A Cramped Baby

Monday was a day of doctor visits. We also had another ultrasound to make sure the baby is growing well - they are concerned the baby may be too big and my weight gain isn't enough. They estimate the baby is 3lbs, 4oz and I've gained 6 lbs since the beginning of the pregnancy. Everything is looking good. I'm going to post a picture, but the baby was awfully cramped with very little wiggle room. (So, the picture is kind of hard to see...)

And, Sunday Andy and I went out to play with the film camera. It was fun to experiment and stuff again. He has tons of rolls of unused film that we've been playing with, so here are a couple of pictures of me at 30weeks, 3days.

Vacation :)

So, I had Good Friday off and we wanted to get away for just a bit. Andy took off Friday and Saturday, and I took off the following Monday. It was wonderful to be together -we found we really miss just being with each other. I suppose that will change even more after the baby gets here. We just realized that it's only 2 months away. That's both exciting and scary.

So, a short breakdown of the trip:

1. Sleep in Friday morning (I think we woke up at 7:30 anyway) After hanging around home a bit we started towards Belmont to see the Easter crowd. On the way I went to a scrapbooking rummage sale and then we stopped in Bloomington to eat. We found the Fuller family late Friday night at the cabin -just in time for a cranium game.

2. Saturday at Belmont. Fun Easter activities and our very first ever BABY SHOWER! The theme was Curious George, and the best part was having lots of family and friends around.

3. Left Saturday night and drove to Columbus, Indiana. We stayed in a hotel that I absolutely loved...I think it was the bed that was so wonderful. Went to Easter services at a church that I helped to build several years ago.

4. Left Columbus, ate lunch in Edinburgh, and drove through Cincinnati. We stopped at the William Howard Taft home and got a little history.

5. Left the Taft home and sought out the Creation Museum. I discovered that it was in Kentucky (not Ohio like I thought). We found a place to finally stay in Florence, Kentucky. We drove through the Big Bone Lick State Park, ate at a pretty good barbeque place, and finally found Kroger to purchase and share some cheesecake. (My blood sugars are amazingly good while I'm not at work...it's interesting and strange.)

6. We woke up Monday morning and headed to the Creation Museum -very informative and thought provoking. I ate in Noah's Café (with Andy, of course). We then headed back home.

7. We stopped at the Lincoln living farm in Spencer County, Indiana. We paid to see it, but I'm not sure why. The museum in the state park is really boring. The farm was nice, but I was sad that the lamb wouldn't let me pet it.

8. Andy took a detour home -but we made it to our last birthing/childcare class on time.

9. We attempted to bathe and diaper a baby. We've decided that this will be a fun adventure and are hoping for the survival of this child's first year. (Mostly, we are totally excited about it all -even the crying and sleepless nights.)

10. We finally made it home. I woke up the next morning to my husband singing "Happy Birthday" to me.

11. I went to work to find all the wonderful things my co-workers had for me, answered lots of "we love you" phone calls, ate at Biaggi's Italian Restaurant.

12. Okay, vacation was really over...but I like to pretend that it keeps going.

A Short Sort-Of Date

Some days when it's really beautiful outside and I want to be out instead of in, I really miss the Saturday time with Andy. Andy's last Saturday off was in September. Most of the time it's okay and I get things done while he is gone, but sometimes I wish we could just hang out. (Especially as it gets closer to time for the baby to arrive...I feel like I need to savor and invest a lot of time into our couplehood. Strange, maybe.)

So, today was beautiful and a wonderful day for driving and being outside. I decided that I would get a couple of geocaches ready, meet Andy at work, and then hope that the sun would stay up long enough to actually look for one of them. I arrived at KDL around 6pm, and around 6:10 my husband came waltzing out -and I was very happy to see him. I told him the plan, and he seemed excited.

Our first cache was a Ty Beanie Baby cache. I had secured an unwanted beanie from the upstairs closet and was excited to see what was hidden. We made it to our destination with sunlight still left. We searched for several minutes trying to understand the clue: "Angel" I was certain that someone named Angel had carved her name into a tree and that was the spot. I was wrong. I finally spotted something that was carved but couldn't tell what it was -Andy with his great eyesight and quick feet ran to tell me, "it's an angel!" About 5 minutes later we finally solved the case. It was very ingenious how it was hidden. I left my beanie but didn't take anything. I think it's the most exciting cache I can remember ever hunting and finding.

We had time to do the 2nd one I had planned although the sun was setting quickly. Amazingly, we found that one as well. So, this evening we were 2 for 2. That doesn't happen with us often.

So, it was a little like a date...and I love dating Andy. I'm excited for this weekend because we both have 4 days off in a row and together. It's going to be wonderful -I can feel it!