Nursery Furniture

The nursery is no where close to being presentable, but I thought I'd post some pics of the furniture. Yes, all the clothes you see by the crib are the clothes that Kim is letting us borrow -- just NB and 0-3 month sizes!!! I think I'm going to get some different pull knobs for the dresser, maybe some light pink glass ones. It doesn't look too bad in the picture, but I don't think the black ones look very good.

Celebrity Encounter

Last night at Aaron's softball game, his cousin's wife, Sarah brought her two puppies. We were sitting with the puppies and a girl walked by with a boxer puppy and he acted really interested in Sarah's dogs, so she stopped to let them meet. She thought she knew Sarah, maybe from high school, and they were trying to figure out how (Sarah didn't recognize her at all). She never did figure out how she knew Sarah and left. While we were talking, I realized that I knew how she was -- it was Sharon from last season's Big Brother! How strange! Aaron and I are obsessed with Big Brother and he was upset when I told him because I didn't grill her about the show or introduce him. Poor guy. When she was leaving I saw that she was leaving with her boyfriend, who was also on Big Brother last season, although he was booted the first week and we missed that episode, so I wouldn't have recognized him if she wasn't there. She was very friendly and very petite compared to what I thought she'd look like from watching the show.

You Asked For It

Sorry for not posting pics yesterday. We hurried and took them right before Aaron's softball game and I didn't get a chance to post them before we went to bed after the game. The pic on the top is me at 7 weeks and on the bottom is yesterday at almost 25 weeks.

We Have a Dresser!

Today Nebraska Furniture Mart delivered the dresser for the nursery. The delivery guys were really nice and got it situated where we wanted it in the nursery. After they left, I checked it out only to find out at that the cabinet was missing shelves! I called customer support and they said they'd deliver a replacement part within 2-6 weeks. :( But, about 20 minutes later I got a knock on the door and the delivery guys brought the shelves. Yay!!! So, it is now ready to start putting baby clothes in.

The Camera Is In

I went by Walmart this afternoon and picked up our camera. Sorry for the tease, but it is charging tonight, so no pics until tomorrow. We are also getting the dresser tomorrow, so hopefully we can get a picture of the nursery.

Vacation!

I didn't think we'd take a vacation this year, especially since last year we took the trip of a lifetime to Australia, but Aaron has a training session in New York next month and we decided to turn it into a short vacation. He'll be in his training session on Monday (8/18) through Thursday and I'm going to fly out and meet him Thursday evening and we'll stay through the next Tuesday. I think we'll spend a couple nights in the city and then get a car and take a road trip somewhere, maybe to Cape Cod for a day or two. The itenerary is still up in the air. It will be interesting being there in August and being 28 weeks pregnant, but my doctor said that I could go and it shouldn't be a problem as long as I pay attention to my body and stay hydrated. I think I can manage both, plus I'm sure Aaron will be keeping a close watch.

Aaron's flight is booked through work and I got my flight booked today, so now we're just looking for a hotel room. It is daunting, so if anyone has a suggestion, let me know.

24 Week Check-Up

Today we had our 24 week appointment. It went really well. My blood pressure was just right and I'm measuring at just a bit past 24 weeks (I will be 24 weeks on Thursday). This last week I have had a bit of a growth spurt and since our last appointment on July 1st I've gained 7 or 8 lbs! Yikes! The doctor said that I'm still on track and that I don't need to worry about the excessive gain over the last month as long as I haven't suddenly changed my diet (which I haven't). So, I'll trust him. I just hope that I don't keep gaining at that rate!!

I didn't ask what her heartrate was when he listened to it, but he said that it sounds great. She was moving a bunch when he was listening and each time she moved you could hear it on the doppler -- he said she is a fiesty one. I thought that was funny (and probably right!).

Our next appointment is on August 27th. I have to do a glucose test to test for gestational diabetes at that appointment. So, I'll have to fast after midnight the night before and then an hour before my appointment I'll have to drink this special drink they provided and then I'll get bloodwork done as soon as I get in and they'll run the labs and have the results for my appointment 15 minutes later.