Up and at 'em!

I was biting my nails the first half of yesterday. My doctor appointment wasn't until 1:00, and I had been up since before dawn in anticipation of getting to leave the house. I worked for a few hours, and then tried on several outfits for the date night Jason and I would get to have if the doc posted my bail. Jason came home around lunch time to find me painting my nails. He said I was being seriously optimistic! I didn't mind :)

Anyhow, this is me at 12:00. I left an entire hour before my appointment to head to the doctor's office. Thankfully I only had a short wait, and then they pulled me back for an ultrasound. Baby boy looked great (I actually asked the tech to double check that it was a boy for me on this visit - he is :), and they said I looked good to go! The doc took me off bed rest, with a few restrictions (no exercising, lifting, etc). Woohoo! So I celebrated by driving myself to Kroger to pick up a bag of chips and one bunch of bananas. Seriously :P

So last night was a fabulous date night with Jason. We went to the Orpheum for the World Premiere of The Grace Card. The movie was wonderful and they had a fun question and answer time with the actor's afterward. Definitely a memorable evening! But by the end of it I was exhausted and happy to get home and in bed!

Molly Maid Moms

Its been one week, almost to the hour, since Jason rushed me (and baby boy) to the hospital. This means I've been sitting insanely still for over 168 hours. This means that Spalding and Lyddy have had every opportunity to shed and spread enough hair and dander to fill a cat bed. Ugh! It doesn't help that normally I like to vacuum every few days, and use my handy swiffer almost as often.

Anyhow, my fabulous mother, and my sister's mother-in-law (Linda) came by today and did some extreme cleaning! They came bearing the gift of food, the gift of socializing, and the gift of cleaning. I feel incredibly blessed!

We even had some entertainment during the cleaning. Mom got her groove on while vacuuming, and then a piece that I didn't even know existed on the vacuum just fell off. Its apparently the filter that was just tired of filtering. It was pretty funny watching the two of them reassemble it (from my recliner of course).

 

After they finished cleaning, Linda pulled the best chicken salad I have ever had... by far. I will post the recipe the moment I receive it from her! I had way too many servings. In addition, she brought an entire bag of home made snicker doodles and ginger snaps. If I have to remain on bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy, I'm going to have to nix their visits to my house with such amazing food!

After lunch, Jason dropped by with a beautiful basket full of goodies that were sent by Clay and Tabitha! It includes a Sudoku book, word puzzles, Good Housekeeping, Better Homes, The Home Journal, fruit, chocolates, and a drink. The most awesome bed rest gift ever! Thanks Clay and Tabitha!

The rest of the day, the kiddos kept me company while I worked on my laptop (which has been wonderful to be able to do). They seem to want to get out of the house as much as I do!

And We're Off!

A graphic designer who hasn't entered the blog world?! Craziness! Well now that I'm here, its a whole other challenge to figure out where to start. Do I cover the last 20-some-odd years of life, begin with my engagement, my marriage, or this pregnancy? I guess I'll begin with the present-day and hope to fill in some of the craters as I go along :)

Well it took the doctor's orders to keep me home long enough to set up a blog. Yep, that's right. We are on bed rest and home bound for now, but it may not be such a bad thing. They want to keep this little bun in the oven for at least 12 more weeks, so I may have some time on my hands for a while. I'm catching up on all the reading I've been planning to do (Happiest Baby on the Block, Baby Wise, What to Expect, Bradley Method, etc and so on). Hopefully I'll have an idea of what to do when this kiddo (still to be named) gets here!

In other events, I got to observe my hubby assemble the Bob today. I'm dying to take it out for a test run! Maybe Spalding, our border collie, wouldn't mind being strapped in sometime. Treat?


Now that we have the stroller, I need to find a carrier that we like (and hopefully matches the chocolate and blue). Any thoughts?

Well that's all for now! Back to resting (and watching the hubby take out the trash, change the kitty litter, and vacuum). Boy I feel like a bump on a log!