Our weekend and an Ultrasound!

Jeff dubbed last weekend a "no work" weekend...so we did things that didn't involve getting ready for the baby. On Saturday morning we saw the new Batman movie at the IMAX theater with Doug and Amy and then had a nice lunch out with them. Sunday we went to the Cape and had a beach day and bbq with some of Jeff's friends from work. We got a little baby time in as well, as they have a one-year-old little girl who is super duper cute and very well behaved. Makes us think that this could actually be easy!

This weekend, however, it was back to work! Although August thus far has been filled with mostly rainy days, luckily the last 2 weekends have been gorgeous...sunny and in the 70s. This weekend was spent outside for the most part. Saturday Jeff worked in the yard pulling weeds and cutting and fertilizing the new grass while I touched up the crib (again) and rocking chair and stained the changing table. As you can see, Trixie was nice enough to help me (Daphne spent the morning barking at the neighbor's dog).




Jeff measures the grass to see if it's long enough to be cut and fertilized


The new front yard is looking great. I didn't take pictures of everything, but check out the zinnia patch! We still haven't had a chance to pick out a bird bath for this area yet. We've had a few plants die so far but overall things are looking good.


Sunday morning we took the girls to the dog park. Then we ran a few errands and I finished up the changing table while Jeff tried to fix the radiator. They always say "never plumb without a license" and it's true! We ended up making the radiator leak worse (oops) so now the plumber is coming over today to fix it. Anyway, we've really been neglecting the dogs the last couple of months because we've been working so hard to get the house ready for the baby. They've only been to the dog park a handful of times this summer. Usually we go every weekend! Poor girls.

On the way to the dog park...happy Trixie


Happy Daphne


Heading in to the park...not a lot of dogs there yesterday for some reason. Maybe everyone was out shopping during the tax-free weekend.


A view of the water along the path


Normally the girls get to swim, but unfortunately they'd just gotten their flea and tick medicine that morning so they couldn't get wet. They still managed to have fun anyway though...walking along the path


In the middle of the park is a big hill, which has really nice views of the surrounding water and marina. Jeff took some pictures of me and the girls. You can't really see how big my stomach is in these...they are just really unflattering in general. Maybe I'll be a supermodel in my next life!




Nice views...




A plaque at the top of the hill...can you read it?


The measure of a truly happy dog...rolling around in the grass!


All good things must come to an end...eventually it was time to head out.


This morning we went to our follow up ultrasound to check on the baby's kidney and see how she is growing. I was a bit nervous but it all worked out in the end! The kidney problem seems to have resolved itself for the most part...once she emptied her bladder (ew, someone is peeing in there) they were able to see that her kidneys were within the normal range. In general she is also measuring within the normal range so the extra sugar in my system has not had any negative effects so far that they can tell. Good news all around. In fact, the doctor said that the placenta is working so well that it is causing the diabetes and insulin resistance. I thought that was an interesting way of looking at things...a silver lining of sorts. It was neat to feel her kick and watch it on the screen as it happened. So fun.

Here are the pictures. Again, they are pictures of pictures so they might be a bit hard to see. A profile of her head...that's her nose and mouth with a little hand right under her chin


A straight on shot...she looks like she has fangs! Scary!


So everything is looking good and they want me to go back in one month (Sept 15) to check her size. I emailed my doctor my blood glucose levels this morning and she wants me to go up to 16 units of insulin at night. I will see her Thursday and she'll take a look at my levels then. On Thursday morning I also go back to the nutritionist. I think I have been doing pretty well on the diet, with only a couple of slip ups (a blueberry muffin one day, french fries another day). I am secretly hoping she adds a chocolate shake in there once a week, but I don't see that happening. :(

So tonight the plumber will hopefully fix the radiator in the nursery and tomorrow the handy man is coming over to hang shelves in the closet and fix the doors that won't stay shut. Super exciting! Once those things are done we can finish the nursery!!! I will take some pictures and post them soon.