Wine Tasting in Missouri

This past weekend my best friend from high school Shelley and her sister Corey came out to visit us. Shelley is getting her PhD at Indiana U. right now and Corey was on spring break visiting Shelley from WSU. It was so good to see my girls! We spent the day Saturday by hitting a few of the wineries here in Missouri. We only live about twenty minutes from several. I was the built in DD for the day, which nobody complained about, but luckily for not only the kids there, but the preggies as well, they have several different varieties of sparkling cider to taste too. My neighbor Stacey and her good friend Darlene who was visiting from Virginia also joined us for our little adventure. The picture here is from the winery named Montelle. This winery by far has the best views of all the wineries close to us.

Doctor's visit

I had a doctor visit today. Everything is still looking good. My results from my gestational diabetes testing were normal thank goodness, I didn't want to have to do the three hour fast, so I was really hoping. My hematocrit was good too. Parker had a heart rate today of 154, which was the same as last month, and he once again decided to make a big movement while the doctor was checking the heart rate. My belly measured 31cm, which is right on too. I am now going to go down to two weeks between visits until the last four weeks, then it will be every week.

31 weeks

We are now 31 weeks down and nine weeks to go. Tim decided it was time to finish putting the exersaucer together that he started putting together last weekend. It had way more parts than he was expecting and ended up running out of time last weekend. He now has all the baby things that we have put together. I always have him put them together because I don't like reading the directions and figuring it out myself.

I have officially moved my sleeping post to the couch downstairs. That is where I am most comfortable. I am happy if I get to sleep more than two hours at a time as well. This little guy is growing like mad and I keep swearing my belly can't get any bigger, but then it does. We started child birth classes last week and have another one this week as well as a prenatal visit this week. I have also started to get really bad heartburn after eating this week. I am hoping that decides to go away soon!

30 weeks

Yeah, we are 75% done now!!! The little guy is moving all over the place. I don't really get kicked all that much anymore since he is running out of room. As Tim likes to say, his studio apartment is getting very snug. Tim has also updated Parker to an "alien" baby since he can now see my stomach popping out weird random ways when he moves. It is pretty neat I think.

We continue to stay busy with work and getting things ready for our arrival. This weekend we went and purchased a recliner for the baby's room for those late nights of rocking to sleep. Other than that, not much else is going on around here. Hope you are all doing well!

Crib and Play yard

We decided to be a little motivated this morning, so we finished up putting the bedding on our crib, and then Tim with me supervising put together the play yard. I am still working on putting clothes away for the little guy since he has quite the wardrobe already.

28 weeks

I am now 28 and a half weeks, although this picture was taken on Sunday right as I hit 28 weeks. We had a doctor appointment last week on Thursday. Everything is still looking good. Parker once again kicked the doctor as he was trying to listen to the heart rate, which was 154 this month. He seems to be pretty consistent with where his heart rate is so that is good. I also had to do my glucose test at this appointment. I thought I was going to barf after drinking that pure sugar drink. I hate getting blood drawn too, so I am not sure which part of it I hated the most.

Tim is busy, busy, and oh, did I mention busy right now? He and his group are now up to working twelve hour days seven days a week for this week and possibly next, then hopefully it'll calm back down to their 60 hours 6 days a week. Poor guy is very exhausted, and I miss him! I am finally back down to two days a week though, so at least I get to meet him for lunch a few days a week. That is about all that is going on around our house for the moment.

Washington

I got back from a great visit up to Oak Harbor on Monday. I spent twelve days soaking in the ocean and mountains. I didn't realize how much I had taken them for granted my whole life. I flew in on January 28. I left seven inches of snow behind in Saint Louis and arrived to sun in Seattle. Then, Monday, I left snow in Seattle and came back to sun in Saint Louis. Doesn't happen like that very often. :)
The first week I was there, my mom and my Aunt Susie had a baby shower for me. It was great fun to get to see all my old friends again! They came from all over, most of them from the Seattle area, but one of my good friends from hygiene school came all the way over from Couer d' Alene, Idaho. Thank you to all that came, it really meant so much to me!!! Needless to say, Parker was once again spoiled rotten. He has tons of new clothes and a few other baby things he will be needing.
The rest of the week, I spent relaxing with my mom. She showed me her new house, which is torn apart right now, but I think will look very nice once it is done. The wood floor guys were installing the wood floor while I was there. The kitchen cabinets still need to go in along with the rest of the kitchen stuff, so it'll look a lot different next time I see it. Kelly came home from Pullman for my last weekend and we got to spend some time together. All in all, it was a great relaxing trip, but my favorite moment was when my mom and I went to the commissary one day for groceries. My mom tore her meniscus a couple weeks before I got there. We were quite the pair shopping. One time, she needed something on the bottom shelf that was pushed way back and there was no one else in sight. She tried to bend down, but her knee wouldn't allow it, so then she looked at me. I don't really bend either, so there I was down on my hands and knees in the grocery store grabbing stuff off the bottom shelf. I am sure it was quite the site to see.