35 Week Appointment

Thursday morning was Beth's (now weekly) appointment. We're really getting down to the wire now!
So far, still all good news. Everything looks good, no complications, and Beth has a bit of a waddle going on now. She's so cute!
Now might be a good time to get a pool going for an actual birth day...
A couple people we know are certain it'll be on April 1. I've had the notion, for several weeks now, that it'll be @ week 38, or April 14. Can't say why, exactly. I just seem to know it. I guess we'll all know in a couple weeks.
So, last week, week 34, she measured 35 cm. This week, she measured 37. If this keeps up...

For those who may not know, the Dr. measures the uterus, in centimeters. The resulting number is supposed to correlate with the number of weeks pregnant. So, we're measuring a little early.
We're still trying to get all our reading done, the apartment shaped up, thank you's written and mailed, and our minds prepared. Beth is still working, hoping to work right up till the labor begins, in an effort to secure as much time off as she can. She gets 6 weeks of maternity leave, and she's shooting for 4 more weeks of PTO. So, we'll see...
We can hardly wait to meet our little girl.
I hope this finds you all in good health and spirits.

34 week appointment

We had our check up today. Dr was pleased with my blood pressure and the fact that Miss Clara seems to think that she can wiggle around in there all she wants. Her heartbeat sounds steady and strong. Dr asked how I was feeling and I told her tired most of time but with little bursts of energy here and there. Dr feels certain that if things were to progress quickly now that Clara would be just fine and no need for steroids (big weight off my mind) but not quite ready for her to make her appearance just yet.
Tod finished the room and it looks very nice. Koral made a picture that I need to get a frame for that will match the decor perfectly. All the clothes are washed and put away, crib made and ready, and diapers waiting. Few more things I would like to get done around the house before bringing her home but the room was my biggest worry. Now I don't have too. He has been so wonderful and patient with me and my little "quirks".
We received some wonderful news, Tod's family will be coming to visit in June (Father and step mother) and hopefully August (sister and brother). I can not wait to met them. They have been so nice at accepting me and our situation and I feel so very blessed in so many ways.
I will try to keep this updated each week, time to go change over the laundry and Clara is getting up set that the laptop is "resting" on her. LOL
Take care all my wonderful family and friends

Beth's Birthday!

Also Clara's baby shower. :-)
Yesterday, March 5th, we were given a shower for Clara Hope.
As Beth just said to me, "Our baby girl has so many clothes, it isn't even freakin' funny!"
We are so thankful to have such loving, caring, and generous friends and family.
I was there, and learned that I'm a weirdo because most daddies-to-be are not as enthusiastic as I am about this baby thing. I'm coming out of my skin with breathless anticipation at the notion of finally meeting my baby girl. Nope. No excitement here!
After the shower, the birthday celebration began commencing. Actually, it involved some card and gift exchange, and mass exodus shortly thereafter.
Thank you so much, Terri and Michelle, for such an awesome party. We had a great time, and rolled out of there with seriously full bellies. :-)
Ok. Enough jibba-jabba. here's the pics:

The Guest of Honor.

The Birthday cake.

Tinkerbell, Beth's favorite Disney character, as she sits atop the cake.

The Diaper Cake.

The shower cake.

Thanks, Terri and Michelle, for such awesome decorations!

Shower game.

Thanks again, everyone. And, Beth's birthday is tomorrow, March 7. So feel free to holler at her.
We wish the best to you all.

Goodness it's been awhile

Just realized that it has been over a month since we have posted anything. Not much has really happened. I am still looking and applying like crazy for nursing jobs and Tod is still searching too. He probably puts in at least 6 or more applications a day in. I know one of these days something will come up for the both of us. My brother and sister in law purchased a beautiful crib for Clara. Tod put it together and it is in the living room. (Still need to get the room finished) My mother gave us a dresser so we now have a place to put all her clothes. I am starting to feel tired easily and seem to have less energy. Weight is still doing well and found out from the horrible glucose testing that my sugars are "just fine" which are amazing considering I didn't realize I was having the test done and I ate almost a half a package of cookies about 4 hours before the test. The appointments are still every 2 weeks and will start being every week middle of next month.
Hope everyone is doing well and look forward to any comments. We love you all.
Beth

DOH!

Ok, for those of you who may be interested in posting, if you click on the title of the post you'd like to comment on, you'll see a box, clearly labeled, in which you may enter comments! woohoo!!!

New look, new questions...

Hello, all!
I've decided to update the look of the blog. Please feel free to let me know how you like it - or if you don't!
I've really been wanting to make the comments visible, so that it might be more user friendly. Apparently, this is a limitation of the blogger software/template(s). So, I've found a gadget that displays recent comments. It's a kludge, I know - it doesn't seem to know how to handle ampersands. Sigh... I've spent way too much time trying to make the comments show below each post. I've edited HTML and XML, and still no dice. Anyone have any suggestions?

Anywho...

We've been doing some reading here. So far, here's the (baby-related) list:

The Expectant Father - The copy we have here is a little out dated, but most of the 

                      information  seems to have survived the turn of the century. :-)

The Baby Book - Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby -- From Birth to Age Two

This is also a tad outdated, but again, very useful.

Hypno Birthing - The Mongan Method  - This appears to be a new take on LeMaze; and as 

  such is really more Beth's deal.

And in the non-baby related book department, I've been reading World War Z an Oral History of the Zombie War. Apparently, it's a sequel. I'm enjoying it immensely, though. Gonna hafta check out the first one, The Zombie Survival Guide. Sometime.

How about you folks out there? Any recommended reads - baby-related or otherwise?
Again, we'd love to get comments/feedback. Please bear with us while we try to figure out how to make it easier...

Some help or advice on this "problem" I have

Sure hoping someone can give me some advice on what to do. I know it is not the best thing to talk about and maybe I should be embarrassed to say anything, but here goes. I am just now having an issue with brushing my teeth. Had a bit of this during the first trimester. It went away but now back and with a vengeance. Almost every time I brush, regardless of what kind of toothpaste I use, empty stomach or not, leaning over, standing up straight,you name it; I end up vomiting. It's starting to get really annoying and I am really hoping someone might have another trick that can help me with this. Hope this finds everyone well and really hope to get some feed back on this.