Bethany's First Post

I am taking ownership and writing my own post. Andy and I just went to our 24 week check-up and everything is normal. Next time I have to do the gross glucose test for gestational diabetes and bloodwork (not my favorite either). I am also taking a pre-natal exercise class which has been surprisingly fun and makes me feel normal and "less" pregnant if that makes sense. I need to incorporate more of the exercises into my everyday routine instead of only once a week. Andy and I both have colds right now so we are taking it easy before our vacation starts next week where we will travel to exciting Indianapolis (for Andy's work) and then a short visit with my parents and family.
We have alot of nursery room stuff accomplished which is really nice to have done with and my mom is busy making all the cute bedding, curtains, etc. which makes things much more real to me. Next to figure out is baby registry stuff which I do not enjoy so far. We will show pictures once we get some of the decorations/accessories up.

Cut it out Michigan!

Well, it has been hovering around 0 degrees for the last couple of days. My poor little car heater is not able to keep up, so I can see through my windshield and that is about it. We're supposed to get another 3 to 6 inches of snow. The snow doesn't bother me as much as the bitter cold. Wind chill that is well below zero feels like a knife cutting any skin that is exposed. I'll put a plug in for Eddie Bauer here... I bought a down coat from Eddie Bauer this year... why? Well, last spring I told my wife, "I won't need any of my winter things anymore, just sell it in the garage sale." So, I spent about a week in the mid 40's in which I didn't have a good winter coat. Bethany took mercy on me and let me buy the Eddie Bauer coat (which wasn't expensive compared to North Face or other name brand stuff). So, I have the huge, heavy coat from Eddie Bauer and it is supposed to be good to -20 degrees. I find that it is very comfortable from both -20 to around 40 degrees. It hasn't failed me yet and Bethany said that I haven't complained nearly as much about the weather as I used to. If I had bought this jacket ten years ago maybe I wouldn't be so angry all winter.

Well, Michigan appears to heading for more economic disaster. The big three got their bailout money which means that they should be asking for a second bailout in the next few weeks. Since it doesn't appear that we will be able to leave Michigan (and we don't particularly want to leave) we are trying to refinance our home. This should help give us a little breathing room when Bethany is on maternity leave.

No new baby news. It is just floating around growing skin, or whatever a baby is doing at this point.

Bethany's parents are coming to visit this weekend and we're going to paint the nursery. I think after painting a nursery we will need to do something manly, so we'll probably see the new Clint Eastwood movie. I plan on ringing a cow bell every time Clint scowls at someone. It is probably good that there isn't a drinking game involving shots everytime he does something awesome, because everyone would be dead. I'm fairly certain that Clint Eastwood is Chuck Norris' father.

Take care.

Ultrasound and Baby furniture

We went for the ultrasound on the 29th. Everything was fine and we got to see the baby rolling over and stretching his/her legs.

They said that all was well and within the normal ranges. It weighs about 10 ozs. now.

We spent all of last weekend going baby shopping on Craigslist. We were able to get about $1,000 of baby stuff for less than $300. Our friends, David and Carol, let us use their SUV so we were able to get everything home.

Above you get to play the fun game called: Which picture is our ultrasound and which one is the Loch Ness Monster?

We put Pickle and Lupe in the crib to make sure it was put together properly. This is the last time they will be allowed anywhere near the baby's stuff.

Bethany then told Pickle that he was too fat and would probably break the crib. This was Pickle's response...

Have a great week (or month) depending on when I update this again.

Andy