Doctor Notes:

So we are down (or up?) to two week appointments. Tuesday was the first one in this series. Week 30 officially starts on Friday, so I’ll post the new bump picture then so I won’t scrapbook the wrong one (just in case the next few days brings on a big change).

The doctor was pleased, although rather surprised, that my iron levels actually went up instead of down, 12.7 to 13. He said he doesn’t know what I’m doing, and Chris and I just shrugged at each other…like we don’t know, junk food and sitting on my bum all day?

Weight gain was 1.5 pounds – about 22 lbs. total. We’re right on track there with a goal in the neighborhood of 35 if we stay on pace these last months. We’ll see what happens.

Visually, the Dr. refers to my bump as an “optical illusion”, because it practically disappears when I lay back – but, everything is measuring just fine. This is not something I was worried about until the last appointment before this one when he kept assuring me that the size was fine. So, when he measured and walked to his files expecting the measurement to be small this appointment, I just let my worry (which he unintentionally started at the last appointment) of a baby with dwarfism be known, he promptly looked over his file and said not to worry because the femur length was exactly proportional to the head and chest, and with dwarfism this is not the case. (Not that bump size really matters as far as the size of the baby, but irrational fears have a way of creeping in there. – No need to flood me with reassurance (or short jokes) there. :))

The glucose test came back A-Okay. Doc gave the old pancreas a thumbs-up in case you were wondering.

Who knew I was having contractions? Makes sense now that I think about what I described I was feeling versus the whole name…contractions… but give me a break – how am I just supposed to magically know what they feel like?? I’m having them every day, numerous a day actually, so doc has us monitoring the time on those, so we can put the kibosh on them if needed. <<<------That is why I’m glad Chris enjoys going too, because I had already been convinced by myself and others that what I was feeling was just the position of the baby being weird, because I have actually been able to feel these things for a while now and I had forgot to ask, and because the feeling was happening more and more and more frequently Chris decided to bring it up. Gotta love him. <3<3<3<3<3<3

I think that might be everything. I guess if it’s not Chris will just have to let me know, but I think that is it.

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Benny-Boy

Surfing around TMZ this morning I found this guy! I've never thought Ben Affleck was incredibly hott, but for whatever reason I am totally loving the hair. I can't help but think it's some kind of joke, but I like it on him. =P

Chris & Josh Turner

Chris is all excited about meeting Josh Turner at the County Fair. He got the cover for Long Black Train autographed, and stole this picture with him. The concert was great.

The Steffen's spent the weekend with us and it was a blast. Mitch came on Thursday and we went to El Bracero's for dinner with him. Friday Tess and the boys (Nick & Alex) came up around dinner time and we had Bratwurst on the grill and then swung into Culver's for some ice cream. Saturday they went to the beach for their yearly trip, but Chris and I stayed home because bacteria advisories were issued for the beaches, and I didn't want to get too hot just chilling on my towel. For dinner, Mitch cooked the most amazing Flat-Iron Steaks on the grill. YUMMMMMY!!!! There is a small portion leftover that I am totally going to slice and eat with a salad later. =) Of Course, then we headed to fair and enjoyed the concert.

Meet & Greet

Chris just called to say he got a Meet & Greet pass for the concert this weekend. WoooHooo, he can get one of these CD's signed!

These R Da Breaks

Mrs. Brennan posted this video and I thought it was cute.. so... I stole it. Take a break, enjoy.

Thanks Greg!

We had a wonderful time entertaining one of Chris's coworkers who is in town this week. I made Lasagna (as FB people know, splattered a Colts shirt - boooo!) steamed Broccoli, and fresh Strawberry slices with a Sugar Cream pie for dessert. Beers for the guys, Water for me. the only thing to have made the night better would have been a World Cup victory by Team USA, but I'm just happy they were in the final - very proud people here!

Eh.. I guess one more thing would have made the night better for me.... if the newest batch of pies would have set up right. That was the first time I've ever ruined a SC pie... and it was 4 of them. Chris said it's no big deal... I said, "No big deal? Do you know how much time and energy it takes to make and roll out that crust!?!" I think because I was trying to rush and get them in the oven before Greg got here I may not have treated my sugar mixture with as much attention as it would have liked.

