Garage Sale

We had a garage sale today at Peggy’s house.  We didn’t make as much money as we thought we might probably because it was about 90°F and not too many people were out.  It was good to get rid of some junk though.  Afterwards we cooled off in the pool and then came home and took a nap.

Insulin Increase

Kelly went back to the diabetes doctor on Tuesday.  They said her blood sugar was still a little higher than they wanted it to be.  They said it should be under 90, but hers was averaging around 110.  They increased her nightly insulin dosage from 6 units to 8.  Since then her keytones and sugar levels have been better.  We also cleaned out our pantry of all the high-carb food (which was basically everything) and stocked up on zero- or low-carb foods. 

Grocery shopping for low carb food sucks because there are so few choices.

Bee Swarm

Earlier this week one of the trees in out front yard was a temporary resting place for a swarm of bees.

Our next-door neighbor noticed a basketball sized ball of bees in our little oak tree and called us.  I wasn’t home but Kelly told him that she would call someone to take care of it. 

She called the fire department and they told her that they are just looking for a nest and will probably move on after an hour or two and advised her to stay inside until they’ve left.  He added that after they left, we should check around the house to make sure they didn’t move to another nearby bush or tree.  He went on to say that if they were still there after a couple of days then they were probably going to start a bee hive and that we should call someone to take care of them.

Kelly Googled “bee swarm” and confirmed the fireman’s story.  Then our neighbor called us again about the bees to make sure Kelly was doing something about them.  Kelly explained the situation to him and told him that she planned to wait for them to leave.

That should have been the end of it, but then he came over to our house.  He just wanted Kelly to know, face-to-face, that his wife was allergic to bee stings and that they were uncomfortable with the bees being in our tree.  Kelly, 9-months pregnant, dog on her him, told him, “well maybe she should stay inside until they leave.”  I don’t think he was satisfied with the resolution, but he left anyway.  I know he means well, but Kelly was far more annoyed by our over reactive neighbor than the swarm of bees.

Like a lot of nature, this was dangerous and cool at the same time.   I wish we would have got a picture of them.  I grabbed the photo above off Goggle Images.

Week 36

We went back to the doctor today. They performed a non-stress test where they listen to the baby’s heartbeat and tracked his movements over 20 minutes. He would kick or move and Kelly would push a button to record it and then his heart rate would go up from around 130 bpm to around 150 bpm and then he’d calm down again. Everything was normal with that. They also tested for Group B Strep which determines if she will need antibiotics during labor. We’ll get the results of that next week. We start going to the doctor every week now in the last few weeks. Next Tuesday we do another non-stress test, and some other tests. The doctor said he weighs between 6 and 6.5 lbs and he would gain about a 1/2 lb a week until he gets here.

We’ll pack the hospital bag this week. The waiting is driving us crazy.

Abigail is Insane

Bathtub Leads to DIY Resolution

While tidying up the place in preparation for the baby shower I learned that there was no hot water in our upstairs bathtub.  This bathtub hardly ever sees any use since we rarely have overnight guests.   When I turned it to cold, cold water came out, yet when I turned it to hot, no water came out.

I have no problem doing electrical work on my house.  I replaced the recess lighting in our kitchen, installed all our speakers and volume control knobs throughout the house, and wired the house and installed the jacks for networking.  However, my skills do not extend into the realm of plumbing.  I keep having visions of scenes from the Money Pit.

 
This fear led me to call Mr. Rooter.   Melvin the plumber arrived in about an hour.  After a quick investigation his diagnosis was a bad cartridge.  Thirty minutes and $191 later and it was working again. 

I spent more than I needed to, but I had a $25 coupon which made me feel a little better.

I could kick myself for not doing this myself.  Next time I’ll just find some videos on YouTube to teach me how to be a plumber. 

Camcorder

One of the last big purchases we needed to make before Garrett arrived was a camcorder.  I knew I wanted it to be small and lightweight and be able to quickly start filming so we wouldn’t  miss any action and I knew I wanted HD.

We used our Wal-Mart gift cards that we got from the baby shower and I got the Panasonic HDC-SD9.

So far I’m pretty happy with the purchase.  It films in 1920x1080, has a 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound microphone, can pre-record, is ready to record in .6 seconds, has 10x optical zoom and 700x digital zoom, has optical image stabilization, face detection, and a 2.7:” screen.  It records on a SD card and it even came with an 8GB SD card that will hold 1 hour and 22 minutes on the highest resolution or over 3 hours on low resolution.  It also came with some decent video editing software too.

I can’t wait to start posting some videos.  Stay tuned.

9 Frogs

There were 9 frogs on my patio last night during the rain.

Week 34

We went back to see Dr. Jackson again this week.  Everything is going fine with Garrett. We go back on the 36th week where they will do a non-stress test and a few other tests.  After that we will start going every week until Garrett gets here.

It wasn’t necessary, but we asked for another ultrasound just for the heck of it because we haven’t seen the little guy in a while and we missed the chance at getting the 3D ultrasound.

This is the one of his head.  His head is 93mm ( 3.6” ) across and he’s no longer breach.  Dr. Jackson said, “he’s got a good-sized head.”

We also asked the doctor if he could check one more time to make sure its a boy because we’ve been hearing horror stories about couples who were told wrong.  He calmed our fears.

When Dr. Jackson printed out the photos he said, “There you go, both heads.”

Insulin Shots

Kelly went to the diabetes doctor again last week to monitor her gestational diabetes.  She was told that her blood sugar was still too high and that she would have to take insulin shots once a day before she goes to bed.  She also has a more restrictive diet now.

I feel so bad for her.  Not only does she have to go through all the normal unpleasantries of pregnancy, but now she has to stick herself four times a day to monitor her blood sugar and get a shot every night.  Being pregnant you should be able to eat anything you want but she is on a no-sweets, low-carb diet.

Crib Recall

I received an email from Babies R Us saying that the crib we bought there had been recalled.  Ours is the Jardine Americana Pecan 4 in 1. 

I went there to talk to the manager.  He said that since we only recently bought the set and we still had the receipt we could bring the receipt in and exchange all the furniture for a new set and when they delivered it they would put it together and pick up the old set including the recalled crib, which is above and beyond what I expected them to do.

We didn’t have the receipt with us, so before picking out a new set we went home to get it.  I double-checked the website again and noticed that the manufacture dates that were being recalled didn’t match the manufacture date of our crib.  Crisis averted.

Baby Shower

We had our baby shower May 2nd.  I don’t think our house has ever had so many people in it.  We probably had over 40 people show up.  Several of our good friends worked very hard to make this a nice event.  We had a bunch of “It’s a Boy!” balloons, beautiful blue and white flower arrangements, a lots and lots of great food and deserts.

 

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I can’t express how thankful we are to have such generous friends and family.  Garrett is set for the first few years of his life.

No 3D Ultrasound & No Tour

We went to the doctor on Wednesday for a checkup. Everything is fine. We asked him about possibly getting a 3D ultrasound, but he says it's too late to get one. There's a point in the pregnancy where it gets too crowded in the uterus for a good picture and the baby's face looks smooshed. We also asked him about possibly getting a tour of the new facilities, but he said we wouldn't be able to because they don't open until June. He said he hasn't even seen them yet.

He didn't have any other advise about the gestational diabetes other than to eat like the diabetes doctors said and continue to test sugar and keytones. In a few weeks we'll start going to the doctor every week instead of every two weeks.