Happy Halloween!

We did not have a lot of trick or treaters tonight - seemed like they started late (7ish?), but then it did start to rain by around 8pm.

We are still watching the Phillies game though - go Phils! I think the little one has been enjoying the game - he keeps moving around!

Got to sleep in late today - what a wonderful thing! Our childbirth instructor is going to lend us the videos we missed later this week so we don't have to go in this weekend. We did go run some errands today, and Daddy drove :) He's getting some good practice in! Babies R Us was closed because they had no power, due to some fire in the area.... so we decided to go to Target, our next stop, but the way we went, we passed the fire and all the trucks and police cars directing traffic for all the lights that were out! An adventure for sure! We got some storage containers at Target, along with some candy for tonight and a few other miscellaneous things. Hopefully tomorrow we will be able to organize everything from the baby's room and downstairs so we have everything where it belongs (although I'm sure some of that will be figured out only when he arrives!).

Tomorrow I finish clipping coupons and making the grocery list for the week. Fun fun! OH, we did get a couple of important purchases this week - the changing pad and the baby monitor! We need to play around with the baby monitor's position, but it works, and that's the important thing!

38.5 week appt

Still no progress. Head still down but not engaged. Heartbeat was good - although the little guy moved and the dr lost it (the heartbeat) for a second! LOL He had to be coaxed to stay still.

Tomorrow Daddy and I get our seasonal flu shots. Here's hoping that goes smoothly!

No word on the maternity belt yet. Hopefully soon!

My work has a Wellness Day every year, and today was the day. I talked to the insurance people about our coverage (our ins co was bought out this year) and the changes (not many), the LifeBalance people (EAP), got a coupon for an eye exam in January, had my cholesterol checked (it was high, which is expected due to the pregnancy, but my glucose level was good), had my blood pressure checked (for the 3rd time today - twice at the dr's office), and talked to a couple of gyms that my company has deals with.

But for some reason , the lady doing the waist to hip ratio wouldn't measure me... something about the reading not being useful? LOL

OK, I'm up way too late. Good thing I had a little nap earlier. Good night!

Update on email and Mommy

If you signed up before last night, you might need to do it again. I received an email this morning that there was a post yesterday.

Hope everyone is well. I'm just tired and uncomfortable! Hard to find a good position to sleep in now. And I just realized last night that my ankles are swollen. Ah, the joys of pregnancy!

I go to get measured for the maternity belt this morning too. Hopefully that will help.

Email subscription not working yet

Like I said, I'm still getting used to all this blogging stuff.

I put a thing on the right side of the page that you can sign up with your email to get notified when the blog is updated (or maybe to get the actual post? Not sure yet). However, I signed up for it and it hasn't been working for me.

So, if you've done that, just know it's not working. I'm trying to figure it out. :) Thanks for your patience!

Sunday - 14 days to go!

Car seat inspection... hmmm... yeah, we got up early, only to get there and find out it was yesterday. UGH. Now I have to make phone calls tomorrow to all the districts to see if there are any others before our due date. Who knew this baby prep stuff would be this stressful?????

We did go to Buy Buy Baby to pick up some of the things off the registry there. However, since I forgot the 10% coupon we got in the mail, we basically shopped and they are holding everything until we bring the coupon in. Not ideal, but we did manage to use the 20% off Bed Bath and Beyond (sister store) coupons for 2 bigger items.

Daddy also found out the piece that's making our stroller not work right, so he will call tomorrow to try to get that replaced.

We will try to take some pictures this week of some of what we bought!

H1N1 shot - GOT IT!

Luckily Fairfax County had a twitter page about this and when I saw the update at 2:15pm that there were no lines and parking was again open, we headed over there! I got the shot and then had to hang around for about 15 minutes for them to make sure I didn't have a reaction to it (I did not have a reaction).

Now we just have to find a place for Daddy to get his H1N1 shot!

All's well :) Then we spent the rest of the day running errands, including to Babies R Us to get things off the registry that we wanted to have before the baby arrives.

H1N1 shot

I think I'm headed out to see if I can get the elusive H1N1 vaccine that all pregnant women are in the priority group for. I hope I can find parking and that the outside wait isn't long!

PS - thanks to Daddy for designing and putting up our new logo/title for the blog! :) His graphic arts skills are developing! :)

Edit at 1pm: there was no parking and the line was, I'm guessing, probably a mile or so long... so I left. I will be checking back later to see if they still have them available. Right now, we're off to the chiropractor!

37.5 week appt

Daddy went with me today to the OB appointment! We heard the heartbeat again today (although Daddy hadn't heard it in awhile, so that was nice for him!), which sounded more like a human and less like something deep underwater! It was a little low, but Dr H said that it was because, at this stage, baby REALLY doesn't like when I lay on my back.

She said he is measuring well, but that he is going to be a BIG baby! Daddy said the look on my face was priceless! I'm sure it was. I was hoping for a small baby!

We also talked about the H1N1 vaccine. I am going to try to get it this weekend so baby and I are both covered. Daddy has to get it as well, but no one seems to be offering it to him yet. I am in a double high risk group due to my asthma as well as the pregnancy.

I am also in the process of trying to get a maternity belt that the OB has prescribed for me. Between the insurance company and these places that have them, I'm probably going to have the baby before I get the belt!

Most recent picture of the bump

36 weeks and 5 days



(not sure why it's so dark)

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We are expecting our bundle of joy in less than 3 weeks, and we hope to keep everyone updated via this blog. Enjoy!