And Austin is ready to be their biggest fan, thanks to my friend Michelle.
Hook 'em!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
34 week appointment
Today we had our 34-week appointment. They did an ultrasound to measure my fluid levels and they had increased! That is good news, and I don't even have to go again next week. My next appointment will be at 36 weeks and then every week after that until the end. I can't believe Austin will be here in less than 6 weeks...crazy! I had not gained any weight since my appointment 2 weeks ago, but my doctor said that was okay because Austin is still growing. His heart rate was right on target. The ultrasound tech took a 4-D shot of him even though his head is so low and somewhat hidden behind my pelvic bone. His position made it hard to get a good picture. It is not the most flattering photo. His face looks like it is smashed up against a window. He has his hand up next to his cheek. We joked that his nose looks like my sister's nose (the Hendrix nose) because it looks like it is on the wider side (don't take offense, Lauren). I can't wait to meet the little guy!
34 weeks 2 days
Showered in Denver
Last Sunday June 26 some wonderful friends here in Denver gave a baby shower for us. It was perfect! Rachel hosted at her house (and Adam kindly took care of baby Brody for a couple of hours). There was delicious food: pimento cheese sandwiches, asparagus rolls, chicken salad, cucumber/cream cheese bites, yummy fruit salad, and an excellent cake from Mulberries cake shop. We played "can't say the B-word" and "pin the baby on mommy". Austin received a lot of fun things! Pippa gave us a trendy outfit: skinny, distressed jeans and a blue/red plaid button down shirt from Baby GAP...precious! The hostesses gave us the bumbo chair and humidifier. Jamie and Jen gave us the activity gym and Christy gave us an elephant piggy bank from Tiffany's (better keep this out of reach once Austin is mobile!). I am grateful for all of the friends who were able to come and of course thankful for all of the fun new things for Austin. We are blessed.
Punch with ice cream in it
Lori, Heather, Veronica, Haley, Christina
The yummy spread
Rachel, Jen, Jamie, Haley, Christina
Pin the baby on momma
Trendy outfit
Adorable, delicious cake
Bri, Heather, Haley Christina, Jamie, me, Jen, Lori
Pippa, Kristen, Kristi, Rachel
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Deprived dog?
Or maybe I should say determined dog? I dropped a single honey nut cheerio under there.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Something is missing
Last Wednesday 6/15 we had our 32-week appointment. They did another ultrasound because my 30-week ultrasound showed that my amniotic fluid levels were on the low side. Last week, the levels had increased but were not as high as my doctor normally sees at this point in pregnancy. We discussed my water consumption habits, and I told her that I drink over 100 ounces of water a day. She asked if I was still running and I said that I was about 3 days a week (3-4 miles each) and doing elliptical or pilates on the other days. She suggested that I cut back on cardio exercises and try to limit to every other day instead of 6 days a week. She never said, "stop running", but she did explain that when I do high impact cardio exercise, this causes my blood to flow to my extremities and away from the placenta. So, I decided that I would stop running and stick to the elliptical, walking and pilates. I haven't run since last Tuesday 6/14 and it is strange. Something is missing--like there is a hole. Even after half marathons, I only take 3 days off from running. It is for the best and I, of course, want to do what is best for Austin's growth and health. Goodbye running, for now. See you in a few months.
The ultrasound technician also tried to get Austin's face for a 3-D picture, but his head is so low near my pelvic bone that his face just looked like mush. I guess we will just have to wait about 7 more weeks to see his face for real. I wasn't supposed to go every week until I am 36 weeks, but because of my fluid levels, my doctor wants to see me every week. So this Wednesday, I go back for another ultrasound to check on things. Please say a prayer that my levels have increased.
And here is a picture from Friday night after the Rockies game. On a whim, David and I went to the game (they won 13-6!). The weather that night was "why we live in Colorado"....it was about 65 or 70 degrees and just so comfortable. Perfect!
