Yeah I passed!

I passed my glucose tolerance test which means I am not diabetic! Yeah me! Nothing new to report this week. Matt is in San Antonio for the next two weeks for training. So I'll have to take my own belly pictures next week. Keep a look out for those to come on Sunday!

29 weeks and counting

It's basically a waiting and growing game by now. 11 weeks to go! I definitely feel the baby move quite a bit more. I get little jabs up near my ribs and kicks out the side of my flank but nothing that actually hurts. I still feel great! Might not be able to keep up with Matt as much and bending down to pick something up is starting to get difficult but nothing too horrible.

Congratulations to Matt's sister, Laura. She had her son, William, yesterday weighing in at a large 9 pounds, 1 ounce! She opted to keep the sex of the baby a surprise as well so we'll all be just as excited to get a message from us saying... It's a ______! I hope and pray that it will be SEVEN, yes 7 pounds 1 ounce and NOT 9 pounds! No way! You'll have to cut a 9 pound baby out of me!

28 week prenatal visit

Everything checks out fine. I measure at 27, just a little on the small side but close enough. The heart beat was nice and strong at 130s to 140s. My doc had the paper that said the sex of the baby. Oh it was so hard to resist not finding out. Then I had the pleasure of doing the glucose test and drinking the soda. It wasn't half as bad as everyone says it is. It was thick and sweet, but just tasted like orange soda that lost its fizz. Then I had to wait an hour and they attempted to draw my blood. It took them 4 tries, yup 4 times to stick me!!! I don't know what was wrong but I just wouldn't bleed. So I went over to the family medicine side, which finally got my blood! I'm crossing my fingers I don't end up with gestational diabetes because I do not want to follow a strict diabetic diet. I enjoy my ice cream and chocolate a little too much right now! Still no major cravings. But if I want chocolate, I eat chocolate. Life is good!

Home improvements!

Closet room before...
Closet room moved
Family room rearranged. New closet organized is right behind me.
Guest room redone.
Site of new large bookcase.

My desk area moved out of the family room.

I hope we get a lot of visitors soon! We have redone and rearranged our house to make it more livable! We can't wait for family to come and visit.

You Have to Ask People!

Okay, so here are my pregnant hormones coming out. To those of you who just reach out to touch people's pregnant bellies of those you barely know... you have to ask! It's kinda gross and creepy when people you might know but not really all that well, just rub your belly! So next time you see a cute pregnant belly and just can't resist... you just need to ask!

What a day off!

New crib on order!

Old closet room

Newly painted future baby room

Old closet room, new space for the baby crib

Wall stickers for the baby room.

I took today off in hopes of being lazy and recovering from our DC trip. Hah! Matt left at ~6 am, which means I was woken up early. So I hop out of bed at 6:45, yuck! So much for sleeping in! Then I prepare to transfer all the junk out of the soon to be baby room. I get all the stuff out and start prepping to paint. I put the first few strokes on the wall... ick! It's like mud! So, I pack everything up and head out on the town to run a bunch of chores. First up, of course, to Home Depot to exchange the paint from "Pebbled Stone (mud color)" to "Pebble Stone (new color)." Why would you name 2 different colors so close??!! You got me! Then onto Babies R Us to buy a baby shower present for a lady at work. And finally to Target. I came home and got started on the painting. To top things off, as you can tell, our old closet room is transitioned to the baby room which means I lose a lot of closet space. So, I have to pack up 1/2 my clothes into plastic storage bins to put in the garage. Not fun. I will take pictures of the guest bedroom as well as soon as I get it cleaned a little. My clothes that need to be put in plastic bins are folded on the bed spewed with all the hangers. But, the baby room is painted! I also scored some stickers that peal off of Classic Pooh for the baby room! Highlight of the day: I ordered our crib. Downside is that it is backordered until August 15th. Good thing I put the order in early! So, it should be here by ~August 23rd. Hope the baby doesn't decide to come early!

Belly pictures

26 weeks 28 weeks... starting to poke out there!
Close up!

Well, it's official! I am in my third trimester and my belly is growing like a weed... well, so it feels! I can feel the baby way up in my rib area. Sometimes it goes numb or tingly, which I've read means the baby is rubbing up against my rib. I'm sure sooner or later, it will no longer be numb but painful! Fun stuff to come! The baby surely is larger now as I can feel it swimming in there. It is quite a weird feeling. It's like an alien! See... all you folks who made fun of me calling "it" an "alien" but when I can see it moving around in there... reminds me of the movie, "The Alien." Well, hope you enjoy watching me grow bigger and bigger!