So, what's been happenin' in our world over the last couple of weeks? After Ryan was sick, I've mostly just been trying to stay well & not catch the crud...which I thought I was successful at until this week! I made it a through a week just fine but then on Monday evening I started feeling like I had a lot of head congestion & a scratchy throat. By Tuesday morning I had caught the yuck & felt horrible. I finally called the Dr & asked if I could take anything to help clear me up & get rid of the terrible cough I had...they said I could take Pseudoephedrin & Robitussin so Ryan went to the pharmacy & picked some up. We don't usually do much to celebrate Valentine's Day, cards/flowers/chocolates, that sort of thing. But I got the BEST present EVER this year...I ran out of Kleenex on Thursday so I sent Ryan an IM that said that I the only present I wanted this year was tissues! (Except for the flowers & card he already got me! LOL) He brought home lunch from Skoops & although it tasted delicious I could only eat half of my cheeseburger :( Oh well, it was a nice gesture anyway!
I went to the Dr on the 4th & she said everything is going great with the baby...I've gained a total of 13 pounds so far! I am finally starting to put on the baby weight...I guess I should say that the baby is finally starting to put on the weight because that seems to be the only part of me that is getting bigger! (Ok, except for the boobs that just keep growing!) I've gained an inch around the biggest part of my waist since last month & I guess I should be thankful that the rest of my body is mostly like it used to be (except I don't seem to have a butt at all anymore!)...I noticed last week that I am starting to get a little bit of a tan colored verticle line from my belly button (which is not nearly as adorable as it used to be - now it's kindof flattened out & you can actually see inside it!) down to the top of my pubic bone. I don't remember what they call this or what the reason for it is but I remember that when Cheryl was pregnant she got a really big line & we called it her Zebra stripe! So I guess I'm starting to get my Zebra stripe too. Now I will start seeing the Dr every 2 weeks for checkups. I was going to call the hospital this week to find out what the schedule is for childbirth education classes but I've felt so miserable that I haven't gotten it done yet - something to do next week!
We've been trying to get a decision made about the carpet for the basement but its been really hard to decide what we want...which seems odd because we prettymuch know what we want...I guess we just don't want to spend a lot of money on it since we don't know exactly how long we'll be living in this house. We did get the light fixtures picked up & Ryan got them installed & Larry came up today to install the tile in the bathroom. The vanity for the bathroom should be ready to pick up soon & we still need to finish varnishing around the windows. We are getting closer to having the basement finished...not that there is much left to do!
I started putting together our baby registry at Target & at Babies R Us. I'll post the links to the registries (look in the right column of this blog page) so its easy to access for all of you who would like to send us wonderful gifts! :) We are going to need STUFF! Ryan & I went to Target last week to update the registry because a lot of the things that I put on the list were only available online & I know that people often like to see what it is that they are buying. It's too bad that more of the items aren't available in the store because there are a LOT of items online that are so much cuter than what is in the store. Ryan got to run the scanner gun & he got a little crazy at times...I think we were registered for about 20 tubes of diaper rash cream until I got on the registry & changed it! He says, "don't you think that we'll use it?" I just figured that we didn't need that much to start with...doesn't that stuff expire at some point? Better that we're stocked on diapers I say! It was really more fun to register for stuff than I imagined it would be. Back when we got married registries were a little different...we never got to run the fun scanner gun in those days! Seems like a lot has changed in 10 years!
Last night Kasey was sitting next to me on the couch (like usual) & when the baby started moving she scooted closer onto my lap & put her back against my belly. As the baby moved more & more Kasey moved more of her body against mine & I told Ryan to look at our silly dog...we were wondering if she knew what was going on inside my belly! We decided that she must like the feeling of the baby kicking against her. She is such a funny dog...she seems to have known about the baby even before we did because she has become so protective of me. It's not that she acts aggressive or anything like that, mostly she just shows that she is protective by staying close to me all the time & following me around the house & stuff. She's my little bodyguard! I think that she is just waiting for this baby to arrive & then she will probably go back to being Ryan's girl again. Either that or she just won't even be interested in hanging out with us...she'll probably just want to stay near the kid all the time!
