This Year I Am Thankful For...

This year I am thankful for...
- The health of my family & friends
- The prospect of change in this country (even though I didn't vote for him, I'm hoping & praying that Obama makes great things happen in the next 4 years!)
- THAT WE'RE HAVING A BABY!
- My wonderful husband who has been an amazing help throughout this pregnancy and will become even more of one as my belly expands to the point of needing help with my shoes!
- Andon being done with radiation, that he didn't have any bad side effects and that we will soon know he is cancer free!
- The opportunity to spend time with family in southern IL.
- The little ways God proves himself.
- The good fortune that Cameron is still employed in these scary economic times.
- Again my husband who works so hard at his job that it's afforded me the luxury of extra time off after Dane arrives!
Have a happy & safe Thanksgiving!

Let's Say Thanks!

As we head into the holiday season, I thought this video was a nice reminder to keep the troops in our prayers. They give up so much to protect our precious country and they have to face the holidays without their families. If you are interested in saying thanks personally, please click here. This links to a website that allows you to thank the troops with a personalized postcard.

The Nursery...

We've started on the nursery this week...it's been painted (blue & tan) and we have added the crib and of course the glider from Cameron's notorious box sledding video. We obviously still have a lot to do to get ready for Dane, but it's a great start! We're excited about getting the rest of the furniture pieces and actually seeing it come together. Our friend Eric (best man at our wedding) has so graciously offered his time to come and paint a tree / monkey mural - I am so excited to see how that turns out! We will continue to update you with pictures as it's being completed!

Before:After:

Annual Shopping Trip!

On Saturday, I took off to Merrilleville, IN to meet up with all the women on my mom's side of the family (12 total) for our annual shopping trip. We've been doing this for 15 years...crazy we started the year I got my drivers license! It's always a nice weekend for the women to get together, shop & eat...that is usually all we get accomplished! Thanks to everyone for taking the time to make the trip, I had a lot of fun and it was great to see you all!

28 Weeks!

We've made it to the third trimester!
Here's what's happening with baby Dane right now:
By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of his head to his heels. He can blink his eyes, which now sport lashes. With his eyesight developing, he may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. He's also developing billions of neurons in his brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.

I still feel great! Also more wonderful news...I passed my 3 hour glucose test so no gestational diabetes! Whew, I was worried about not getting to eat pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving! Thank you for the prayers and well wishes for that! Here's my 28 week picture so you can all see how the buddha is growing!

My Husband: Child At Heart

We got our first piece of nursery furniture today and we raced to put it together...it was our glider and ottoman. Thank you Mom for the wonderful gift - I'm sure there will be many a night when Cameron or I fall asleep on it feeding Dane! What does any husband do once the big furniture box is empty and the contents are safely sitting in the soon to be nursery? Stairway sledding, of course!

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Crazy Dog!

It's been a long time since I posted about our four legged family members, but I have a story that is worth sharing! Typical day for me is spent in our office upstairs working and the dogs have free run of the house. They sometimes do things they shouldn't do (like tp our bathroom) but most of their shenanigans aren't a big deal and they don't destroy anything. Yesterday I was working and heard an unfamiliar noise in the kitchen...heading downstairs to investigate, here is what I found:Let me just reassure you that we don't typically allow our dogs to crawl around on the kitchen counters. Apparently Roscoe could smell the few cheese tortellinis I left in my lunch bowl in the sink and just had to have them. When I initially walked into the kitchen, Roscoe's head was in the sink licking out my lunch bowl. We also don't feed our dogs people food, so I guess the smell was just more than he could handle. It is terribly hard to yell at a dog for something when you're laughing at the sight before you. Needless to say I told him to get down and as soon as I went upstairs, he was right back up there again. Guess we have a new habit to break!

Glucose Test: Failed!

So maybe we did get an answer to why our baby is measuring on the big side...I failed my glucose test for gestational diabetes. I now have to do a 3 hour glucose test to see if I truly have diabetes or if it was just high on that day. I'm not all that concerned as I know it's very easily controlled and this is the only "bad" thing that has happened through this entire pregnancy, I would say we're pretty lucky! The only thing I'm upset about is that if I do in fact have gestational diabetes, I have to cut sweets out of my diet! That is my most recent craving, so that is going to be a tough pill to swallow! We'll keep you posted on what we find out from the 3 hour test.