(I decided to be all artsy-fartsy last week...)
I had my midwife appointment on Thursday and I had to do the glucose test. It wasn't that bad. I had to drink this red drink that tasted like ridiculously sweet fruit punch kool-aid. Then I went and had blood drawn. They said it takes about a day or so to get the results and that if I didn't hear from them then everything is fine... I haven't heard from them so far. :) My belly measured perfect, my blood pressure was ok (top number was slightly high - 128/60-something). It was hard to find Super Bean's heartbeat because she was bouncing around in there so much. Once we found it, it was around 140, which is just right.
This time, I saw the midwife that happens to be the same person who bought the land next to us. At the end of the appointment, she mentioned that she is interviewing contractors so she can get started building her cottage. If you haven't heard how I feel about a house being constructed practically on top of us, I'll tell you - I'm not too happy. Arg. Anyway, I think she has sensed that we aren't excited about it, but I've been nothing but friendly and nice with her. Just as I was leaving she said in a jaunty manner, "We'll be making a mess of your yard soon!" giggle, smile. Ummm.... why would you say that??? She then said that she is excited to get the construction started this summer. Perfect. Right when I am due to have a newborn. Fabulous. There will be construction guys and noise and crap going on right outside our nursery window. I'm so thrilled. Needless to say, I went right over to city hall to find out the regulations on putting up a fence. Problem is, we really don't have the money for one right now, but I don't want the contractors, who will have no clue where the property line is, "making a mess of our yard" so we have to do something. I also don't want them to be able to see right into the baby's room! *sigh* We bought some grade stakes, twine and fluorescent flags to put up marking our property line. Maybe we'll do that today.
On a happier note, I went to the library Friday and got a book on breastfeeding and the Happiest Baby on the Block book. Also got Baby Laughs by Jenny McCarthy, and a bunch of baby music cd's. I always forget how much I like going to the library. :) Hopefully I can find time to do some reading in the next several weeks. There are so many things I still want to get accomplished before Super Bean comes and I'm feeling the time crunch now! I wanted to crochet a couple things, like maybe a hat, a blanket, some booties... we'll see how that goes... :) I even bought a book with lots of cute patterns for baby stuff.
I fell asleep last night to my Rainbow Relaxation (Hypnobirthing) CD. I need to start doing that every night. My friend Jodi took the class too and I'm excited to find out that she is either having the baby right now or the baby is here today! I can't wait to talk to her and see how her Hypnobirthing practice went. She'd be the first person I know personally that used it.
We had a busy week this past week. Tuesday night was the Flatbread Benefit for my stepmom. It went great! Then Thursday night we went out with some friends to celebrate a birthday. Friday night we saw Entrain at the Stone Church. I danced a bunch but not as much as I normally would. I got a little sore, but it was still a great time! I feel like I'm already starting to do the pregnant-lady-waddle. Hehe.
Things are really coming together for the Coat of Arms Benefit Concert. We've got our 3 bands now, and we are going to start getting all of our donated raffle items in hand so we can organize them all. There are going to be 100's of dollars worth of prizes! I'm so excited. Keep an eye on http://patdonation.blogspot.com for all the info.
I forgot to update on Mayhem. All her tests came back fine. They are perplexed and can't seem to figure out what could have caused the inflammation that led to her detached retinas. She's got more cataracts built up now and I'm pretty sure she's completely blind at this point. It's sad to see her having a hard time getting around, but she seems healthy and happy otherwise, so I guess we'll just go with it! Next up - spay and declaw... oy.
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