Stay-Cation

Althought it has been a while since I posted last, not too much has changed with us. Don't worry, I am still just as pregnant as ever and again, not really thinking it will happen any time soon! Although somedays I think it would be nice to have her here, there is a much bigger part of me that screams "wait!" =) TJ and I are so very excited for her to come, but are both terrified at the same time. His comment to me each day as he leaves to go to clinicals is, "Don't pop today." So far, I've been a very good listener!
This last week at work was one of the LONGEST weeks I've had since I started. My co-doctor was out of town and so from Wednesday to Wednesday I was the only provider which meant ALOT of hours! I did survive and was going to reward myself with a trip to the beach over the holiday weekend. However, last Friday as I brought the idea up to my Ob/GYN she very graciously told me that I needed to stick around and the beach was too far. This was conveniently right after she told me I was not dialated at ALL! I immediately thought, she doesn't really mean I can't go, and was going to ignore her advice. My husband, however, is a much better listener (imagine that =) then I am and simply said, Michelle we are not going. You don't like it when patients ignore your instructions so don't ingnore hers. My first thoughts were as followed:
1-why did I have you come to this appointment with me,
2-why did I ask her anyway about traveling, and
3-I finally realized he was right. Darn that husband of mine!
Hence, why we decided to have ourselves a little staycation! =) I started mine Thursday afternoon and TJ joined me Friday night! I did some painting on the nursery on Thursday and just relaxed. Friday I went to my first EVER massage. I had received a gift card for a prenatal massage, and it was FABULOUS! I have now developed a new love for professional massage, although I can't say I will be able to afford one any time in the near future! Did I say how much I LOVED it! That evening we had a ward cookout and enjoyed the very hot, very humid tempteratures. We refreshed ourselves with some of our favorite shakes and then headed home for a movie night! Yesterday we ran some errands in the morning, watched some college football (GO UTES) and then spent about 3 hours at the pool relaxing, swimming and soaking up some sun! Then it was off to dinner at Red Lobster as I had recently discovered they had added cocunut shrimp to their menu! It was HEAVENLY! YUM! After making a pig of myself we had plans to attend a Duke Football game. I know, why even bother going to a Duke football game, but we were going to try to be good sports and support the school. We parked about 2 miles away, make the trek in the rain to the gait, hand over our student ID's and are about to enter when we are stopped dead in our tracks with the words, sorry ma'am you need a ticket. WHAT? I have a spouse card! It gets me into Duke basketball but not football? (try to figure that one out!) I mean, this is the WORST team in the ENTIRE country, you are begging fans to come to your stadium, but yet you won't take my spouse card without a ticket? Oh, and the only tickets avaible on game day are $25.00. So, needless to say, we could not bring ourselves to pay that price to watch a team that held the longest losing streak in the HISTORY OF FOOTBALL the year before. Instead we walked the 2 miles BACK to our car in the pouring rain, went home and watched Clemson get BLOWN out by Alabama while eating fresh made cookies/cookie dough. It was a much more comfortable, climate controlled game! =) (pictures are of us ALMOST going to the football game)
Tomorrow we will probably head back out to the pool, complete finishing touches on the nursery and maybe even talk TJ into going for a hike! =) All in all, our staycation has been great. Life cannot get much better then spending time with your husband, doing as little cooking as possible (which leads to very few dishes) enjoying the pool, and watching great football!
We hope you ALL have a wonderful week and we will keep you posted if there is any news from the BIG BELLY! =)

34 weeks, REALLY?

I can't believe I am already almost 34 weeks along! Where has the time gone? =) I have included a much anticipated profile view of my ever growing belly! I had a Dr.'s appointment on Friday and so far so good. She is in perfect alignment so far, moving all around, growing rapidly, and I don't think she is leaving her comfortable home anytime soon! =) I have two weeks again until my next appointment when I will be 35 1/2 wks. They will check to see if I am dialated at that point. I was so surprised when my Dr. told me that, I repeated it like three times. Is it really that close?
As the day draws closer, I am starting to "nest" I guess you call it. Friday evening TJ came home and I had re-arranged ALL of our closets to make space for "stuff". TJ asked me what stuff I was going to put in the new space and after much thought, I had no idea. I was just happy to have some space! =) Needless to say, he laughed and did not quite understand my excitement! Besides making space, I also made a little blanket for Kaitlynn. TJ picked out the material if you didn't notice! He loves it! =) Our nursery is still in the works. I was hoping to get it all set up, but TJ was ill all weekend so he was not able to work on it! He caught something from the patient's at his famiy practice clinic. Poor guy!
We had a great week. My work was pretty low key and TJ continues to learn new things each day at his clinicals. We have both enjoyed watching the Olympics this weekend as well! If TJ is going to be sick over the weekend, I'm glad it was this one as it gave us an excuse to stay in and feel patriotic as we cheered for the USA! It just makes me feel so greatful for the nation we are a part of and for the freedoms that we enjoy. We truly are so blessed to live in this place at this time, even with all the negativity that surrounds our economy, etc. It is so neat to see nations from all over the world come together and compete respectively. What a great event!
We hope you are all doing well and we will continue to keep you updated with our baby news! Have a great week!