summer-saults and ice

Okay...what's with the ice fetish that comes with pregnancy? My good friend Katie told me about it and I observed her with it through two pregnancies but it's so funny to me. I think the baby likes it when I eat it too b/c she usually starts moving around a whole lot. Not that she's been still much lately. Especially tonight since I got home from work she's been doing summer-saults. It's such a weird and cool and sometime uncomfortable feeling. I could see her moving from one side to the other tonight after dinner. How crazy is that.
Thanks to Joy and Lindsey for making comments. How exciting. Joy I hope you can enjoy these few days before Clint leaves. How long will he be gone this time? I know you've told me. :) ha ha but I can't remember. :)
Lindsey I know my life is about to change and I guess it's one of those things that you can't really imagine how it will be til it's here. Keep the advice coming. I'll take all I can get.
Better go for now. It's about bedtime but my hubby is still busy working on the building. Is that thing ever going to get done? Most days it seems endless. I guess I'll wait up a while for him.

A busy time

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by all that needs to get done in the next few months before the baby arrives. Our house has been very busy with moving our bedroom downstairs and getting started on the nursery. Neither of those projects are done yet and I'm really wanting them to be. It's tough b/c I can't do a lot that I normally would as far as moving furniture and carrying things up and down the stairs. Justin is so busy with work and the building that I try not to nag him about the house but it's frustrating to look at all day.
Today I'm going to try to move as much into our bedroom as I can including clothes but of coarse that means I have to clean out the closets first. I also want to move all my bathroom stuff downstairs so I don't have to keep going back and fourth all the time. I'm excited to get it all done but it will probably wear me out.
Justin and I are celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary this coming Sunday. We've now been together for ten years. I can't believe it. We're going to St. Louis Sat to the baseball game and then spend the night. This is our anniversary ritual and it's always fun. I'm looking forward to spending some time with him. God has so richly blessed my life with a wonderful husband and I can't wait to see him as a father to our baby. Fun times to come.
Better go get to work on the move.

Baby Update

I saw my OB today and all is checking out fine. The heartbeat sounds good and I'm measuring the correct week (27). One big praise is that I passed my glucose tolerance test! YEAH!!! I was nervous about this but followed my Dr's advice and ate an Atkins type breakfast before the test. Also my H/H levels are good which means I'm not anemic.
I also did some shopping today while in Springfield. I went to Children's Orchard which is a resale kids clothing store. They have a little of everything in there are it's full wall to wall. I found it all a bit overwhelming, which is pretty much how I feel everytime I try to go baby shopping. I don't know what to buy, what sizes to get etc. It's so much to comprehend that I end up leaving the store. I have most of the essentials, I think anyway, I guess we'll figure the rest out as we go. I know the big things left to buy are a carseat, stroller, swing and clothes. I've tried to resist buying clothes but I'm starting to feel like this kid isn't going to have anything to wear.
Speaking of wearing things, the girls are finally comfortable. Praise the Lord. I went to a mother and baby support store that's part of the hospital and was measured for the correct size and fit. Now they were big to start with so as you can imagine they've only grown to a 34 G!!! This freaks me out a little but I guess I new it was coming. The other thing that freaked me out a little is the lady who was fitting me informed me that I'm carrying this baby way to low for it to be a girl and I also still have curves, which apparently you supposedly lose when you have a girl. I told her two ultrasounds have said it's a girl but she just looked at me and smiled. So for Justin I guess there is still hope for a baby boy. He may wear pink the first 6 mo of his life. I guess we'll have to wait and see but it makes me nervous. My intuition has felt girl all along and like I said two US showed a girl. Oh who knows....
OK enough for now. Later.

first try

Hello--This is my first attempt at blogging. I figure that since there are so many changes and exciting things going on in my life right now that it might be helpful for me to have an outlet to express my life through. We'll see how it goes. Bear with me as I learn what I'm doing with this blog and all other crazy aspects of my life.