Still cookin'

Here I am at 31 weeks, just enjoying the kicks and movement :) Chris and I went to our first Childbirth Education class Wednesday and it was a  lot of fun.

We got to take a tour of the birth center and peek into one of the rooms that we'll be eventually admitted into when the time is right. It was all very nice! As we came up the elevator onto the floor we saw our doctor, and I know it sounds silly but it was pretty neat to see him up there ready to deliver. 

It was also fun to talk to all the other pregnant women and listen to their stories. Our class is a two and a half hour class and it goes for six weeks. Everything seems like it's just around the corner now. We have 9 weeks to go, but I have a feeling it's going to fly by!

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Our baby and my big belly

Last Thursday Chris and I had our 3D ultrasound done, and wow was it amazing! They estimate our little guy weighs about 3 lbs, 6 oz., and it was so much fun to finally get a glimpse of the little guy who's been kicking at my belly for the last few months.

He slept most of the time, but for a while he was playing with his toes! 

Apparently, since he's been getting bigger by the day, so has my belly! I've kind of begun to get used to my big belly, as funny as might be, but yesterday I was reminded more than once about the watermelon of a belly I have.

Chris and I went to a local restaurant for breakfast yesterday morning, the waitress sat us down and then asked "So, do you know what you're having?"

Wouldn't that normally mean to eat? Thats what I thought anyway, so I answered "I haven't really decided..." When I looked at the faces of the waitress and Chris I realized that I had answered that question wrong. She was asking if we were having a boy or girl!

Then later on, I was shopping with my mom and a little girl came running over, stopped abruptly at my side and stared at my stomach. Once I looked down she ran back to her mom and whispered... "Does she have a baby in her belly?" and her mom smiled at her and said "yes, she has a baby in her belly." 

Then the little girl peaked back over at me and whispered back to her mom, "I think it's going to be a big baby!"

I thought I was going to be sick from laughing once my mom and I were out of the store.

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Spud and Ted's excellent adventures part one

I feel like I have two furry little children. One's name is Spud, and the other Theodore. It's Spud's dream come true, having another furry friend to play with! He just can't believe his good fortune. 

After Teddy arrived he kept looking for his little retired family. He would run to the back window, the front window and he even put himself up in his little crate for a while.

But by night time he was feeling good! Chris chased him up and down the hall at home and he "zinged," which the jack russell equivalent of a spastic marathon run. And when it was time for bed he hopped right onto this little red blanky his parents lovingly brought with him and went right to sleep.

It was a good start to our puppy watching week :-D

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A puppy sleepover

Spud is anxiously waiting for his little friend Teddy to come visit. My parents are heading down to Tennessee for my cousin's wedding and we are watching their jack russell terrier while they're gone.

Spud couldn't be more happy.

He LOVES when Teddy comes to visit! And everytime I ask him if he's excited about Teddy coming he spins in little circles and he runs to the door. It's seriously the cutest thing. 

So the next few days we will be documenting the adventures of Spud and Ted, it will be fun.

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Under the Weather

This week has been an interesting one, beginning with a fever of 100.5 on Monday. I haven't been sick since before I met Chris! I get the whole spring time allergy fun each year, but for me to get a fever and really be sick, it's something. 

So I made my first trip to my family doctor in well over three years. I had to fill out all new insurance information and introduce everyone in the office to my husband. (I love small towns) Thankfully, that only lasted a day or so and Spud took good care of me while I was curled up feeling like death.

Then on Wednesday I had the all-so-fun glucose test, where I had to swig a cup of sugary flat tasting orange pop on an empty stomach and then have blood drawn. yuck.

Thankyfully I've made it through everything and am looking forward to one more day of work and a sunshine filled fourth of July weekend! (I'm hoping anyway) I'm ready for the sun! 

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