Monday Monday

It is soooo nice to have weekends off again! Friday Chad and I went to Lexington to eat and look around and Saturday we grilled out and went swimming and Sunday was a lazy day. I made waffles and bacon for breakfast and baked spaghetti for dinner and we lounged around all day watching TV and napping off and on. It was pretty uneventful, but nice. I did rearrange my kitchen cabinets some and wash a few dishes but it was nothing compared to eight hours on my feet dealing with half of Winchester. It was just me and Chad :) . Not much to report on the baby front. I am 28 weeks now (2/3 of the way through)- the beginning of the third trimester. Apparently something called Braxton-Hicks contractions (and more pain in general) start around this time. Not sure I am ready for that. In fact, I don’t think I am anywhere near ready for any of this. The house is still a wreck. I am trying to do a little at a time but sometimes I just don’t feel like doing much of anything. As long as I keep moving I am okay but once I sit down for an extended period of time it’s “lights out”. I go back to the doctor next Monday so hopefully everything will go okay with that. As far as I know they are just testing for gestational diabetes. I think this is the time when the doctor can do the 3d ultrasound if I want it. 150 dollars seems a bit frivolous when it won’t be much longer before we will see the baby anyway. If insurance covered it, which I am sure it doesn’t, then I might consider it but I don’t know that I am willing to spend the money to have it done, especially when there are other doctor bills that need my attention. I guess that is something Chad and I will have to discuss together. Me personally, I am content to wait and see first hand what our little man looks like.

Que Sera Sera

27 weeks and back to my boobs lol. So apparently (Chad's sister informed me yesterday), they no longer offer a pill to dry up breast milk if you decide not to breast feed. I googled this and the forum posters seem to think that it was taken off the market because it is no longer safe- which begs the question, was it ever? So that means if I get down to the last few weeks and change my mind I will have to suffer through leaks, pain and embarrassment. This does not sound fun to me at all. Maybe I could sell it… (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4744651.stm WIERD! ...yeah yeah it’s dated for 2005- I wonder about the latest news on this front) On to another subject: Chad’s newest nephew, Landon, has arrived! He is soooo tiny and fragile (6lbs and 3oz- though, from what I understand, is still bigger than his big brother Cameron). He is such a Doll (see for yourself), and…HE HAS HAIR! I got to see him yesterday and I was almost afraid to hold him for fear of breaking him. Chad got to see him on Monday and when I showed him the pictures from Tuesday he said he looked different lol. I guess they really do grow up fast. I think he looks like Cameron with darker hair. He definitely has Cameron’s eyes and nose and I guess I never really noticed until I saw the hospital picture of Mommy Jill how much they looked like her when she was a baby. All of the Jude babies are simply gorgeous and I can only hope that Caden is as fortunate. Will he get my little nose and Chad’s baby chipmunk cheeks and dark eyes or my high cheek bones and green eyes? We will have to wait and see. I hope he gets Chad’s hair, or hair period. I told Chad that if he was born bald we were going to cut off his fro (and trust me- he has one going on) and glue it to the baby’s head. He said that was why he was growing it lol. He is so silly. I can’t wait for the day when my two boys (my big one and baby one) meet for the first time. Chad is going to be a wonderful daddy.
P.S. Yesterday was my last night at Speedway! I survived! I will miss the people I worked with for the most part and some of our regulars but I definitely will not miss some of the general public. (The Addam's Family, the crazy lottery people and the less than hygenic)

Babies Babies Babies

Ten more working hours at Speedway. WOOT! Five tonight and Five tomorrow. I can’t wait. It will be so nice to have weekends off again. On the schedule for this week…clean, clean, clean. Oh and there is the shopping for a dress for both Mary and Christy’s wedding ( I am sure they don’t want me to come naked : ) ) and I have to get a swimsuit so I can go swimming (YIPPEE- It has been almost 2 years- maybe longer since I have been swimming). I also need to get some shorts to wear. It has been hotter than Hades outside, so I might have to shave my legs lol. No tanning bed for me, so I have to resort to self tanner or blind everyone…sorry. I am now at 27 weeks. It’s time to start counting kicks. Our little boy is getting more active by the day- which is reassuring. When I lay tummy to tummy with Chad he can feel even the smaller movements. Also, Chad’s sister (Jill) went to the hospital at 8 pm last night to induce labor- so we are expecting the newest member of the Strange family (Landon) any minute now. Hopefully they will keep me updated since I didn’t even find out till Saturday that she was going to the hospital. Tsk tsk. Now that I won’t have two jobs to keep me busy, maybe I can get some first hand experience by helping out. With only 3 months between them, Caden shouldn’t be at a loss for someone to play with. If that’s not enough there are always cousins Cameron (2), Dylan (4) and Skylar (who will be a year in September). Babies Galore. Oi Vay.