I'm back at the library. No baby news yet. Cullen and I enjoyed the SuperBowl with some friends last night... so now we are both tired today. I'm not sure why I'm tired, besides the whole baby thing though, since I slept really late this morning. I made my usual SuperBowl cake. But, I tried something a little bit different this year. I'm not eating chocolate, so I left off the chocolate frosting and Cullen helped me attempt to make brown buttercream frosting. Okay, so the football cake was an interesting slightly brownish shade of gray. It tasted great and is almost gone already.
I've decided this morning that it's a strange feeling to be sitting around waiting for a baby to arrive. I have plenty to do to occupy myself, so it's not a problem and I'm not complaining yet... but it is a weird feeling. I wonder when this little person is going to get here.
In other news... Cullen installed the new fan in the bathroom over the weekend and put up some of the towel racks. That bathroom project will get finished someday.
And Patience is going to be 15 years old on Wednesday! That's 105 in dog years. Wow. Can't say I ever expected, when I got her nearly 15 years ago, that she would live this long. I'm glad though. There's something nice about having a "guard dog" sleeping fairly close to you all day long. I was visited by some people from a religious cult like the Jehovah's Witnesses this morning and Patience was laying by the front door. She so wanted to go outside and smell them. Cullen suggested I have her sneeze on them and then they might go away faster :)
Happy Monday. Hopefully we'll have some baby news soon!
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Monday, February 6, 2006
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Pushing 29 Weeks
It's been another busy week for us. This week we saw the midwife for our 28 week appointment. Hard to believe we're that close to having a baby. The appointment went well and I survived the lovely orange drink and passed the glucose test (blood sugar level of 96, which is normal.) Leapfrog was quite active while we were listening to him, even making my tummy bounce around, which was entertaining. We did get some interesting news today though. Apparently 3 out of the 4 midwives have left the practice over a recent office politics type issue. That shouldn't be too big of a deal, since there are 9 doctors in the practice as well, but I doubt we'll be getting the same true "midwifery" care we would since the 1 midwife will be trying to see as many patients as the 4 were seeing. Guess I never realized what a lost art midwifery has become- at least in this area. Anyway- we've reached the point now where we will have a checkup every 3 weeks, so the next appointment is for Dec 8.
Work on the house has been progressing. Milestones this week were getting the furniture moved into the living room and the computer desk moved out of the office. (I posted a couple of pictures in our winkflash account today, so Jessica could see the furniture.) We'll be gradually converting the office to the guest room and the guest room to the nursery- gradually, because it mainly depends on getting the new bathroom countertop out of the office. We'll be using the "dining room" for an office. We prefer dining in the kitchen, plus when we get to the point of having things spilling on the floor frequently, the tile is better for cleaning up than hardwood! Many thanks to our friend John for coming and helping to get the furniture moved. In a former life of mine that existed about 7 months ago, it would not have been the slightest big deal for me to help move the furniture, but that is no longer the case, so Thanks John! Another big house milestone this week was getting the building permit for the shed signed off. Legally, the shed is finished, yeah. Now to see what projects we decide to tackle this weekend.
Ah yes, let's not forget big game coming up on Saturday. Hooray for it being carried by ESPN2 instead of just Pay-Per-View. And of course, we'll be wearing our orange and hoping the Tigers soundly beat the Chickens for the 4th year in a row.
Besides the game and the house projects, it should be an even busier weekend, as I'll be baking most of the weekend. Getting ready to head to Maryland for Thanksgiving and needing to bring some of my comfort sweets... you know the ones like Grandma makes. On top of that we are bringing desserts for our Bible study feast on Sunday evening, so I'll be attempting a pumpkin pie and, at the request of Cos, a Lemon Meringue Pie. We'll see how that goes.
Take Note: 38 days til Christmas!
Work on the house has been progressing. Milestones this week were getting the furniture moved into the living room and the computer desk moved out of the office. (I posted a couple of pictures in our winkflash account today, so Jessica could see the furniture.) We'll be gradually converting the office to the guest room and the guest room to the nursery- gradually, because it mainly depends on getting the new bathroom countertop out of the office. We'll be using the "dining room" for an office. We prefer dining in the kitchen, plus when we get to the point of having things spilling on the floor frequently, the tile is better for cleaning up than hardwood! Many thanks to our friend John for coming and helping to get the furniture moved. In a former life of mine that existed about 7 months ago, it would not have been the slightest big deal for me to help move the furniture, but that is no longer the case, so Thanks John! Another big house milestone this week was getting the building permit for the shed signed off. Legally, the shed is finished, yeah. Now to see what projects we decide to tackle this weekend.
Ah yes, let's not forget big game coming up on Saturday. Hooray for it being carried by ESPN2 instead of just Pay-Per-View. And of course, we'll be wearing our orange and hoping the Tigers soundly beat the Chickens for the 4th year in a row.
Besides the game and the house projects, it should be an even busier weekend, as I'll be baking most of the weekend. Getting ready to head to Maryland for Thanksgiving and needing to bring some of my comfort sweets... you know the ones like Grandma makes. On top of that we are bringing desserts for our Bible study feast on Sunday evening, so I'll be attempting a pumpkin pie and, at the request of Cos, a Lemon Meringue Pie. We'll see how that goes.
Take Note: 38 days til Christmas!
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