Quick Update

The past week or so has been a whirlwind; Adam's class reunion, doctor's appointment, business trip to Las Vegas, baby shower, and Father's Day! Whew! It feels like we haven't stopped moving! Since I'm still unpacking and sorting through laundry, I thought I'd give a quick update about the doctor's appointment this morning then hopefully a detailed baby shower post in the next day or two.

We saw Dr. McQuillan on Wednesday afternoon just before we left for Vegas. Like usual, everything checked out just fine. Blood pressure was 120/64 mmHg, total weight gain was 20 lbs and baby's heartbeat sounded perfect! While she was measuring my belly, the doctor said, "Well, unless this baby has a major growth spurt, she'll probably be pretty small." My first response was, "Oh, good!" And then I quickly realized I didn't know how small she meant. We asked several questions and she explained that we're measuring about a centimeter behind what she expected. She said with just one appointment she doesn't get too concerned, but if we're still small at the next appointment, we'll do another ultrasound to be sure everything is okay. Our next appointment is a week from Wednesday (we've already started in to the every 2 week schedule) so hopefully the little pipsqueak will have done a fair share of growing by then.

I can't end the post without at least mentioning the completely AMAZING baby shower that Mary, Lisa, Shannon, and Anna-Marie coordinated! It was beautifully decorated, the food was outstanding, and I felt like the most cared about pregnant woman who ever existed. :) I was blown away by the amazing sewing skills of the women in my life, and completely thrilled to receive such nice things for our little girl. Like I said, I'll put together a detailed post with pictures soon. But until then, THANK YOU SO MUCH to all who attended and especially to the girls who thought of every detail to make the day so special for me!

Belly update

The belly at 30 weeks

We have one particularly cantankerous patient who I've grown very fond of. He's around 90 years old or so. He's usually pretty feisty. I hadn't seen him in awhile until today. I told him he was looking good. His response in his best grumpy old man voice was:

"Flattery never got you anywhere! You're putting on weight!"

And then with a slight smile and a twinkle in his eye he says, "But it'll go away."

Totally made my day. :)

Measurements

This week, the Tolmans learned the importance of measurements:

Lesson Number One:
At our doctor's appointment on Wednesday, Dr. McQuillan again measured my belly. Adam asked what the measurements meant. She explained that the distance from the pubic bone to the top of the uterus roughly corresponds in centimeters to the number of weeks gestation. I was measuring 28 cm which corresponded almost perfectly with my pregnancy progress of 28 weeks, 5 days.  It allows a quick way to check the fluid levels and growth of the baby without doing an expensive ultrasound at every appointment. We were pleased to hear that our baby girl is growing like she should be!

Lesson Number Two:
Today, Adam and his contractor friend Bob began replacing our old, outdated metal windows with the new, energy efficient vinyl windows we purchased several weeks ago. They started before 8:00 am and it seemed everything would go quickly. They cut out the old window in the baby's room and grabbed the new window to put in place. However, it didn't fit! In fact, it was six inches too tall! What?! It seems that the measurement of 41 inches was misread as 47 inches! That means all the windows we've had stacked neatly in our garage for weeks now are too big! As a result, this has turned into a much bigger job than orignally anticipated. In the end, it will be fine; bigger windows mean a better view out and more light in. Unfortunately, this quick little job has turned into a pretty big project! I'm doing my part by staying out of the way and not saying much. :) Here are a few pictures of the progress:

Old window cut out

Siding cut out to new size

Inside cut out to new size

New window is in!

And a quick Mulligan update:

He's fine! They sedated him to remove the hook, but I'm sure the whole process took less than 10 minutes. They pushed the hook through, cut off the barb, and pulled it out. He was a little groggy when I brought him home, but by the time we were home from work, he was back to his usual self. Yesterday he spent the whole day with Grandpa chasing balls, rolling in stinky stuff, and carrying around dead gophers.

Doozy of a day

They day's not even half over and it's already been a doozy! In the past 24 hours, I've been told TWICE by people I barely know that I'm starting to waddle! "WHAT?! I have 11 weeks to go! You think this is waddling?! Wait til you see me in another several weeks!"  Sheesh! The nerve of some people! Who says that anyway?

The second thing that makes this day amazing is I came home at lunch to find this:

Mulligan has a fish hook stuck in his lip! Ugh! The vet can get us in at 2:00. Off we go! (And tonight we'll be having a talk with Dad about why a fish hook was within reach of a 6 inch tall dog, how to prevent such accidents in the future, and how to make sure this doesn't happen to our child!)