12-12-2008 - Good day

My mood while writing this blog: Ok

So yesterday was my 29 wk appt. I got to have an u/s. Baby has grown so much and this time the same tech who was so rude with our 20 wk u/s was super sweet and the best tech you could have asked for. She took half an hour with us and showed us all the baby's stuff lol. She pointed out the four chambers of the heart and we got to see them pumping, she showed us her tummy and said it had liquid in it so she's drinking like she should. We saw the bladder which was full, so baby needed to pee. Baby girl didn't want to show her face (the last couple of times she was like this as well) but the tech kept on moving around and trying and got the best pic of her little precious face! She confirmed again that she's still a girl. :) It was the best thing ever. When she got the good view of baby girl's face DH was so cute. He kept saying omg look at her and was smiling so big. My heart was so overjoyed and full of happiness.

Then we went and saw the doctor and everything is good. BP is staying the same, no protein in the urine. I did the glucose test and they took some other bloodwork so hopefully I will get the results soon and they will be equally good news. Baby girl is now 3 lbs 7 ounces. Whew! They say they gain half an ounce every week now so if that's right and I go full term she will be 9 lbs by 40 wks. I am hoping she's not that enthusiastic. I think 7.5 or 8 is good for me. Lol. I don't care though as long as she is healthy. It still seems so unreal to believe by the end of February we will have a baby to care for and love.

So, I am usually the hateful hermit at work and stay in my cube and don't chat with anyone. Well, yesterday I was on a high and went around the whole office and showed off my baby pics. I ended up spending about an hour and a half walking around and bragging. Everyone was super nice. I had to answer the same questions about the due date and sex and name as they ask me all the time, but I was so happy that it didn't matter, I answered them again and again, each time acting like it was the first time someone asked that.

Mom picked me up from work last night since DH got stuck in bad weather traffic out where he works. She kept exclaiming how I looked pregnant now. Lol. She was super thrilled over the u/s pic. I went to her house for a while and my dad hasn't seen me since Thanksgiving and he said wow, that belly has gotten big. I was like yeah, she's growing quickly now. Mom said he keeps asking her when the due date is. Guess he's getting anxious for little one to be here. I am happy that it looks like he is going to be able to spend some time with her before he gets too much sicker.

Agh...I am so anxious to get the nursery together. I keep saying that and it seems like we never make any progress. We have finally got the living room painted so we can move things around. I keep taking loads and loads of stuff to the goodwill. I apparently haven't really ever thrown anything out. I am still trying to get my mom to take some of her stuff off my hands but she's not too cooperative and it's getting on my nerves! It's amazing how much this pregnancy has changed me. I want to get rid of everything that's cluttering up the house and have everything streamlined and spotless when baby girl gets here. I organized under the kitchen sink. It looks amazing under there now. I guess nesting is taking over because it's very hard to make myself sit down and rest, even when I am tired and hurting. I just keep seeing something that needs to be done and it keeps bothering me until I get it finished.

I was hoping to get the house back together and at least start on putting up the wall that will divide the nursery from our computer/storage area, but my niece's reception is Saturday (she got married Monday) and I am making the cakes. Instead of one big cake she decided on individual cakes for the 75-80 people that will be attending. That means I will be baking and decorating all night tonight and all morning tomorrow. Too bad we can't do the energy drinks anymore! I think I am going to need a few. I should be able to accomplish it tho. I made them a small cake Sunday so they would have it to take with them on their honeymoon and both her and her cute little hubby to be were delighted with it and she texted me to tell me how good it was and how much she appreciated it, so that made all the work and money spent worthwhile. I will just have to keep that in mind when I am working on the stuff tonight.

Anyone who has made it thru this rambling novel sorry it was so long!