Anniversary weekend!

We went to Chris's grandparents cabin on Hood Canal last weekend for our 1 year anniversary. I can't believe that it's already been a whole year since the wedding! We had a really relaxing weekend at the cabin. The weather wasn't the greatest but it was nice to get away for awhile.

Chris, as usual, couldn't wait to give me my anniversary gift so we did those on friday night. He got me a Nikon D60 camera! I had mentioned that I wanted a D40 but he found a great deal on the D60 (which is a better camera than the D40) so he got that one instead!! I'm so excited to use it! I made Chris a card that told him that he could pick out a BBQ. He's been wanting one for the last year (ever since he redid our deck) and just thought that he'd have to wait another year or two to get one.

It was raining saturday so we drove down to the Black Lake Mall in Olympia because Chris needed new work jeans. So we poked around there for a few hours and then came back to the cabin and hung out.

When we woke up on Sunday Chris was itching to get back home so that we could go to Home Depot and pick out his BBQ. So we packed up and cleaned the cabin and headed back... we left the cabin around 10am! Talk about early!!!

So I got my camera, and Chris got his BBQ. Both were things that we had accepted we wouldn't be getting for awhile longer. :)

May Day!!!

Its finally the beginning of May! My favorite month (except for December) of the year. With the coming of May brings, birthdays, our anniversary and pretty flowers! So here's my best attempt to make a list of all the birthdays/anniversaries this month. Let me know if I forget you! This is off the top of my head.

May 2 - Jennifer's birthday
May 3 - Our 1st Anniversary!; Lana's birthday
May 4 - Derek's birthday
May 5 - Megan's birthday
May 6 - Amanda's birthday
May 8 - My birthday!!
May 10 - Mother's Day (my first!!)
May 11 - Max's birthday
May 14 - Jena's birthday
May 19 - Kim & Greg's 2nd anniversary
May 26 - Kelsii's birthday
May 28 - Stephen's birthday

As you can see May is a busy month for us... even without prepping for Carver.

32 weeks

Here's some updated pictures. My camera was on the fritz and the 30yr old mirror didn't help. So this was the best we got. Even the pictures that Chris took didn't turn out. Oh well.

We're heading up to the cabin tonight after Chris gets done with work and I am so excited. I made Chris's anniversary card yesterday and am itching to give it to him. :)

31 week appt (from last friday)

Just remembered that ya'll might want an update on my last dr's appt from friday. So here goes...

Our appt was supposed to be on monday and I forgot to change the date in Chris's schedule so he wasn't able to come with me. It was bittersweet. I really wanted him to come but was so thankful that he was too busy. :)

I got the results from my glucose tolerance test and... I passed!!!! The dr said that my blood looked good and the test results were perfect! Yea! I was so worried that I would have to give up my sweets. :) Along with the usual dr appt things (weight, bp, and pee sample) the dr measured my uterus and said I have a perfect pregnancy - 31 cm at 31 weeks! So things are going right on schedule.

Speaking of weight though, I've gained 7lbs in the last month. That brings the total to 22lbs! I'm still considered underweight and am at the minimum of weight gain for pregnancy but the dr and nurse don't seem too concerned about it. I feel bad for gaining weight but then I realize that all the weight I've gained is baby. So I'm trying not to think about it. :)

I've officially gotten to the point where I am having dr appts every two weeks. So my next appt will be May 11th. Two weeks exactly would be my birthday so we scheduled it for the next monday. I hadn't realized that my birthday is so soon!!!

On a different note, we're going to Chris's grandparents cabin this weekend for our first anniversary!!! Chris said that he's getting one 'big' gift for anniversary/birthday/mothers day. I told Chris that combo gifts can't be the norm but this year I'll let it slide. :) I'm excited! There aren't a lot of big things that I've been wanting so it'll be interesting to see what he gets me. I'm hoping that he likes what I'm getting him... and no, you can't know what it is. He tends to read this every once in a while. haha I'll let you know after this weekend. :)

Anyways, that's enough rambling for now. Here's the ever popular survey since I haven't done it in a while...

How far along? 31wks 4 days
Total weight gain/loss: up 22lbs as of friday
Maternity clothes? yep... so comfy! i need some more short sleeved shirts and tanks
Stretch marks? just a couple on my hips
Sleep: not much... not comfortable
Best moment this week: 31wk doctor appt, getting our rocking chair
Movement: a whole bunch. he recognizes daddy's voice and will wake up when chris talks to him :)
Food cravings: food... nothing specific
Gender: Still a boy... the lady at taco time last weekend even guessed right by the way I'm carrying
Labor Signs: I'm suspicious of having braxton hicks but not positive thats what they are.
Belly Button in or out? slowly starting to pop
What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach, a nice cold sam adams summer
What I am looking forward to: cabin this weekend, my birthday, baby shower, mothers day
Weekly Wisdom: Get things done when you're in the nesting mood, it won't happen as quick otherwise
Milestones: Scrambling to keep up with all the business we've gotten lately! Yea!! Birth announcements and thank you cards are underway. We got the rocking chair and painted it. Getting caught up on scrapbooking.

Rock-a-bye Baby...

Yesterday, Chris's mom bought us the rocking chair that we've been wanting as our shower gift. Its an unfinished wood rocking chair that has a curved back so its super comfy. After much hemming and hawing, we decided to paint it white (instead of staining it a natural color) so that it will match the crib and dresser. So today, Chris primed and painted the rocking chair and I love it! Its so traditional which is what we wanted.

It was a lot harder than we initially thought to find a plain wood rocking chair that was either white or unfinished. They aren't making rocking chairs much anymore. They've moved to the rocker/gliders.

Anyways, all that to say that the rocking chair hunt is finally over!!!! Yea!!!

p.s. Thanks Debbie!

April Showers bring... Baby Presents!!!

We had my Ellensburg baby shower on Saturday. It was so much fun to see everyone! We had one game (they're not really my thing) where everyone guesses how big my belly is by cutting off a piece of yarn. Hannah thought I was pretty big...



The yarn went around my belly twice! Mom and Georganne had exactly the same length in yarn and they were the most accurate. I was even too big! We got some really fun gifts that we can't wait to use.

Thanks everyone for coming. We really appreciate everything you've done for us and our little monkey!

Glucose Tolerance Testing

I had to take my Glucose Tolerance testing today to check for Gestational Diabetes. You're supposed to fast for 12hrs and then drink a specialsupposed to be at the lab 15 drink within 5 minutes. EXACTLY 60 minutes after that you're supposed to have your blood drawn. Even one minute late on drawing the blood could mess up the results.

So I got up this morning and drank the drink. It didn't taste as bad as I thought it would. For some reason I wasn't thinking and left the house 15 min before I was supposed to have my blood drawn (I'm supposed to be at the lab 15 min early). But I got to the lab at exactly 9:45 (1 hr after I started drinking the drink). The lab tech said that it goes off of when you FINISHED drinking the drink so we had 3 minutes to do the paperwork and get set up.

All in all, it was pretty painless. And I got to eat after we were done. :) Hopefully I'll pass and won't have to take the 3hr GT test.