A busy weekend

So Saturday George woke me up bright and early...6 am to start working around the house for the day. I was ready to head back to sleep as I had been up several times throughout the night checking on our patient (my mom). Our first project of the day was putting together the baby crib. Surprisingly it went really quick! I thought it would be much harder than what it was. I had started to put it together last Sunday, but stopped when I noticed that one of the pieces had a big crack down the side. The company is sending us a replacement piece ASAP.

I was in checking on mom and noticed that George was outside mowing the yard! I couldn't believe my eyes. Neither of us had used a push mower before (this was his 2nd time ever mowing a yard period). He had asked our neighbor, Dick, to show him how to use it. Of course I had to capture the moment. :)
Later in the day George painted the baby's room. What an act of love. Poor guy had been so busy and was just plan tuckered out.

I thought it was pretty cute to see the paint on his feet.

Here is our little girl's bed in her room. We are still waiting for the back replacement piece to come from the company.

This is a dresser that George had originally made for us while we lived in Virginia. It was a cream color before but together we repainted it white for the baby's room. The picture frames were a hand made gift from my friend Nikki Jones to match the room. We are so excited that things are coming together so well.

Trip to Des Moines

So today I took mom to Des Moines for well...lets say for a biopsy. She was such a trooper through everything. Perhaps it was because they gave her some really good drugs! haha

After her biopsy we made a quick trip to Babies R Us and I bought our diaper bag! I was really excited so now I can start filling it up with things for our little girl. On the way home mom got a little sick (thank goodness they sent us home with a barf bag!). I was getting really tired and exhausted and got pulled over right outside of Fort Dodge. The trooper said he clocked me at 65 mph. I think he was day dreaming as he was driving in front of me and there was a stop light and construction so there was NO way I was doing 65 mph but perhaps 59 mph. UGH. Anyways after much tears and a ticket we were on our way home. Mom would spend the night with us so that I could take care of her.

When I got home I was helping her out of the car and left her barf bag on the ground as I planned to take her in the house then come back for it. When I did...it was gone!!! WHAT?!? Yes, someone stole a bag of barf! Oh dear! Mom said she thought she saw a neighbor walking with it. GROSS! Oh well. It really made for an interesting day.

By the end of the day I was exhausted. I could feel it throughout my whole body...especially my swollen ankles! EEKS!!! Needless to say my evening was spent with my feet up.

BVU Graduation

Well today is the big day. I walk into BVU for the first and last time and will graduate. Seems funny to be going to Storm Lake for graduation when I took all of my classes at the Fort Dodge site.
I am pretty excited to be graduating today with several of my friends who I have met along the way. What a fun time it will be for us all. I will be graduating with my degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology. Granted, I already received my degree back in October so today will just be icing on the cake.

The graduation ceremony started at 2:30 p.m. I was hoping that it wouldn't take too long as I had to go the bathroom again (go figure!). As I looked around and saw how many people where graduating, I knew that there wasn't going to be anything short about this ceremony. Oh dear.

Walking into the gym that was full of people I began to wonder if I would be able to spot my mom and George. Sure enough with mom's bright green shirt I was able to spot them right away! They were there cheering me on as I walked across that stage. What a feeling to be finally done with my bachelors degree.

The ceremony didn't end until 4:30 p.m. and boy was it HOT in that gym! I found mom and George outside after the ceremony and there was George with a dozen red roses for me. What a sweetheart! We took a few photos and headed for home. We were all exhausted from the big day.

The big move... part 2

Last night was our last night sleeping in the apartment. Sure will be wierd to be sleeping in a new place tonight. Today I was to work all day and meet up with George afterwards. However, after the day we had yesterday, my boss allowed me to take a half day off so I could continue to help with the move. I must admit, I would rather spend the day moving than be at work as the air isn't working!!! It was 82 degrees when I left and I had a HUGE headache...heatstroke!

George and I picked up the uhaul and headed to the old place to start loading. We put as much as we could in the uhaul and took it to the new place and began to unload the truck. Mom arrived to continue helping us. She stayed at the old place with George as I went to the new place to meet up with Denise, Penny, and my nephew Jake.

Jake was so excited when he saw the new place. He was so funny as he wouldn't even step foot in the baby's room! He thought the new place was huge and wanted to hide and for me to seek him. I told him to hide and I would find him in 30 minutes. He was so cute and wanted to help us unpack too. What a trooper and he didn't complain at all!

George was busy back at the old place with my brother-in-law, Stan, and three Iowa Central college students packing up all of the heavy furniture. They arrived and were so quick to unload all that big stuff. I couldn't believe how quick things were going! How awesome! Us ladies were putting things away as the guys were bringing them in and taking them to their correct room and well Jake, he was hiding in the big boxes.

Later I had another friend stop to pick up our empty boxes as she will be moving soon. What a great way for us to clear that empty box mess. We soon called it a day. Denise headed off to church, Penny and Jake went home to prepare for their big trip to OR for my cousin's wedding, and the rest of us went out to Chen Garden for supper. Oh we all filled our bellies beyond full!

George, Stan, mom and I stopped at the old place to do a few last things before heading for home. My brother-in-law is so dang handy!!! That is one of the things I appreciate the most about him. He is so knowledgeable about a wide variety of things. He was able to help us with our blinds, taking down some curtains, and weeds. We soon left and called it a night.

