful and educated on it, but the outside one snapped clean off and one could open that door from the inside, that happened to be broken too. That handle is on the front passenger side so most times, when i am traveling alone its not a problem but when i have carl with me its a big ordeal leaning over in my condition to open the door with a broken handle. We laugh about it but i cry on the inside :)Other problems with my car include a window that needs assistance rolling up so it will close properly. It was pried open about 4 years ago so someone could steal my car stereo and it came off the track and has had trouble since. My air conditioner also died last spring, for the second time, only this time we decided it was not worth the cost to repair. My muffler has had numerous repairs and replacements in the past 14 years, the most recent one being during our trip to Minnesota from California. The last major issue with the car concerned the radiator, but Carl and i replaced that ourselves one nice California day. Other than those issues my car has not had many major issues or costs. It has been a GEM and i will miss it when I have to say goodbye but it is for the good and safety of our baby.
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