Wk 24 Baby's Got Wheels!

So after a crazy week of research and test drives, we sold our Jeep to the parents of a friend of Jill's. We will miss "Rudy" the red Jeep, but we are excited to have our Honda CR-V. We took it for a good run this weekend to Pipestone, MN and Madison, SD to visit the family.

Along the way Jill discovered she could STILL nap well in the new car..... Big surprise. Which brings up our request. We won't be looking for input on the future name of Baby K., however, the Honda DOES need a name, so if you respond and give us possible suggestions, we may just select your name for the Honda......oooh, ahhh!!!

Baby K has one very excited cousin already, Kylie our niece who is 3 was quite curious when this baby was going to come out and wanted to know if it would come out of my mouth! She also let me know she has a crib that the baby can sleep in next time we visit, because she has already requested that I sleep with her on our next visit. The picture shows her modeling how fashionable a mom can be pushing a baby in a stroller with a pink Hello Kitty Backpack. The other picture includes her brother Kaden who is 5 (they didn't want to sit too close together)! Kaden isn't interested in the baby, but he did work on perfecting his sales skills by convincing us to purchase goodies from him for his kindergarten fundraiser!

Of course we forgot to take pictures when we visited Baby's other cousins this weekend, but know Adrianna will be a good little mom to Baby K....and Austin didn't seem to believe there was a baby in my tummy! Landon will be the closest in age to Baby K, and will be just 1 year older.

We were hoping to have pictures to post from our 3rd (and probably final) ultrasound today....however Baby K once again would not cooperate and kept holding its hands in front of its face. After much prodding by the ultrasound tech the baby would not roll over and would not remove it's hands so we left with no pictures! I'm convinced the baby is going to be famous and thinks it is hiding from the paparazzi already! I am happy to say that I passed the gestational diabetes test today with no issues so I went to the store and got us each a cupcake for dessert to celebrate :)

Week 23 - Fall is Here!

We have had a busy, but uneventful week! I can't believe how fast the time is going and that it is the middle of September already! We spent the weekend running around, and attending a surprise 30th birthday for Kelly (yikes that means my big day is just around the corner)! School is back underway for Cary and seems to be going well. Our furniture arrived this weekend and we did manage to set up the changing table! Sunday marked the start of the football season and since it felt like fall we decided to make a yummy fall meal of roast, potatoes and apple crisp! Bring on the comfort food!

Week 22 - We ordered our furniture!

This week was much less eventful than the past one! I am recovering from "the stone", and we managed to get a lot done this weekend around the house and errands run. One of our stops this weekend was to Half-Price books where Cary picked out the book, Winchell Cuts the Cheese and thought it was a pretty good find (I must admit we did have a good laugh over it)! We also ordered the crib and changing table for Baby K (they are the ones in the picture, but only in cherry), hopefully it won't take too long to arrive. Now we are just trying to find the perfect glider and we can start putting the nursery together. Saturday morning we had breakfast with Kevin and Ingrid (our good friends from Arizona), it is strange to think the next time I get to see Ingrid Baby K may already be here, or as Ingrid is hoping it will arrive while they are here! We also made a trip to Eau Claire this weekend to take Grandma out for lunch (Baby K really enjoyed Pizza Del Rae and so did Grandma). We ended the weekend with salad, steaks on the grill, and garlic bread! All that was missing was the wine! It was really nice to have a long weekend!

Good news this week: 2 of our friends announced they are also expecting! Janelle and Cory Ehlers and the other aren't quite ready to be outed yet! I also had a visit from the "Get-well Fairy" who surprised me with flowers...that was very fun!

Sad news this week: Our dear friend Carolynne's grandfather passed away and some other friends miscarried their baby at 13 weeks. Please keep them all in your thoughts and prayers this week.

Wk 21 Early Visit to the Maternity Ward

Well, most of last week was pretty uneventful. Cary was back at work, whipping the new teachers into shape during new teacher orientation and also making many visits to the chiropractor.....but finally feeling better.

Saturday we took in the "Great Minnesota Get-together" and gorged ourselves on Pork Chop on a stick, Cheese Curds, Deep Fried cream cheese filled pickles and, oh yeah......Sweet Martha's Cookies and washed it all down at the dairy stand with all the milk you can drink for a $1.

