38 weeks

Yup, today's 38 weeks!  How fast this time has flown by.  Nothing really new to report, except that everything pregnancy-related is going well.  Weight and blood pressure on track, baby growing (not going to be too big - thank God!), but still a little "cockeyed" inside.  The doctor wants it to rearrange itself a little better before coming out, so let's cross our fingers that it settles into the right place as it drops!  My appointment on Monday was in strobe lights... I had to take a sick little boy with me since he wasn't at the babysitter, and of course he found the light switches in the exam room.  My dr. told me I'm going to have my hands full with a newborn and smart 2 1/2 year-old.  I'm beginning to think the same thing!

I had the second two installments of my EMT refresher this past weekend (have to do it every two years), and thankfully I passed.  After not running a call for a good 3 years, I really do need the "refreshing," so part of me enjoys it.  It helped that my class was very friendly and my teacher was the best, but it did stink having to drive the 30 mile/35 min trip out to Stone Bank FD 4 times.  I put a few miles on my car in those two weekends!

The house is the house.  The floor is completely done, and most of the trim is in.  We've been patching and re-sanding the little nail holes on the trim, and will touch up the paint on it this weekend.  Furniture will FINALLY be going up.  I've been sleeping up there anyways for the past week, which has been awesome.  I can't wait to get everything settled both downstairs and upstairs, so we will be ready for Bean to make his/her grand entrance.  The time is ticking...

We've been able to be outside a bunch this week, since the weather has been so ridiculously beautiful.  Here are a few pics of Preston enjoying his time outside.  The blue ones are what I will call "Adventures of Trying to Catch a Picture of a Two-Year-Old At a Park.  i.e. Impossible!"


Such a little boy, playing in the dirt.



So muddy, but so fun!

On his way down the slide!



Hi Mommy!

No time for pictures.

Loves the swing!

Apparently too sunny to look at the camera.

Good to see that swing chains still pinch fingers.  I thought that was only the case when I was a kid...

Weekend Update.

In the year 2000.... In the year 2000!! (Delta Chi Sing 2002 anyone?)

Anyways... It was a good weekend.  It really was.  I'm just clouded by major pregnancy hormones these days, so sometimes I lose track of rationality.

Friday I was able to get off work a little bit early, so we took advantage of Lent and had dinner at St. Paul Fish and the Milwaukee Public Market.  Despite the crazy snow, we had a really nice evening out, and totally overspent at the candy vendor at the MPM.  Mmm...saltwater taffy....mmmm.

Saturday morning Preston and I went down to CL with Sarah, Steph and Owen for a little baby "sprinkle" Sarison was throwing for me.  It was such a nice thing for her to do, and I really appreciated getting some time to catch up with the ladies of my family and a few close friends.  We (and I) got some neat gifts, and the baby is now set to sleep with a brand new bassinet.  Preston went with my dad and Andy and the little girls to get lunch while the shower was going on, and then came back and we hung at Harrisons for a little while before riding back up to Milwaukee with Mom and Dad.  We stopped at the hotel so Mom and Dad could check in, then went on a wild goose chase for dinner.  We ended up at Friday's at Miller Park, which was fine.  After that, we swung over into Riverwest to drop the camera off for Skip, who was headlining Riverwest Follies with his band Astral/Subastral.  He was very excited to have the opportunity to play for a good crowd, and apparently the show went pretty well.  Mom and Dad dropped P and I at home, and we basically just went to bed.

Sunday, we all got up and sprung into action.  By 10am, Andy, Jim, Nancy, Megan and Mom and Dad were at our house, ready to work.  They had all volunteered to come up and really get some stuff done upstairs, which Skip and I welcomed.  Andy and Jim really got cracking on getting the rest of the floor laid, while Skip worked on the electrical stuff - Nancy cleaned my ceiling fans, one of my "to dos" before the baby comes, and Mom cleaned the upstairs bathroom. Sarah, Michael and Elizabeth showed up by noon, so Dad/Nancy/MCE took PCM/MLH/EGH to the Children's Museum, while Mom and Sarah kept on with all types of cleaning.  After a few hours and a Menards run, I was having a really hard time having everybody in the house, even though I appreciated the help more than I could ever say.  It was just overwhelming and frustrating to not be able to do some things, and not get some of my priorities done. I just want my house back!  I ended up absolutely melting down, and hid down in my basement for like a half hour... Not one of my best moments.

I finally crept back upstairs, and worked a little bit before we all ordered Mekong takeout for dinner.  We devoured the food, just in time for the kiddos to all reach their limits - Preston especially.  He and Megan and EGH play really well together, but after a whole day, "go away" was the coined term of the day between Megan and Preston.  Mostly Megan (rightfully) telling Preston to leave her alone.  All the kids got in their jammies, then Michael took the Harrisons home while Mom and Dad went back to the hotel.  Preston went to bed about 20 mins after they left, and Skip and I sat up and talked for a little while before we both passed out.

As far as the house goes, however, there was a TON of progress made up there.  Andy and Jim finished the floor, which looks great (and we appreciate their tolerance for continuing the herringbone pattern Skip and I decided to do in the bedrooms...).  Skip was able to hook up all the rest of the electrical stuff, and then he and Andy got a ton of trim and moulding done.  Mom and Sarah really got the upstairs bathroom cleaned out (it was horrible!), and Sarah got the downstairs one as well.  Like I said, Nancy appeased my crazy nesting and cleaned all 5 ceiling fans in our house.  Sarah and Michael cleaned off our bed upstairs and got it completely "sleepable" again, and my GOD did I forget how comfortable that bed is.  The rest of the upstairs may not be quite finished, but hell, I'm finally up off the mattress on the floor downstairs, so I can't complain.  I've been rationalized down by everyone enough now to realize that all the rest of the things to get done can be done one thing at a time, and that the few important things left will get there by the time Bean comes.  I can't promise I won't have any more crazy pregnancy-induced meltdowns, but at least now I have a comfortable bed to escape to!

Plus, I have a full hour pregnancy massage tonight, so I will at least be loose. :)

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