Progress

Casey and Dad brought over the crib and changing table/dresser. It took a little bit to get them situated but they are here.

Casey did a great job making the crib and staining the dresser to match. Casey thank you so much. You did a great job!!!

We did our first load of baby clothes!! Logos was making sure that I was not alone in folding and that the piles did not fall over.

And now?

Just wanted to update you.  We are at 38 weeks, and 3 days to be exact, so 11/2 weeks to go.  We had an ulrasound this morning and we got a picture of our Little Pumpkin's face.  The ultrasound says that our baby is about 8lbs, 6 oz right now.  That means the baby is probably a little smaller than that.  We will wait and see what our Little Pumpkin comes out as.

A new profession?

Not anytime soon. Our pastor, Benjamin, was out of town for a couple of weeks and to fill in on Sunday's he asked a Jeff and another member to speak. This is the first time Jeff has given the message. He has spoken and given testimony but not the full message. I think he did a great job. Here is a link to the podcast: http://www.neaustinvineyard.com/listen.htm He spoke on August 9th, it's titled "Gifted to Serve: Guest Speaker Jeff McBride."

Here's the direct link to the MP3 file: http://lovemypodcast.com/neav/Message%202009-08-09%20Guest%20Speaker%20Jeff%20McBride.mp3

New Clothes

So today was the first day I wore maternity clothes. Right now I don't have to wear them all the time but I sometimes they are more comfortable. I got a Bella Band so I can wear my 'normal' clothes a little longer. The tops are longer and it seams to be more comfortable. I borrowed many shirts and a couple of pairs of pants from a friend. I still need to go shopping for a few things as she was not pregnant during the summer but I am good for now.

Yes that is a skirt, and I wore it to church.

Doctor Visit #5

We had a regular check up at the ob office at 28 weeks. So at this stage they do what is called a glucose test. It's a test to check for gestational diabetes. It's only one hour. You have to fast then drink this stuff that has a given amount of sugar, that kind of tastes like a cross between Tang and half flat Sunkist. Well I 'failed' that one so I had to take the 3 hour test. I had to fast for 10~12 hours before the test started, then during the test I could only drink water. I have passed that one, so I do not have gestational diabetes.

We are still working on the house and the nursery, so things are progressing. I will post pictures when things have more dramatically changed.

Ch...ch…ch…changes

This summer we knew that it was the only time we would have lots of time to work on the nursery. So Jeff worked on the nursery. So we made the decision to move the study to the front room and the room next room the master is to be the nursery. It’s also further from the living room so that it will be quieter. You know that one thing leads to another. We needed to move the stuff out of the front room, to some where, so most of it went into the garage. Then Jeff cleaned and organized the garage. It’s not done yet but well on its way. The nursery is almost done, just a few things to finish up. Here are some pictures of the progress. I unfortunaly don't have a picture of what it started like.

Doug helping Jeff prime the walls.





















Priming done, are these the colors we want?




















Painting in progress.




















Walls all painted.




















Look a new floor.




















Here is the border that we are going to be putting up.

Doctor Visit #4

Had another doctor visit today. Our little pumpkin is growing at a normal pace. He measured right at 21w or 21w 2d, depending on what you measured. We did not find out the gender of the baby. The "he" is a royal one. We did not like the idea of calling the baby "it" and the baby is no longer a 'little peanut' at about a pound.