Sunday, Jill was planning to be gone this week on Tuesday and Wednesday for work when...........................We had to make a visit to the ER due to Jill having back pain and some other symptoms that made us worry about Baby K. After checking in, we DID get the first class treatment and the ER sent us right up to the OB floor. After a few tests, an ultra sound and a few consults, our 9 PM arrival on Sunday soon turned into an overnight stay until Monday.

BabyK was safe and was never in any danger....However, Jill is still wiped out from what doctors seem to think is a kidney stone or what was left of one.....very painful and creating quite a scare and giving Jill little chance to sleep well.

On a side note, Baby K. once again was not very cooperative during the ultra sound .....moving to avoid the camera....but we did see that Baby K. is often seen with his/her fist on it's head....deep in thought!!

Although, it wasn't the best way to visit the labor and delivery floor @ the hospital, we had great nurses and the facilities where nice. So now Cary is set and has had an OFFICIAL PRACTICE RUN to the delivery room!

We are off to bed...hopefully to get some sleep tonight!

Week 20 - First Photos!! & We Closed!!

So Jill was gone until late in the week for work and then I get the call that there was a upcoming vote by our association board to implement a levy on our townhomes.....Oh, no....out of the blue and potentially a deal breaker!! So this caused a major glitch and Baby was not happy either!

We managed to get the deal done and closed on Monday, the 20th.....Yeah! A big thanks to Dan for a job well done, and kudo's to Kelly for her great title work as well.....we appreciate it.

Friday we had the ultra sound and saw Baby K. for the first time.....WOW, technology is cool and it is much better in person, the photos unfortunately are not quite as clear as what we saw @ the doctor's office.....And since Baby K. was taking after his/her mother (ha ha) Baby K. did not cooperate as needed and so we get to have an additional ultra sound next month to see a couple views that Baby was unwilling to pose for.

This is a link to a site that you can download my file to see the pics of Baby K....I would recommend "right clicking" and open in a "new window".

Click on "ultra sound pictures.doc"

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http://www.speedyshare.com/535740591.html

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Relax, it's slow, but a free site :)

All in all, it's been a long week, but now that the house deal is done and baby is growing strong as expected, we can focus the next few months on preparing for Baby K's arrival.

It's hard to believe that we are half way to the finish line.

Week 19 - Greetings from Phoenix

Hello everyone, I will apologize in advance that there will be no pictures this week...I'm currently in Arizona and forgot my camera! I had a work meeting out here today, but came out Saturday to spend some time with Ingrid (who has also joined the pregnancy bandwagon). We have had a great weekend visiting the casino (we both won!!!), shopping for maternity clothes, swimming in the pool, playing cards, and doing what pregnant ladies do best EATING! Luckily she has a wonderful husband who has been waiting on us and cooking for us (and he is a wonderful chef). We also have another friend who has announced her pregnancy this week....Angie Olson! Tomorrow I am heading to New Orleans until Thursday and then I will finally head home to see my husband (who thankfully has returned safely from Sturgis)! Friday we have our ultrasound and we are so excited to finally be able to see our little one! This weekend we are planning to help Kristi celebrate her big 30th birthday at their cabin. The best news of the week is that I finally have felt the baby move! What a great feeling, I can't wait until Cary can feel it as well. Have a great week, and I promise updated pictures next week.

Week 18 - We've Moved

Wow, what a whirlwind week!!! Since I posted last week we have found a new place to live, packed up all of our stuff (realized how much stuff we have), moved and cleaned out our old place!!! Gosh, it is no wonder that I'm exhausted and feel like I'm about to head to the funny farm any day now! Thanks to the help of our great family and friends the move went very well and we will get unpacked someday!!! Our plan is to rent the new townhouse for a year, and then see where Cary's job takes him next summer and go from there. (Although the thought of moving again at this point is TERRIBLE!!!) It is just a huge relief to have sold our house in this housing market! (knock on wood) We will now have a room for the baby, and an extra bedroom so we can still have visitors! Once we dig all of our stuff out of the nursery we can start planning to bring our new little person home, I can't belive I'm almost half way there! The good news is Cary will have some relaxation this week as he is heading to Sturgis, and I am heading to Arizona on Saturday and planning to spend time with Ingrid in her pool relaxing! Look for a post from Arizona next week!