To Do Today:

 

Finish sewing my new:

Sew another batch of:

Eat Leftover:

Work:

Ignore Her.

With the release of Casey Anthony tomorrow, the news media is going crazy with people saying she will be harmed. I hope this does not happen. It will not give Caylee justice, and it will only ruin another set of lives. I don't think she's worth the blog space I've given her here, nor is she worth a second of thought, but let's just remember that we ALL must answer to HIM in the end, and that is when the real punishment begins - for life does not begin until we are accepted into our Father's house.

Catch Up!

Most Important News!-------->>> Chris gets home from his second trip to Germany tonight!

Lordy, how I've missed him! Although, I have slept much better since dad gave me his pepper spray - LOL, I no longer fear that crazy person who wants to slip in my windows, hide in the closet, and make funny faces at me while I sleep. (Yes, I watch to many crime shows, and there are nights when the ice maker drops a load, and I convince myself that someone is in the house, and spend 2 hours clutching the television remote hitting the mute button for every creak.) Sadly, I'm starting to get comfortable being home alone with every night.

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Next News: I've also been on vacation with mom and dad. We went to TN - stopping in Murfreesboro so I could spend some time with Thom and Heidi and the boys who were visiting Mom and Dad West.

Then we spent a couple days at my brother's house enjoying the lake and nature and all that comes with it. Simply wonderful! Always great to see him and Robert (see, I'm learning that he's outgrown "Robbie") and Jenny.

Then we moved on to Aunt Virginia and Uncle Blake's house where I got to meet Kya, Hayden, and baby Maleeah (I prolly misspelled that one) for the first time! And my cousin Sarah swung by for the Chinese Buffet and we are finally FRIENDS on Facebook - it's official people - she LIKES ME! haha.

(And she'll prolly "unfriend" me if she ever finds her way to this blog and sees I posted this picture of her!)

Then we took Mya to the hotel, played on the computers, swam in the morning, and then drove around to visit with some of my Dad's Aunts and Cousins that he has not seen in well over 40 years! Interesting, there is no doubt that the one is a "Mountain Woman" all the way to her core. They were all great stops though.

Then we all spent the night at Darrell and Cathy's house on our way home. Dad ran errands with Big D on Saturday and mom and I attended a STAMP CAMP at Cathy's house where we made our first stamped cards... wow! Was it fun too. I totally think that is something I'd like to get into if I can squeeze time away from the sewing machine and my scrap booking.

We drove straight through the rest of the way, I never got the Subway I wanted the ENTIRE trip - so maybe I can get Chris to go for one tomorrow since he wanted one in Germany, but it was somewhere he couldn't get to for whatever reason. =)

Football, Ha Ha!

 There better be an NFL season this year! I NEEEEEED my COLTS!

If you thought you might be interested in the Greenbay Packers pre-season tickets, but were too afraid to ask in the event that there was not an NFL season all I can say is, YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE! They were asked for (and given) away Thursday.

Want to know what broke Christopher's heart on Thursday? I'm sorry that I can't help but laugh at this, he was truly heartbroken when he got the email from work saying they were sponsoring a Literature for Children type event with the Colts mobile bus...taking place while he (the BIGGEST COLTS fan in the company as we know it) will be in Germany.

He called his boss right away and asked, "So was this your plan the entire time? You wait till I get a job that takes me out of the country and then announce that my team is going to be in the parking lot of the company. What gives??" Whelp.... Even funnier (That's right Mr. Dodd- I said it again, deduct 5 points now!) is that this morning the President of the company calls Chris to borrow some of his Colts gear so he can "look" the fan part! HAHA, I took him a Manning and a Wayne jersey to choose from and a Colts Visor. If they wore the same size shoes I would have loaned him Chris's Colts tennis shoes... but that's also kinda grossy, so maybe not.

Just to give you a back story on this - Chris has been put in charge of  getting a "celebrity" to the United Way Golf Outing in August - and when he wanted to book the Colts Cheerleaders everyone gave him a hard time because we may be in Indiana, but we are so close to Chicago that we live in "Bears Country", so Colts fans like us are not always welcomed with open arms around these parts...