The ultrasound technician also tried to get Austin's face for a 3-D picture, but his head is so low near my pelvic bone that his face just looked like mush. I guess we will just have to wait about 7 more weeks to see his face for real. I wasn't supposed to go every week until I am 36 weeks, but because of my fluid levels, my doctor wants to see me every week. So this Wednesday, I go back for another ultrasound to check on things. Please say a prayer that my levels have increased.
And here is a picture from Friday night after the Rockies game. On a whim, David and I went to the game (they won 13-6!). The weather that night was "why we live in Colorado"....it was about 65 or 70 degrees and just so comfortable. Perfect!
Savannah saying hi to Austin (32 weeks 5 days)
Weekend with the moms
Or should I say grand-moms? Last weekend, my mom and David's mom came to visit. (The pictures from the last post were taken last weekend when they were here.) They arrived Friday and on Friday night we took them to eat dinner at the country club. The weather was great so we sat out on the patio. Saturday morning my mom, Mary, Savannah and I went on a walk at Wash Park while David played golf. We met Christy, her husband Corrie, and their daughter Hayden for lunch at Park Burger. Christy is David's first cousin who lives in Denver. Park Burger is a burger joint near our house that has delicious burgers. I always get the buffalo burger and some sweet potato fries. It was funny that Christy suggested meeting there because the last time the moms came to Denver (February), we tried to go there for dinner upon my request (i.e. craving) and the wait was like 1 hour so we didn't stay and I was upset. I had a craving for a buffalo burger so we went down the road to the Pearl Street Grille because I knew they had buffalo burgers....and they were out of them! I was so upset! So last weekend's trip to Park Burger hit the spot.
After lunch, we went to Michaels, Lowes, and Pottery Barn Kids. We bought some paint to use to paint the letters (AUSTIN) to go on the nursery wall. David painted these so I wouldn't have to be around paint. We aren't sure which wall they are going on yet, but once the valances for the windows are up, we will decide. At PBK David picked out a rug to go in Austin's room. We bought that with gift cards and credit we had accumulated. Then of course we had to pay Paradise bakery a visit. My mom practically dreams about the chocolate chip cookies at Paradise before she comes to Denver each time. They don't have Paradise in Houston and she always looks forward to getting them here. It is buy 6, get 6 free. So, naturally we got a dozen cookies. They were all gone by Monday when the moms left. After shopping we went home to shower before church. We went to church and dinner afterwards at D'Corazon (mexican) downtown. It is not Houston or Texas tex-mex, but it is decent for Denver.
On Sunday, David and his mom went to Black Hawk casino (about 40 minutes from Denver in the mountains). My mom and I went to the gym and then to Target, Marshalls, Bed Bath and Beyond and TJMaxx. We were shopping for pillow shams for the daybed in the nursery, some storage baskets/containers for nursery, and just looking around for other things that might be useful. We found some shams that are a khaki color which will go with the bed skirt. The bed skirt, accent pillows, valances, and cushion for the bay window bench are being made by a decorator and should be ready in about 2 weeks. My mom also bought me some comfy, button-up PJs that I can wear around the house for a few weeks when Austin arrives. After all of our shopping, we came home and organized. We put all of Austin's extra blankets, swaddling blankets, and burp clothes in a bin under the crib. We cleared off a shelf in the bathroom cabinets for his towels, wash cloths, and bath toys. We organized the dresser drawers and hung up some of his clothes. When I say "we", I mean that my mom did most of it (THANK YOU!). David and Mary got home as "winners" kinda. David won $75 and Mary broke even. They helped us hang the Peter Rabbit prints that I got on amazon.com above the day bed. (I will post pictures when everything is finished). We went to eat at David's and my new favorite pizza spot called the Garlic Knot.
