35 Weeks!

Well, I'm 35 weeks along as of yesterday - meaning just barely over a month to my due date! We had a doctor's appointment Monday and everything was great - OB said everything was looking fabulous, and as long as my diabetes stays under control then I will be treated as a normal pregnancy without any high-risk issues (that's what we want to hear!). Blood pressure has stabilized and is perfect, weight gain has leveled off (hard to gain weight when I'm not allowed to eat anything on this diabetes diet!), and she is pretty sure baby is head down (although at a slight angle right now!). I start going every week now, so that should be fun!! Here's yet another updated picture of me (late at night and feeling very tired!!):

In other news...... um, I think we bought a house! We put in an offer, it was accepted, the home inspection was Friday (7/25), and now we are just waiting to get a few things fixed before we hopefully close on Friday 8/1 or Monday 8/4!! Yep - homeowners and new parents all within the span of about 4 weeks! Craziness, insanity, fun, exciting - all rolled into one big month! We are very excited ~ we are happy to have a place to call our own for a while, and it will be nice to have our own backyard for playing with Ben, not to mention a chance to make the house what we want after so many years of living in apartments!! I have a bunch of pictures taken by Jerred's sister Camy and her husband, Jeff, when we did a walk through with them last week ~ the link is:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AaNmbRo4ctGVS

Enjoy! I tried to describe what each one is as it's not always obvious! Enjoy! The first things we want to do are to knock down a wall between the living room and kitchen/dining area, get rid of the wallpaper, paint the rooms, and then work on the kitchen this fall/winter. We'll definitely post some house updates on here as well to keep everyone in the loop as the house is hopefully transformed!

That's it for now - enough to keep us busy for quite a while! :-)

33 Weeks! 7 Weeks to Go!

So I'm 33 weeks today - insanity! How did it go so fast? I just remember being like 15 weeks along thinking that another 25 weeks was so far away - and now there are only 7 more left!

My ever-growing self:

Things are good - I'm feeling good, my gestational diabetes is staying under control with diet and exercise, and it's fairly easy to follow. Baby Ben moves around all day long and doesn't usually like to let me sleep much, but I suppose that's good practice!

Ben's room is almost done - his crib bedding and changing table supplies are all stocked and washed and ready to go! We just need the rocker to come in (not until end of August), and we need to hang the artwork on the walls. But here's what it looks like so far:

Even the living room has taken on a new decor ~ baby gear! :-) We have the pack & play set up downstairs so that Ben can nap down there without us having to run up & down all the time to check on him!

The baby to-do lists have gotten much shorter ~ a few things to pick up in the next week or two so that we can install car seats and such, have to pack the hospital bag once we take our last trip to the cabin, and otherwise we are just about ready for the little man to arrive! We have our birth class this coming weekend, so hopefully after that we'll feel even more prepared!

We have also begun the ever-so-interesting job of house hunting. Our lease isn't up until the end of December, but we would want some overlap anyway to move with a little one, and plus we don't know how long it will take for us to find a house that we really want! We are looking at our town (Woodbury) and the next few over, including Cottage Grove, Maplewood, and Oakdale. So we'll see what we can find! Keep your fingers crossed for us! It would be nice to have a little more space (and our own space) when Ben arrives!

So that's it at this point - everyone is well, our tomato plants look great and we should have tomatoes soon - green peppers too! The basil and arugula are already full grown and we'll be cooking with those this weekend! :-) Otherwise just enjoying MN summer!!!

Hope this finds everyone else well!! We love & miss you all!

32 Weeks Tomorrow!

Sorry for the lack of updates recently - I was in RI for 10 days for a wonderful trip home, and I just got back to Minnesota yesterday! I will work on a new blog update tonight/tomorrow!!!

Quick summary - trip was great, baby shower was fabulous, got lots of baby gear and clothes ~ visited lots of friends and family and places - just a great time overall. Feeling good, have follow-up appointment with diabetes clinic today so I'll keep you all posted on that too!