Anyways, I got to Week 34 this past Thursday. Holy crap has this pregnancy flown by! Everything really is great, though. I had my appointment with the doctor this morning, and he says I'm measuring right on track, and the baby is head down - just where we want it to be! Let's hope now that it doesn't pull an Owen Ziemer and shove its butt down there between now and the end of March... My blood pressure and weight gain were "perfect" according to the doctor, which was something I always like to hear. It just reiterates to me that the healthy feelings I've had aren't just in my head! The only issues I've been having have been some pretty nasty back and hip pain, made worse by the fact that I sit ALL DAY LONG for work. I have to make a serious conscious effort to get up and move and stretch throughout the day (something, in fact, I should probably get going on right now... instead of sitting on my tush writing blog posts!). I've found that a combination of consistent yoga and swimming really help the pain, but finding the time to go do that stuff has been a lot harder with this pregnancy - thanks to the two-year-old in residence at my house! I managed to have Andy adjust me this weekend, which was awesome, and I have an appointment to go see his old boss this evening, too. So that should help!
 |
| Notice the little post-it on my computer... |
As far as the weekend, Preston and I headed down to Crystal Lake on Saturday morning, then piled into the van with my mom, my dad, UncleMichaelEckel and the 3 blondies to have lunch in Chinatown (a fun new word for Preston and Megan, by the way...). We got down there just in time to avoid a wait at Triple Crown (or maybe it's Original Triple Crown... there are two different places). We were so proud of the kiddos and how they loved things like shrimp balls, shu mai, bean paste cakes and a bunch of other things. Preston was particularly enamored by the tanks of gigantic fish and crabs, which actually was the eventual demise in our dining experience. The only thing he wanted to do was look at "all those fish!" so we didn't last too long at the restaurant, once Two-year-old Meltdown Mode was in full force x 2. We headed over to one of the grocery stores to get some Asian staples, and that was thoroughly overwhelming and crowded enough for all of us. Got some good stuff, though.
We came back to CL, and stopped quick at Joseph's for a few more things (which included a Polish juice/nectar I've found and P loves, and carnitas, guacamole and salsa for dinner), before heading up to McHenry to Andy's office. Getting adjusted was the primary purpose for us going down to IL, so I got that done. Wow did it help! We then headed home, while the rest of my fam went to dinner.
Preston and I got home and woke up Skip (he had worked Friday night), then had those delicious carnitas for dinner. We vegged the rest of the night. On Sunday, we got up after sleeping in a little, and Skip started working upstairs while P, Stinky Evil Red Dog and I took a trip to Target (stupid store was out of size 4 diapers last time I was there. How does that happen?). After Target, since I hadn't managed to get everything I needed from the previous day's trip to Chinatown, we went up to Viet Hoa for a few more Asian staples. After getting super under-charged... we came home, had lunch, then I put P down while I worked upstairs with Skip for a couple of hours. We really managed to crank out a lot of work on the subfloor. We finished upstairs then came down and made some really tasty fried spring rolls with all of the goodies from the Asian stores. It was pretty funny, though, because Preston insisted on trying the sauce (he LOVES sauce - any kind) we were eating, but we were hesitant since Skip had added about a tablespoon of garlic chili paste to it. Well, he was insistent, so we let him try it. After a couple seconds of going "Ah! Blech! Blech!" he says, "Mmm, good! More?" Needless to say we have no worries that this kid is going to be just as much of a foodie as we are! Although I felt pretty bad at how red his little mouth and nose were after all that sauce! He didn't seem to mind, though. :) We had a nice evening after dinner, and that was about it!
This week I work, Skip works 3 nights, and then I have Part 1 of my EMT refresher on Saturday and Sunday (8-4:30 both days... yuck). Preston gets to have a sleepover with Nana and PopPop Manning this weekend while Skip cranks out some serious work upstairs. We're hoping to maybe see Harrisons for a little while this weekend, too.