we have been busy, busy, busy for the last few weeks! it seems as though we never have any weekends to relax on the couch anymore - which i suppose has its good points. we have taken it upon ourselves to start renovating our house the way we want it - which has caused us to start on three rooms at the same time - yikes! this means we have several unfinished projects and countless trips to menard's in our schedule for the next few weeks. can't wait to show you all what we've done.
anywhoo... since my last blog, we've been to des moines twice, we've acquired an 18-month-old for a weekend (practicing, i suppose), and we've had a dumb dog readmitted into the pet hospital. shall we begin?
topping the list of march events - a visit from zach maine! that's right. he came home, or came to iowa (as he calls it) and spent time passing judgement on our computers and schooling small children at nintendo games. that's what makes him feel whole inside. haha. we brought our camera and got some family pics, but none of them take the cake like this one:
in better - and probably more interesting - news, morgan's brother logan wrestled in the state tournament in des moines at the end of march and won the title for his division. WOOHOO!
congratulations logan! he pinned his way through the first day, and then made us all about jump out of our seats the second day. but, of course, he pulled it off. it was quite amazing! after the tournament, we had about an hour left to stop at jordan creek mall and take a gander in pottery barn kids. (adorable.) we even had time to check out gap maternity, which was amazing since there isn't one anywhere around here.
on april 2, i threw my sister-in-law, steph, a baby shower. she is due to have her fourth boy on may 23. it was so much fun! we even got a few pictures of steph and i belly-to-belly. we are only 6 weeks apart! the following weekend, morgan and i got custody of krue (our youngest nephew) overnight while jake & steph took the big boys to fun city. i had to leave during the late morning for a while, so morgan got his first try at being alone with a child in diapers. by the time i got home, morgan and krue were best friends. krue truly wanted nothing to do with me, and even had the dog jealous! we had so much fun with him, even though he woke us up about 5 times in the middle of the night, and was up for the day at 6 am. (guess we better get used to it!!)
in regards to our dog - boy, we are having the hardest time with that pup. since his accident in november, it has been pretty difficult to get him to eat much during the day. the vet decided that he was underweight and told us to switch his food, and to even start giving him canned food. it was sad because he wouldn't even eat that! then he stopped responding to the fact that we had come home from work at the end of the day. he would just look at us and lay his head back down. finally, my mom agreed to take him to the vet for us. come to find out, the dork and swallowed a rawhide bone whole and it was blocking his stomach. (seriously, kash? seriously?) so he had to be kept over night and given high dosages of laxatives to break down the bone so he could pass it. yuck. he came home the next day, but wasn't himself until about two to three days after that. now he is back to his rambunctious, adorable puppy self. thank goodness:)
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| our poor skinny mini :( |
as far as the pregnancy goes - we are successfully up to 29 weeks - 11 weeks to go! woohoo!! to be honest, i'm over pregnancy and just so ready to meet this sweet baby. i keep having extremely vivid dreams about the baby coming home and it gets me super anxious! not to mention i'd love to be able to breathe properly, walk without waddling, and see ankle definition at the end of the day. i truly can't complain though because overall this pregnancy has been absolutely wonderful and just a breeze. i will definitely miss the feeling of this little babe kicking away! (however, i will not miss the constant jabs to my bladder!) also, watching morgan bond and play "knock knock" with my belly will never get old.
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| me at 29 weeks! |
we are getting close to being prepared for baby. the room is painted and all the big furniture is either already assembled or being shipped to us. morgan is working on baby's closet shelving as i type. all that is left are the decorations and little odds and ends to add warmth to the room. weasley and kashmir have been extremely curious about the construction in baby's room, especially since the door has been shut and it has been considered OFF LIMITS. i caught weasley sitting on top of baby's dresser this morning. he quickly learned that that is not acceptable! i'm sure he sat there all day while i was at work just in spite of me.
hopefully time allows me a little more blogging - otherwise - i'm sure i'll be posting again in a month or so!
-the mays'
