springdellgirl

Baby Update


School is back in session and things are back to normal. We have been busy this past week with all after-school activities, a fun book club night, date night, a baptism and a fun Sunday dinner with friends. It feels good to get back into the swing of things after all the snow days.

Since several of you have asked how things are going with the baby I thought I would do a little update. Things are going fine. I am now 27 weeks along. I just had a doctor's appt. yesterday and things were looking good. I will start going in more often now because the doctor wants to monitor me more frequently for high blood pressure. I get pregnancy induced hypertension when I am pregnant and it usually kicks in right about now...so that's the reason for closer monitoring. But so far my blood pressure is in the normal range but on the high end of normal. I had to do my glucose test this morning and had forgotten how TRULY revolting it is...oh my gosh!! I thought I was going to throw up trying to get down that revolting drink. BLECH!!

We are just starting to prepare for the baby...it is finally starting to seem real. I have retrieved all my newborn baby clothes from the garage and have been washing them all and getting everything ready. It is crazy to be buying Dreft again!! As far as getting a nursery ready...we aren't. Our house is so tiny...and we were thinking of selling it last summer and then we had a crazy summer and so we decided to just wait another year or so...and WA-LA pregnant. So...now with the economy as crazy as it is and not wanting to deal with getting a house ready to sell...finding a new house...all with a newborn in tow...I think we are going to do a little addition to our house. We will hold onto our house for awhile longer and then upgrade to a bigger house. SO...that means that Tyler and I will have the baby in our room for awhile...which I don't really mind especially with night feedings. It's a lot easier. But...there are some things I want done to OUR bedroom before the baby arrives...new paint...new bedding etc.

As for buying new baby girl things...I've been really superstitious and not wanting to jinx anything so I put it off for awhile. BUT... I have gotten a few things that were super cute. I also wanted to inventory all the stuff I already have and see what I needed before I bought very much. Most all of our baby equipment from Ailey will still work for this baby. Although...a girl in our ward just had a baby and had a really cute infant carrier that had pink lining and TYLER of all people was like..."We need to get the baby one of those!!" For all his complaining about 3 GIRLS...he likes them decked out with cute things!!

Katherine was asking me about cravings...I haven't had as many as I have had in the past. With this pregnancy there are still LOTS of aversions. Will I ever be able to eat Chinese food again?? Sigh. But I have had a few weird ones. My number one craving is ICE!! When I am pregnant I really can't stand water (which is weird because I love it normally) so I don't drink nearly enough which is undoubtedly why I always want ice. And...not just any ice. With my other kids I needed ice in a bag...and I would make Tyler dig way down deep in the pile to find the frostiest sack in the freezer. It's that snowy ice that I love. Lucky for me through blogging I found out that you can buy pebble ice from Sonic for less than $2 bucks for a 10 lb bag!! Yahoo. Plus...it gets snowy a lot quicker than regular ice. Score. While we had all that fresh snow falling I could literally walk outside and see all the snow and my mouth would start to water. INSANITY!!

My other recent bizarre craving is...Sweetened Condensed Milk.

One day I REALLY needed something sweet and desperate times called for desperate measures and I cracked into a can from food storage. I scarfed down half the can and put the rest in the fridge. "Someone" apparently thought it looked rather tasty too and ate the rest...ahem...TYLER!! So now that is a regular staple on the grocery list. It is really good cold. I have to add a can for Tyler though too.

Speaking of Tyler...with all my pregnancies Tyler has been kind enough to gain 30 lbs sympathy weight with me. This time he told me he wasn't going to do it!! BUT...he did gain about 20 lbs before he decided to start hitting the gym regularly. RUDE!! So he has now requested that I buy him the "lowfat" sweetened condensed milk!! HA HA!! (It even comes in "nonfat" who knew?)

So that's the update...the baby seems to be doing well...I'm doing well. I am cleaning and organizing like crazy; we are contemplating colors for our bedroom; I'm chewing ice; Tyler and I are knocking back the sweetened condensed milk;I'm barely containing my excitement for LOST to begin; and STILL dreaming of someplace warm and tropical.