If all goes well, next Friday morning Brandon and I will know if we are having a daughter or son. Whoa...that sounds weird, doesn't it?
We had a prenatal check-up appointment yesterday and we're around the 17 week mark. Baby's heartbeat was strong and steady at 154 and I have gained a total of three pounds. I'm feeling good and the mood swings have simmered down a bit.
I'm also done with summer graduate school classes -- whoo hoo -- and am looking forward to a four week break. (Technically, classes start back up Sept. 23 but we'll be vacationing in Arizona!)
This weekend we're just going to chill at home and we are both looking forward to it tremendously! We have a significant amount of yard work to do, but we enjoy those activities so it should be great. We're also planning to use our Cincinnati Independents gift certificate to China Gourmet on Saturday night....YUM YUM!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Update
Just a quick update…
I made it through my insanely long Monday, which started with a 7 a.m. meeting and ended with getting home at 9:30 p.m. after a case presentation for my B2B marketing class.
The car has been repaired and I am with wheels again, which Brandon and I are both thankful for. (He’s been a champ driving me to and from both class and school. FUN.)
Sassy is eating the KD food for her kidneys, yea! I was very worried that she would snub her little nose up at it, but she appears to really like it. The other cats are very jealous, though, because she gets to eat canned food twice a day. I told them they should be happy their kidneys are healthy and deal.
This weekend is the final hump for summer classes – I must finish a 350 page book and write a review of it by Monday night’s class. I’ve got a ways to go…nuff said. We’re having dinner the Harpers on Saturday night to celebrate Anna’s (belated) birthday.
Next week we will look at our fourth day care center option, which I think may end up being our second choice. First choice is UC. We also have our 16-week follow up appointment where they will schedule our 18-week ultrasound appointment.
I made it through my insanely long Monday, which started with a 7 a.m. meeting and ended with getting home at 9:30 p.m. after a case presentation for my B2B marketing class.
The car has been repaired and I am with wheels again, which Brandon and I are both thankful for. (He’s been a champ driving me to and from both class and school. FUN.)
Sassy is eating the KD food for her kidneys, yea! I was very worried that she would snub her little nose up at it, but she appears to really like it. The other cats are very jealous, though, because she gets to eat canned food twice a day. I told them they should be happy their kidneys are healthy and deal.
This weekend is the final hump for summer classes – I must finish a 350 page book and write a review of it by Monday night’s class. I’ve got a ways to go…nuff said. We’re having dinner the Harpers on Saturday night to celebrate Anna’s (belated) birthday.
Next week we will look at our fourth day care center option, which I think may end up being our second choice. First choice is UC. We also have our 16-week follow up appointment where they will schedule our 18-week ultrasound appointment.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Car Crashes, Sick Cats and School -- Oh My!
It's been a busy few weeks, but what else is new right?
Let's see, we headed to Columbus the weekend of Aug. 8 for Brandon's cousin Jarrod's birthday party, which was basically a mini-family reunion. We had a good time and enjoyed all the yummy food Aunt Michelle fixed. We also got to spend some quality time with Brandon's cousin Zach's new baby, Logan. He is about three months old and very cute. Brandon did a great job with him --despite all the women watching his every move. Aunt Shauna passed on a good piece of advice, which she received from her mother: Don't ever start something you don't want to continue. (Note to self: re: crying baby...)
This past week was super crunch week for grad school -- I had a 10 page paper due for retailing, numerous case studies to read for B2B marketing (a large part of our grad is based on class participation/commentary on case studies) and a group powerpoint presentation on another case. I made the week worse by crashing my car -- it was completely my fault and a very stupid maneuver. What ticks me off is all the money I wasted: $1,000 deductible (on a $3,000 repair) and $114 ticket for running a red light. Fortunately, no one was hurt. It did royally screw up my day though -- I spent hours dealing with insurance and had to make a quick visit to my OB to make sure the baby was OK. Heartbeat 156 and strong, no injuries to anything except my pride...and the car. Brandon is my personal chauffeur for now.
Also, we found out that Sassy's has some fairly serious kidney problems. For now, we are going to switch her diet and see if that helps stabalize her. If not, I will be learning to give her fluids at home.
