Big Baby...

To Do 3/8/10
- Work on figures for lymph atlas
- Take down breeder fish
- Go over schedule for the week
- Make a list of pediatrician questions (our first interview is tomorrow!)
- Read 34 week e-mail (I can't believe that she could be here 3 - 6 weeks from now!!! - notice that I am not even going to think about here coming any later than 6 weeks from now)
- Try to figure out a way to ignore people who are saying how big my baby is going to be!!!

This morning when I went down to get my small, not very helpful, sad, daily dose of caffeine (just one diet coke) the lady at the counter, was like - WHOA!!! When are you due??? - I told her... and then she said - WOW, you are going to have a really big baby!!! :( hmmm... not exactly the thing I am hoping to hear. I have noticed that my baby seems very big already and sometimes I swear there are two babies in there b/c I am getting kicks at very different sides of my very large belly! (rest assured Adam - we have had 4 ultrasounds - there is only one baby!) (each time I say something like that, Adam gets really tense... I wonder why :) ). For now I am going to listen to my "Birth Affirmations" from class that tell me my baby is a perfect size for my body and other nice things about myself and my baby - I am really liking this CD! I might be slightly over concerned about this b/c my midwife did tell me to try not to grow a toddler....

flats....

To Do 3/3/10
- Work on atlas draft
- Catch up on emails
- Contact pediatricians and make interview appointments
- Go to Dr. appt.
- Free group
- Get used to wearing flats...

This weekend Adam finally convinced me that it was time to start wearing flats.... I have resisted for quite some time, but it is getting much harder to get around all day in heels. I must say that wearing flats does make it easier to walk, but they do not make you feel confident about yourself like heels do. It was a sad day - BUT - Adam did promise me that I could get a new pair of heels when Avery gets here. I did try to get away w/ buying these this weekend:





but here are the shoes I ended up w/... It is just sad....

Can I have a do-over morning????

To Do 2/24/10
- Work on Committee Meeting Summary
- Talk to tax guy at UC
- Seminar
- Dentist
- Start Free group!
- Attempt to not carry on w/ the current morning's trends...

This morning has not been one of the best... and I am hoping that the day is just up from here! First of all... Sham is having some poop problems and I had to pull a giant dog dingle off/out of him (again). I then went down stairs to discover that there was wonderfully smelling coffee just starting to brew... coffee that Adam teases me w/ in the morning that I can not currently have while he is still sleeping soundly in bed.... Off to work (enough said!) This was followed by hitting a very slick spot on the floor at work this morning when I was walking in and totally wiping out - luckily no one was there to see it though b/c I come in pretty early! I then went to get my lunch out of my purse and put it away to find that my soup has exploded all over (and I was being so good and bringing my lunch again!). After cleaning up the soup mess, I went to wash my hands in out sink and bumped some glass ware that a co-worker (cough - MITUL - cough) left right by the edge instead of putting it away - this of course crashed to the floor and broke all over! At this point - I really just need to sit down (it is not even yet 7:30AM!). Someone has used my chair and moved it - so I go and get it, turn of my computer and I see this as my new background...



nice... can I go back to bed and try again???

Sale Closed...

To Do 2/23/10
- Figure out tax questions
- Determine if the zebrafish has intersegmental lymphatic vessels by 6dpf
- Wait 20 minutes for each zebrafish pic to load! :(
- Prepare for lab meeting
- Go to Beth Moore study
- Take our house off of the market...

Our last showing was not a success. The people that came said the house was nice and a good price, but that it was not in the area that they were interested in - therefore, we are officially not moving. We have feelings of relief and sadness about this, but I'm sure w/ Avery coming, the time before we are looking for houses again will come quickly! In the mean time - we are now starting a list of improvements that we are going to make on the house since we are staying:

- Get new appliances! (yeah! my favorite!)
- Get a new sink for Adam's bathroom
- Install a fan in Avery's room
- Fix the giant hole in Avery's wall (this, I guess, was going to need to be done no matter what!)
- Paint Avery's room - we have paint and a design picked out - I'll post pics when it's done!
- Get a new bed for Nitro for our room - his giant crate will need to move to Palmer's room b/c there is no room in our bedroom for that and the bassinet, so he will have 2 beds now :)
- I'm sure there are a lot more things we will need to do, but that is it for the current list!

For Sale...

To Do 2/20/10

- Work on Avery's Insurance
- Research Alternate Vaccine Schedules
- Work on Pediatrician List
- Clean and Get Ready for our Last Showing on the House...

Today was our "last" showing on the house for now. If the person who looked at it today does not give us a good offer, we are pulling the house off of the market b/c it is getting too close to the time Avery is going to be here and we need to really start getting her room ready - not too mention with each week of pregnancy, I am would be less of a help packing up and moving a house full of stuff! The last showing is kind of a relief and really sad all at the same time... We have really been looking forward to moving somewhere w/ a yard for the buddies - but it will be nice to stay in Glendale w/ all of the sidewalks for taking Avery and the buddies for walks this spring. Either way, we have prayed about it and know God is in control. We have been so blessed to live here and trust God's will for our living location! :)

Here are a few of the pics that we took of our house when we put it up on the market!

Ice and leaks

To Do 2/19/10
- Finish tracing lymph images
- Attend HypnoBirth session
- Figure out what is going on w/ the leak in our house!

Recently we have been spending a lot of time in the room that used to be Palmer's and is now Avery's. In doing so, I noticed that the wall under the window was not quite right. Last weekend, Adam (and our friend Chris, who came over to help), pulled the base board out from the wall to discover that there was no "wall" behind the base board - just a little bit of insulation and then the out side wall. The drywall above the base board very easily pealed off and we discovered that there was ice all in the wall under the window!!! Not good! Since we are in a town house, we are not responsible for taking care of problems on the out side of the building (the leak) and we are currently waiting for the condo place to figure out what to do about this leak. A roofer came this week and cleared what he thought to be the problem... however, this morning when I left the house I found out our problem was bigger than we thought - we now have icicles hanging from the roof of our porch - or the floor of Avery's room under the window!!! Oh the joys of owning a home...

Sleepy Sheep

To Do 2/18/10
- Work on lymph images
- Take a nap (my favorite!)
- Clean up the house
- Make dinner
- Assemble Avery's new mobile

Today Avery's Sleepy Sheep Mobile came in the mail! It is too cute! Here is a picture of her mobile and some pictures of some other things in her room that are super cute!

Sleep Sheep Mobile

All of her stuffed toys in her crib :)

Her bassinet
It also has a little sheep mobile!

Her "going home" outfit! We can't wait for that!

Avery's newly organized closet - her clothes look like we are getting a little doll and not a baby!

Her armiore w/ all her little sleepers!