5 Weeks Left

We had our ultra sound today. Good news is: baby looks healthy. Bad news is: low fluid levels protecting her, so... now I have to get monitored twice a week. :( So I go in on Mondays and Thursdays. That's all the news on baby. I have had a sciatic nerve problem all week so I haven't been moving to fast lately. Doc says just wait it out and she gave me some stretching tips. :(

Dave was elected treasurer of our homeowners association. His union has proposed a contract, we'll see if the employees accept it or they opt to go on strike. Sounds promising though. Brody is needing some outside time, but we have had nothing but rain here.

We went to my dad's last Saturday to celebrate his birthday. We had a BBQ and a great time with him & Nancy and my brother James & his wife Susy and Jason's kids Aaliyah & Christian. Jason just called me (from TX) as I was typing this, he is doing good.

My dad has accepted an offer to take over the Tillamook Carquest store, so he and Nancy will be moving there in May. :( We wish them all the best.

Dave's parents have put their house on the market and are moving from Wyoming to Minnesota. We don't know any other details about it. We also wish them all the best.

Talk to you soon. Pic: Brody got stuck in the stool.

ONLY 6 WKS LEFT!

We had another appointment yesterday. The doctor has requested a FOURTH ultra sound! She said, nothing big just need to check the size. I measure 33" and haven't gained any weight so she wants to make sure everything is ok. Which I don't understand because if she would have looked at my last birth the same thing happened. Oh well. So my ultra sound is March 28th.

The baby shower is April 12th I hope everyone got their invitations. We don't have any plans for Easter this year. When I am in the car my blood pressure goes up so we thought we would just play it safe and stay in town, Brody and I will go to the Easter egg hunt at our church and that should be enough excitement for one day. : )

I just pulled out all of Brody's baby items that I saved and found that I have a ton of blankets! He helped me wash and fold all of them and then he wanted to do it again. lol. He loves to help with laundry. Which would be good if he didn't feel the need to make every item into a ball. At least he doesn't mind that I refold it.

He all of a sudden finds bedtime fun, because he has partially learned his bedtime prayer and loves to say it with me. He is so cute trying to mumble along! At the end he says "B-A-Men." I don't know why. lol. Silly kid.

30 Weeks

We had a doctor appointment on Friday. I am 30 weeks! I was hoping to schedule our babies arrival for April 30th, but I didn't get it (not my doc's scheduled surgery day). So I am penciled in for May 1st or 2nd. (I am hoping for the 1st). I wanted April because the birthstone is a diamond. May is emeralds. Silly reason, I know. We heard the heart beat and got measured. She is measuring big, just like Brody did. I am supposed to measure no more than 31" at this time and she is measuring 33" so we are probably looking at another 9 pounder! They took my blood for the gestational diabetes check (standard procedure) we pray that it comes back negative. Our next appointment is March 17th. (St. Patty's day -Proud to be Irish!)
In case you didn't get our ultra sound pictures email, our little girls name is Marissa Michelle Hamilton. We don't have (or plan to have) a theme for the nursery, we just like pink.

Brody is doing very well! He was so patient with me while I was sick. With the sun peeking out once in a while we were able to play outside, at the park and in the garage. Yesterday we attended a friends birthday party and he was using all his manors. I am so proud of him! People were telling me he acts so much older than 3.
At home he is testing the limits right now. I can ask him to pick up his toys till I'm blue in the face and I get nothing until I start counting to 3. I am trying to just get him to listen the first time or even the second, but we are still stuck on the counting! errr! Well, at least the counting works. I am thinking of a star chart system, I don't know though, I feel like I would be bribing him.
I got the new dresser put together last weekend I was so bored from being sick all week, but not well enough to get out of the house so I put the dresser together and Brody helped. He was so proud of himself, he got to use the hammer. And although it took a little longer it was nice to have him help me. He has been asking me all week, "can we go work in the babies room?" I think he will be the first to tell his little sis who built her dresser!

Well, off to play with Brody. Talk to you later.