The Baby's Room/Third Trimester

Well the baby's room is coming along well. When we built the house we painted the room yellow and tan. After debating if we wanted to do anything else to the room we decided on adding a border. The border is chocolate brown with yellow, green & tan polka-dots (photos should be uploaded next week sometime). I didn't think this process would be as frustrating as it ended up being. The tape for the edges of the border did not adhere to the wall well so the paint bled. The bleeding was even worse when we used the stencil on the dots. So after much debating, trial & error we decided to trace the circles on the wall & paint them freehand. The border isn't perfect, but with all the work that we've already put into it I'm not going to start over. Someone offered me a painters hint: Put up the tape for the borders and then paint the border the wall color before you paint it the border color. The first coat of paint will seal the tape to the wall and if it bleeds you can't tell because it's the same color as the wall. I wish I would have known this before, but can now pass it along to others so they don't get frustrated.

So far so good on the third tri-mester. Things are looking good and the baby and I age growing larger every day. The latest and greatest is watching my belly move. I thought feeling the baby move was weird, but watching it move through my belly is really freaky!

This week

Well I had the glucose test. Upon arrival I was given 10 ounces of a cold orange flavored carbonated beverage and told I had to drink it all in 5 minutes. Typically I do not drink ice cold beverages, for some reason they're not as enjoyable. That was one of the coldest beverages I've had in a long time and because I had to drink it so fast I got brain freeze. It seemed like the stuff was extra carbonated as well, which made it really tickle my nose. After completing this task I read the label on the bottle it said pregnant women had to drink 20 ounces- that's another bottle of the stuff! Upon questioning the nurse she said I only had to drink the 20 ounces if I failed this test and had to re-take it. After playing Sudoku & reading my magazine for an hour they drew my blood. I passed the test with flying colors- they said anything less than 135 was considered good, I got an 89! Yeah, no gestational diabetes.

Last week my vacuum cleaner decided to break and since then I've been on a no cleaning binge. For some reason James was pretty impressed that I took the vacuum cleaner apart to figure out what was wrong with it, had him pick up the part, and have successfully put it back together. Maybe it has something to do with usually asking him to do these things instead of trying to do them myself. Although the task of fixing a broken vacuum belt didn't seem as daunting as some of the things I ask him to do either. I suppose I'll have to try to do this more often so next time it doesn't surprise him as much.

Cold, Damp & Cloudy

"Cold, Damp & Cloudy" is what the weather man said was the forecast was for today. Doesn't sound very encouraging does it? Yesterday it was drizzling on my way to work and started a pretty steady rain around 2, and went through the night. This morning, even though the rain had stopped, everything was wet. The temperature last night didn't dip below what it has been for the last couple of nights, but it was cold. It was the type of cold that sets into your bones. The only thing that helped me get warm was turning up the heat, crawling into the bed (with the electric blanket on), James on one side of me, the dog on the other, and an extra blanket. I finally warmed up around 1:30am.

Although last night was pretty miserable it was a delight to wake up this morning and see a surprise out my window. The deer were visiting. They were taking their time meandering through the field munching away. After peering through the woods I noticed something white. Could that be a flowering tree already? It must be! And what is that red hue on the trees. It must be spring because those are definately buds. All the trees needed was a little bit of clammy weather and look what happens.

It's amazing how something so miserable can cheer you up if given a little time. Isn't that how it is with our lives? A little reminder here and there, sometimes through nature, sometimes through friends. A reminder of what what we've gone through, what God has done for us and what he'll continue to do. "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him." James 1: 2-5

Juggling & the Thief

The other day James tried to teach me the fine art of juggling. Things were progressing rather well, but I found out very quickly there's a lot of bending over involved if you continue to drop the balls. My growing belly made this very difficult, so my juggling lesson didn't last for long.

James also tried a new twist- juggling the balls after allowing them to hit the floor. The results were pretty funny so I grabbed the camera. Here are the results.

Pre-Prego

I thought it would be fun to upload some pre-prego pics so after digging through my files here are a few I found...

Probably Florida '02- doesn't James look so young?!
Mackinaw before the wedding '03

Vacation July '08

Vacation July '08