On Monday we woke up and got to work on cleaning the windows. This turned out to be quite the challenge. Our house was built in 1940 and I think most of the windows are original. We discovered that some of them are painted shut and most of them are double-hung storm windows. We have asked 3 of our neighbors if they know how to get to the 6 different panes of each window to clean them, and they don't have any suggestions. We cleaned the windows in the breakfast room that are not old storm windows and a few others in the house. We cleaned what we could and I am very thankful to have had the help doing this. We still have dirty, closed shut windows in a few places. Not sure what we are going to do about these yet. My nesting urge really wants to get this taken care of before Austin comes! We just might have to hire a professional. I am so thankful for my mom and Mary coming for the weekend to help get things ready around the house and in the nursery. They were such a big help! We still have some setting-up of items such as the swing, pack 'n play, car seat, stroller, etc and need to hang the window shades and valances, but I have to remind myself that it will all get done.
After lunch, we went to Michaels, Lowes, and Pottery Barn Kids. We bought some paint to use to paint the letters (AUSTIN) to go on the nursery wall. David painted these so I wouldn't have to be around paint. We aren't sure which wall they are going on yet, but once the valances for the windows are up, we will decide. At PBK David picked out a rug to go in Austin's room. We bought that with gift cards and credit we had accumulated. Then of course we had to pay Paradise bakery a visit. My mom practically dreams about the chocolate chip cookies at Paradise before she comes to Denver each time. They don't have Paradise in Houston and she always looks forward to getting them here. It is buy 6, get 6 free. So, naturally we got a dozen cookies. They were all gone by Monday when the moms left. After shopping we went home to shower before church. We went to church and dinner afterwards at D'Corazon (mexican) downtown. It is not Houston or Texas tex-mex, but it is decent for Denver.
On Sunday, David and his mom went to Black Hawk casino (about 40 minutes from Denver in the mountains). My mom and I went to the gym and then to Target, Marshalls, Bed Bath and Beyond and TJMaxx. We were shopping for pillow shams for the daybed in the nursery, some storage baskets/containers for nursery, and just looking around for other things that might be useful. We found some shams that are a khaki color which will go with the bed skirt. The bed skirt, accent pillows, valances, and cushion for the bay window bench are being made by a decorator and should be ready in about 2 weeks. My mom also bought me some comfy, button-up PJs that I can wear around the house for a few weeks when Austin arrives. After all of our shopping, we came home and organized. We put all of Austin's extra blankets, swaddling blankets, and burp clothes in a bin under the crib. We cleared off a shelf in the bathroom cabinets for his towels, wash cloths, and bath toys. We organized the dresser drawers and hung up some of his clothes. When I say "we", I mean that my mom did most of it (THANK YOU!). David and Mary got home as "winners" kinda. David won $75 and Mary broke even. They helped us hang the Peter Rabbit prints that I got on amazon.com above the day bed. (I will post pictures when everything is finished). We went to eat at David's and my new favorite pizza spot called the Garlic Knot.
On Monday we woke up and got to work on cleaning the windows. This turned out to be quite the challenge. Our house was built in 1940 and I think most of the windows are original. We discovered that some of them are painted shut and most of them are double-hung storm windows. We have asked 3 of our neighbors if they know how to get to the 6 different panes of each window to clean them, and they don't have any suggestions. We cleaned the windows in the breakfast room that are not old storm windows and a few others in the house. We cleaned what we could and I am very thankful to have had the help doing this. We still have dirty, closed shut windows in a few places. Not sure what we are going to do about these yet. My nesting urge really wants to get this taken care of before Austin comes! We just might have to hire a professional. I am so thankful for my mom and Mary coming for the weekend to help get things ready around the house and in the nursery. They were such a big help! We still have some setting-up of items such as the swing, pack 'n play, car seat, stroller, etc and need to hang the window shades and valances, but I have to remind myself that it will all get done.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
30 week appointment
Last Friday, June 3, we had our 30-week appointment. It was a fun one because they did an ultrasound in order to take some measurements. Austin is about 3 lbs 10 oz and was hiding from the camera. We couldn't see his face because his head is down and very low. That is good that he is already head-down and the nurse said that babies rarely move again once they are positioned like that. David asked her to double check that he is a boy....and he is, for sure. I got "scolded" (not really) for not gaining any weight between appointments. The nurse told me to go to McDonalds and Dairy Queen, which is not the best nutritional advice if I might say. I met one of the other doctors in the practice since mine was on vacation. I really liked her too. Now I have met 3 of the 5 doctors and have liked all of them. Since my doctor is only at Swedish hospital where we will deliver on Wednesdays and Fridays, there is a good chance that my doctor won't be there when Austin is born. My fluid levels were a little on the low side so we are having another ultrasound at my 32 week appointment to check on that again. Below is a picture taken today (31 weeks) before work. Sorry it's not the best pic. The crib and my diaper bag (bday gift from my mom) are in the background. Currently the crib is full of towels, blankets, and other gifts. Hmm, might need to find a place for those. The nursery is still a work in progress, but hopefully this weekend with mom will help move it along.