This weekend we took a break and went shopping for baby furniture/bedding on Friday to make a final decision about paint colors for upstairs. We have a good idea of what we want to do now. On Saturday, we had a nice lunch with Paula and Kirk then split boy/girl with the boys playing frisbee and girls hitting the outlet malls.
I had to present at 7 a.m. this morning for work. FUN. I also do my B2B presentation this evening for class. Wish me luck -- hope I'm still standing at the end of the day.
Let's see, we headed to Columbus the weekend of Aug. 8 for Brandon's cousin Jarrod's birthday party, which was basically a mini-family reunion. We had a good time and enjoyed all the yummy food Aunt Michelle fixed. We also got to spend some quality time with Brandon's cousin Zach's new baby, Logan. He is about three months old and very cute. Brandon did a great job with him --despite all the women watching his every move. Aunt Shauna passed on a good piece of advice, which she received from her mother: Don't ever start something you don't want to continue. (Note to self: re: crying baby...)
This past week was super crunch week for grad school -- I had a 10 page paper due for retailing, numerous case studies to read for B2B marketing (a large part of our grad is based on class participation/commentary on case studies) and a group powerpoint presentation on another case. I made the week worse by crashing my car -- it was completely my fault and a very stupid maneuver. What ticks me off is all the money I wasted: $1,000 deductible (on a $3,000 repair) and $114 ticket for running a red light. Fortunately, no one was hurt. It did royally screw up my day though -- I spent hours dealing with insurance and had to make a quick visit to my OB to make sure the baby was OK. Heartbeat 156 and strong, no injuries to anything except my pride...and the car. Brandon is my personal chauffeur for now.
Also, we found out that Sassy's has some fairly serious kidney problems. For now, we are going to switch her diet and see if that helps stabalize her. If not, I will be learning to give her fluids at home.
This weekend we took a break and went shopping for baby furniture/bedding on Friday to make a final decision about paint colors for upstairs. We have a good idea of what we want to do now. On Saturday, we had a nice lunch with Paula and Kirk then split boy/girl with the boys playing frisbee and girls hitting the outlet malls.
I had to present at 7 a.m. this morning for work. FUN. I also do my B2B presentation this evening for class. Wish me luck -- hope I'm still standing at the end of the day.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Family Party, Tennessee and General Exhaustion
Today, I feel like I could fall asleep sitting up. I think I’ve stressed myself out just a little too much over the past five days. With my summer graduate school schedule, Sunday through Wednesday is a marathon regardless of what we do on the weekend, but this past weekend, we also hosted a family reunion so that seems to have put me over the top. It was great to see everyone, though, so it was worth it. I particularly appreciated Becca and Justin’s help Friday and Saturday loaded and unloaded the huge amounts of stuff we had to take.
We turned the party into a surprise 80th birthday party for my Grandma, too, which went great. She seemed to really enjoy herself and virtually everyone thanked me for organizing it so that made me feel good. (Now if I could just get my Kentucky cousins to participate…oh well, their loss! I’ll post pictures from the party over the weekend. I haven’t had a chance to download them yet.
We had a great time in Tennessee visiting Ben, Carrie and Pants a few weekends ago. We broke the pregnancy news to all of them then – I thought Pants might crash the car! Everyone is excited, of course. We went to the Smokies to hike and saw our first black bear, which was very cool. Brandon and I couldn’t resist going into hiking mode, though, which means we blew up the hill ahead of the others. It felt so good to be hiking! Granted, Ben has a 15-month old kid on his back to laden him down, so I assume it is justified. Here is a picture of all of us that Carrie took.
We turned the party into a surprise 80th birthday party for my Grandma, too, which went great. She seemed to really enjoy herself and virtually everyone thanked me for organizing it so that made me feel good. (Now if I could just get my Kentucky cousins to participate…oh well, their loss! I’ll post pictures from the party over the weekend. I haven’t had a chance to download them yet.
We had a great time in Tennessee visiting Ben, Carrie and Pants a few weekends ago. We broke the pregnancy news to all of them then – I thought Pants might crash the car! Everyone is excited, of course. We went to the Smokies to hike and saw our first black bear, which was very cool. Brandon and I couldn’t resist going into hiking mode, though, which means we blew up the hill ahead of the others. It felt so good to be hiking! Granted, Ben has a 15-month old kid on his back to laden him down, so I assume it is justified. Here is a picture of all of us that Carrie took.
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