For George and I we were off to our new house. How odd for us to be in such a big unfamiliar place but we are excited for the new adventure...of finding our clothes, prenatal vitamins, and other needed things before bedtime. :) We ended up sleeping our first night on the couches.

The big move...part 1

Well today we begin moving to a house. We have spend 3 1/2 years in this two bedroom apartment and we are now moving to a 4 bedroom house with LOTS of space. We are both very excited about this for several reasons:

1. We will no longer hear the train in our back yard at all hours of the day
2. We won't hear our jobless neighbor below us slamming the door all day long
3. We won't hear the neighbors arguing
4. We won't have to listen to their 7 grandkids that come for a visit every night
5. No more using quarters to pay for our laundry
6. We won't hear our neighbor snoring at night
7. Won't hear them yelling at their dog or hear the dog barking
8. Won't have to garden in a pot
9. We can park where we want to
10. ...more space for our growing family!!!

I made an early morning trip to Walmart to get a few things that I thought I would need for the day...little did I know that would be the first of many trips to Walmart that day. I went over to the new place to meet my mom and begin cleaning. We thought it would be just a quick wipe down of the place...littile did we know we would be still at it hours later. Ugh.

I gave her a quick tour of the place and while down in the basement I got sick to my stomach. Went to clean up my mess and realized we don't have water. The landlord forgot to mention that he turned the water off to the house as he had a water leak to fix. Would have been nice to know. So we were off to meet a new neighbor and borrow some water. We got right to work when we got back.

Soon George arrived with the car loaded up and we started unloading. I was really tired and decided to sit down for a little bit as I had been on the go all morning. Our doctor was having me do kick counts with the baby. She is to kick 10 times before 2pm. Well it was 10:30 am and she had only kicked twice, which was quite unusual. I had even tried bending over, pushing on my stomach, anything to agitate her to move...nothing. George and I were both a little scared so he wanted me to call our doctor right away. But she is out for a month after having surgery so we ended up with the on-call dr. He wanted me to come in right away for a non-stress test to make sure everything was okay. Off to the doctor mom and I went. Poor George was left to keep on moving. After basically having to do the test twice we found out that our little one was just fine and was probably sleeping. What an answer to our prayers!!!!

It was back to packing at the old place and then George sent mom and I on our way back to the new place to clean the baby's room. So we quickly cleaned the baby's room as George brought his new car (his second baby) filled with our daughter's things. It was so cute. He wouldn't move anything else in his vehicle except for her stuff. How funny!

My sister, Penny, and my mom's friend Denise would later join us in moving and unpacking. Dad even came for a little bit too. We were a busy crew with lots to do! The landlord was working too as he still had things on the porch and in the garage and was having to look at some things in the house that needed work too.

George had to head out for training in Ames as they will soon be getting a new computer system in the ER, but us ladies kept working. It was so nice to have so much help unpacking things. It was so nice to get to sleep too! haha.

On Monday, May 10, 2010 we had another doctor appointment. The baby's heart rate was good as usual. Today the doctor said I will begin taking kick counts. The baby is to kick ten times before 2pm each day. If she doesn't then I need to call the doctor by 2:01pm. EEKS!!!! I was a little aprehensive about this as she normally doesn't move much during the morning. But she must have heard the doctor as she has been moving every morning since. Our doctor also said that she (the dr.) will be having surgery so I will be seeing a different doctor at my next appointment.

Last night, May 14, 2010 was our graduation banquet at Buena Vista University. It was such a fun time to honor us graduates and to see each other again. I hadn't seen most of my friends and classmates since October. George had to work since it was a Friday evening, so I brought my dad as my date. Dad won't be able to make it to my graduation in Storm Lake next week as he is going to Oregon for my cousin Jennifer's wedding. :) It was a really nice event.

Following the banquet, I took dad past the house that George and I will be moving to on Tuesday. It will be so nice to move from our 2 bedroom apartment to a four bedroom house. Later on I met up with my fellow classmates at Olde Boston's for some fun.

Happy Mother's Day!

Today is my nephew Jake's 4th birthday! Happy Birthday Jake! Yesterday my sister and Stan had a monster truck birthday party for him. He had so much fun with his friends that he didn't even notice we were there. Later that same evening Penny, Stan, Jake, dad, mom, and myself went out to eat for pizza in Pomeroy. Jake got an angry look on his face and turned to my mom and said, "Nana you weren't at my party!" Then he turned and said the same thing to me! haha. We had to remind him that we were indeed there, but he was too busy having fun to notice.

I woke up sick this morning. Not sure if it was the pizza I ate the night before or what, but I haven't felt this awful since I was having my bad case of morning sickness. George got home this morning from work and gave me a sweet Mother's Day card from him and the baby. He said that she told him in his dream that he was to buy a card for me and sign her name too. How cute!

Even though I wasn't feeling well, my mom went with me to Ames to search for some new pants. The weather has been rainy here and I only had one pair of full length maternity pants. So the hunt was on!

27 weeks pregnant

On April 26, 2010 I had another doctor appointment. This was the dreaded glucose testing. Typically our little baby doesn't move a whole lot, but as soon as I drank the given drink, she was moving like no other! I couldn't believe it. It would later be revealed that I do not have diabetes.

May 3, 2010- George's birthday! Happy Birthday George! Today George was able to enjoy a wonderful full body massage, a new shirt and dinner out with dad, Jake and me. It was a good day.

May 6, 2010- George is beginning to feel the baby move more and more.