31 weeks
Memorial Day Weekend
I think I have mentioned before that I made a "Before Baby Comes To-Do" list. One of the things on that list was plant grass in the spots in the spots in front and back yard that had died. We started this a few weeks ago by planting the sod in the back yard and finished it Memorial day weekend in the front yard. When I say "we", I mainly mean David. I picked up the sod from the nursery while David prepared the ground (the guy at the nursery loaded it for me so all I really did was pay for it and drive it home). David unloaded the sod from the car and cut it (using his geometry skills) to fit the shape of the bare space. He laid it all perfectly and has made sure to give it plenty of water so that it takes root and begins to mesh with the rest of the grass. This is just one of the many "projects" on the list. Quite a few of them are complete, which is great. I planted our annual plants in pots and planted 3 cherry tomato plants (I will probably be handing out tomatoes on the street considering David doesn't even like them). The main things left on the list are baby room related projects, which my mom will be able to help with when she comes to Denver this weekend.
We didn't just "work" over Memorial day weekend. We also hosted a really fun Memorial Day/Birthday BBQ (my bday was Sunday 5/29). It's weird to think that is my last birthday without Austin. About 30 of our friends came on Monday afternoon for some good food, games, and just hanging out. Thankfully the weather was great (a little on the windy side), but not rainy or cold (like we had been having). We smoked a brisket and served pulled pork with Goode Company BBQ sauce. Everyone brought side dishes or drinks (Christina's yummy mac 'n cheese, salads, chips beer, wine). I made a delicious ice cream cake. It was brownie on the bottom layer, then fudge sauce, then BlueBell homeade vanilla ice cream, topped with oreo cookie crumbs. There is still some left in the freezer that I have been munching on over the past week. The guys played bean bag toss (or corn hole) most of the time and the girls just chatted. I was so happy that Meredith and Matt were able to come to the party and meet our friends and see our house on their way to the airport back to Austin. We had such a fun time and it might be our last big BBQ for a while since I don't know if I will have the energy to host a party like that with a newborn (i.e. for Labor day or something like that). Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures.
We didn't just "work" over Memorial day weekend. We also hosted a really fun Memorial Day/Birthday BBQ (my bday was Sunday 5/29). It's weird to think that is my last birthday without Austin. About 30 of our friends came on Monday afternoon for some good food, games, and just hanging out. Thankfully the weather was great (a little on the windy side), but not rainy or cold (like we had been having). We smoked a brisket and served pulled pork with Goode Company BBQ sauce. Everyone brought side dishes or drinks (Christina's yummy mac 'n cheese, salads, chips beer, wine). I made a delicious ice cream cake. It was brownie on the bottom layer, then fudge sauce, then BlueBell homeade vanilla ice cream, topped with oreo cookie crumbs. There is still some left in the freezer that I have been munching on over the past week. The guys played bean bag toss (or corn hole) most of the time and the girls just chatted. I was so happy that Meredith and Matt were able to come to the party and meet our friends and see our house on their way to the airport back to Austin. We had such a fun time and it might be our last big BBQ for a while since I don't know if I will have the energy to host a party like that with a newborn (i.e. for Labor day or something like that). Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures.
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