All stuff baby!

Thursday I had another Dr. Attp. They started measuring my giant belly, and it was right where it should be: 25cm. I also got weighed again and FINALLY gained weight! 6 lbs after 6 mths! LOL :-) Hopefully I don't just gain weight like crazy now though! We got to hear the baby's heartbeat again: 160 bpm. It is always so reassuring to hear that little flutter! Next time I get to do the glucose test, which I heard is not so fun! But I will also be ing the 3rd trimester finally then, so that will be exciting.

This week we went to register for all of our baby stuff at Babies'R'Us and Target. It was fun, but definitly a long day! We picked up our changing table at the same time, it was a little more work to put together than the crib and doesn't match exacty but it still looks nice.

While registering we found out all of the main stuff we wanted (high chair, pack'n'play, travel system, etc...) was getting clearanced out, so we needed to either find another one or buy it ourselves. I had done a ton of research trying to find which one we wanted and tried looking for another after we found this out, but couldn't find one I liked 1/2 as much. So we dropped a couple hundred bucks and bought the things we wanted.

After we registered we had Brian's work party. It was fun to see everyone (last yr they didn't have one, so I had only met most of them once before we were married). We had a casino night and played some Texas Hold'em. Brian did pretty good, I was just ok. It was nice to get out and have a date night though.

Sunday we went to IKEA to get the rest of the buckets for our closet and then headed to Brian's parents for lunch. We were planning on staying for the Super Bowl, but the snow started and I was getting a cold so we decided to go home and relax there. Now the snow has stopped and hopefully we can dig ourselves out!

A little bit of everything week...

Last Friday we got to go see "New Moon". It was a good movie, but we both still liked "Twilight" better (although to be fair, I like that book better too...). It was nice to get to spend a day out relaxing. We also had lots of fun this past Sat. at my parents house for our second Thanksgiving. The food was good, it was nice to see family, and we stayed late to play some games with my parents (Wii resort sports).

This past week we got all of our Christmas cards out, the tree up and most of our presents bought/wrapped. I am excited to be done and even more excited for Christmas to come! It is weird to think this is our last holiday without kids! I am sure next Christmas will be a blast!

On Monday we both had the day off and got to hang around the house for Brian's b-day. He ended up putting a cable/internet hook-up in the kitchen so we can finally start moving the office out of the nursery.

Yesterday we got to go to another appt. We heard the heartbeat again (this time 150 bpm) and got to make our appt for the big ultrasound!!! We will find out if we're having a boy or a girl on Jan 8th. I am sad it isn't in time for Christmas, but excited we finally have a timeline!


Today we are going to Brian's parents to celebrate his and his dad's b-days. Brian had to go into work for a few hours, so we are there right now before we head to Eagan. I am going to spend the morning at the mall while he builds some giant servers... LOL.

Date at MOA

Brian & I finally got to have a date outside the house! (which doesn't happen very often) We went to the MOA to walk around and shop a little (start looking at the infamous maternity clothes). Then we went to dinner at the Twin Cities Grill, where the best chicken casear salad EVER is! It was nice to just get to spend a relaxing day with him after all the craziness of being sick and dealing with sick kids at work.

I still have a sinus infection, despite the anitbiotics the Dr. put me on. So now I am on a different kind, plus some sudafed to hopefully knock this all out. It could be worse though... it seems like H1N1 and Influenza are spreading like wildfire all around me, and I haven't gotten anything yet! (keeping my fingers crossed!)

We are praying for good health!!! Hopefully you are staying well too!