Another update

Beth had to take the glucose screening test last week, which consisted of drinking a chalky-tasting orange soda drink and waiting an hour, then getting blood drawn. It's a test to tell if you might develop gestational diabetes, and if you fail the hour-long test then you have to go back and take a 3-hour long test. I don't know what happens if you fail that test, I only know I had to take the 3-hour one when I was pregnant with Aiden but my glucose levels were apparantly fine after that test. However, this time around, when I had my OB appointment earlier this week the nurse practitioner told me my glucose levels were fine! And also, my hemoglobin levels have increased, which is a good thing and apparently unusual. I don't know what I'm doing differently this time around but it's definitely working! I'm officially in the 3rd trimester, too. Nothing to do now but watch my waist expand some more and prepare the house for baby girl!

27w2d

Matt's Homecoming

He's home!! His flight came in around 1 PM on Thursday, 30 September. There were large video screens and we were able to watch the plane land and the soldiers debark, but then we had to wait another hour & 1/2 before they marched in formation into the hangar where we waited. They had to in-process, drop weapons and have a safety brief before being dismissed. It was all worth it though!!


View of the plane on the video:


Matt debarking:

In formation in the hangar (Matt's in the middle):

Happy family!

An Elementary school class in Arkansas "adopted" Matt for the year and they sent this sign home for him!

New hair

Matt has been begging me to do "something drastic" with my hair before he gets home. I purposely waited until the very end of his deployment in hopes that he would be on his way home and wouldn't see it over the computer, but now that his flight has been bumped almost a week later I guess I can't hide it from him! But that's ok, anything over video always looks different than in person. Hope he likes it!

21w6d

Another belly pic! I'm at 21 weeks, 6 days. Just over halfway!

Aiden's first school "project"

Aiden had a take-home project in which he had to decorate a cut-out person with things he likes, family, etc. When I started thinking about what we could put on it, I realized I had very little items to use! I had just recycled all our old magazines the week before, we don't keep things like yarn in the house, and so on. Luckily I did have some Elmer's glue and a computer/printer, so I ended up cutting and pasting lots of printed out pictures! I also colored and hand twisted every hair on his head. I think the project turned out quite well, and I got to see the other kids' projects, and they all pretty much did the same thing - lots of printed pictures, or pics from magazines! So I don't feel so un-creative now :)

I spoke with his teacher today when I picked Aiden up and she said he got up in front of the class and told everyone about all the pictures on his person, plus even sang a song! So much for being shy! I'm so proud of him.

Can you guess all the things he likes?

In other news, Aiden got to feel the baby move! He said "she's kicking!". Too cute.

Quick update

I had an OB appointment this morning. My nurse practitioner was dealing with a late patient, so I got to see a resident PA! Love those guys :) My Ultrasound pictures showed everything is developing normally, my Quad screen came back negative (which is good!), and her heartbeat was around 152 beats/minute. Everything is going smoothly!