I don't even know if I can remember what all has happened in the last month. When I looked back at my blog, I haven't even posted my 24 week belly picture. Here I am coming up on 28 weeks. Let me see if I can recap the last month of events.
The day after Thanksgiving, Alabama beat Auburn by the skin of our teeth. It was a good game, but not really if you are an Alabama fan playing your rivals that have talked smack all week long. I watched the game at Heather and Derek's, because Kyle had to work like always. Then, on December 5th, we won the SEC Championship game against Florida!! Yah!! Man were we so excited!! If I weren't pregnant, I believe we would have partied all night long. It was such a good feeling!! We now wish we would have gone ahead and bought those National Championship tickets a long time ago like we thought about doing.
On December 11th, we attended Kyle's work Christmas party. It was a pot luck type dinner where everyone brought a dish. Kyle signed me up for mom's Seven Layer Salad. Everyone really liked it. They had a different but fun party. It was in the lobby of their work with pool tables, Wii games, Tiger Woods golf, Rock Band, putt putt golf, and all that. They had tournaments where you could win games. The owner of his dealership gave all of the significant others a gift for supporting them through long hours and weekend work days. She gave me a glass Christmas ornament looking cookie jar. It was really pretty. I've already put it to use with some homemade Oreo Truffles that I made for work. I sent some with Kyle to work in that jar. After Kyle's party, we drove out to our friend's house because it was her birthday party. She is my other friend that is pregnant and due 2 days before me. I also went to my doctor's appointment this morning. I can't remember all of my stats now that I've waited so long. I do remember my weight was 145.something lbs. I told the doc about my tender swelling knee, the blood blisters on my feet, and this crazy burning kind of feeling under my right boob every time I eat. It just is uncomfortable. She told me to keep an eye on it because it could be my gallbladder. That freaked me out!
From the last post I just ordered my baby bedding. I've received it by now, and I love it so far in the bag. I hope it looks as precious when I get it put in the crib. I've gotten several gifts of clothing from friends and Kyle's mom for the baby. I have neglected to take a picture of them all yet. They are all so cute. I need to get a picture of his first outfits. I finally purchased the crib and dresser/changer combo last week. I went with the same one I loved in this post. Kyle and I picked them up this past Sunday to store at mom and dads until we have new carpet down. While we were there, we finished up little bits of our registry. Kyle had never been in BRU before, so he really enjoyed it. I was worried that he wouldn't even want to go, but he was fine with it and actually liked it. He played with everything and even dropped a few things. LOL He just walked around amazed at all of the baby stuff and read the backs of labels to try to learn about it all. I should have taken my video camera. I think I am pretty much done with my registry for now.
Sunday night, December 13th, I woke up in the middle of the night to that same spot under my right boob just hurting. All that morning on the 14th, it even was hurting me in the back behind my right shoulder blade. I called the doc, and they wanted to send me for a gallbladder ultrasound. So, I went to that on December 15th. I had to undress my top and put on a robe. They squirted that warm gel all over me to do like a normal ultrasound except it was aimed under my ribs on the right side. The little lab tech girl worked at it for about 30 minutes taking pictures here and there. She said deep breath, and hold......now breathe. I didn't think I was going to make it between some of those hold and breathes. I had to let it go before she said once because I got dizzy. That is hard to do! LOL Otherwise, the test was harmless. Then, she let me sneak a peak at lil man. He has really grown since the last time I've seen him. She was trying to get his heartbeat, and he was moving all over. He brushed his little arm across his face and moved his little lips like sucking almost. I got the results a couple of days later that I didn't have gall stones, but I had some normal or not alarming "sludge". eww!! I have sludge. She said it may can cause some pain, but there is nothing they do for it while pregnant. Yah! I think I have come to the conclusion that it really is just heartburn and I've never had it before. So, now, I eat about 2 Tums a day when I feel that under there. Its a burning, tingly feeling that is just weird. Tums helps.
December 18th, we had my work Christmas party. I had to rush home from work to get ready and be at Kyle's work to pick him up. We had it at the same place as last year. It is always really nice. We got a nice buffet of some really good food. The band wasn't as great this year. It was the same one we've had the last 2 years, but the lead singer quit a couple of months ago. The new lead singer was ok voice wise, but he was horrible to watch. I am on the committee at work that plans the company events including the Christmas party. I got up during one band break and announced door prizes. I didn't win the first two rounds, and we left before the third one was done. We bought tickets to see Avatar at 10:50 that night. Bad idea. The movie was great and the first one I have ever seen in 3D, but it was way too late and too long. Kyle and I both nodded off during parts of the movie. I even heard him snore once. I had to elbow him. It wasn't because the movie was bad, but we were so tired. It ended around 1:30.
December 19th, now this was a busy day and I am more understanding through this why I haven't had time to blog. I went to my grandmother's house for Christmas lunch with the family at 11. I had to keep an eye on the clock to leave in time to be at Heather's college graduation at 2. She graduated with her Bachelor's in Engineering...finally!! I am so proud of her. My other friend graduated with her Communications degree the week before, but it was on a Friday when I had to work. So, I wasn't able to go. I did meet them for lunch though. I am so proud of her too. After Heather's graduation, I ran home to rest for a minute and get ready again to drive to Birmingham for Kyle's family party. It was at his aunt's house. We ate a few bites to eat and sang a few songs. Then, we stayed the night at one of Kyle's friend's houses and just hung out. We ate a bite and watched some games at Buffalo Wild Wings Sunday before driving back home. Boy that was a busy weekend.
Kyle actually got Christmas Eve off this year, so I took off too. He was still gone from the house all day though doing his shopping. Procrastinator!! Christmas day, Kyle and I opened our gifts from one another. I got a beautiful Bulova watch and a Patagonia pullover from him. I love them both!! I had gotten him a new blazer for work and 2 tickets to the Jay-Z/Jeezy concert in Atlanta for him and a friend. I am so jealous, because I would love to go since we missed out on the last one. However, I don't think lil man would enjoy loud concert speakers at 8 months pregnant. I'd probably have him on the floor right there. Being Kyle's child, he would probably come out singing all the songs anyway. lol So, I am letting Kyle take a friend instead. He was really excited. He first thought they were tickets to the championship game, but I couldn't afford to send him there. LOL He was still excited though. We went to mom's for a yummy fried turkey for lunch. Their big gift to me was a cute little mini camcorder that records on a memory card. It is the coolest thing ever. I can't wait to record something on it. I wanted it to try to record the baby being born. If not, then I am sure I will find a ton of other cute things to record him doing. :)
I just went to my regular checkup this morning. I had to do the yummy glucose sugar test. I passed my glucose and hemoglobin tests. Yah!! I weighed 148 lbs, my BP was 100/80, my belly from top to bottom was 29", and lil man's BPM was 140. Everything is moving right along! I now start my every two week visit. Man time is flying! I am starting to get into the somewhat nesting/panic phase. There is so much that I want done before the baby gets here. I had all intentions of doing that this past weekend when I was off for 4 days, but I have had a head cold of sneezing and blowing my nose constantly. So, Saturday, I took it easy all day and felt like poo. I started Monday night trying to organize a little at a time. I got the kitchen pretty much done. I still have a few cabinets to go through and clean out. Next will be the closets. Once I get the new flooring in, everything will start rolling along. I need to paint the hallway, my bedroom, and the baby room. I have to clean out his closet in that room because its used for storage right now. I really want those metal organizer type shelves for his closet to have some spots to stack stuff. Maybe I can get some of those too if I can find them for a good price. Ahh! A lot to do in so little time! :) Panic has set in!
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