Poker

C has been in vegas all week playing in a poker tournament. He got 26 out of 782! I think that is pretty awesome! But he's being a dork and is bummed that he didn't win. He won $1,000 which pays for his trip plus a little more. For those of you who know poker he had pocket queens and went all in. Another guy called him with pocket jacks. The guy got lucky on the river and got a jack. :( I guess that guy ended up getting 5th with a cash prize of $8,000. I'm still proud of C though and think he did great! :)

Holidays

Hope everyone had a great holidays. Ours was good. We went to MN for xmas. It was nice to see everyone and the weather decided to be rather nice for us (5-17 degrees vs. the -20s it was last xmas I went home). We were busy the whole time. Flew in on the 23rd. 24th hung out and went to church with my parents and Amy and Mike then went to Amy's for dinner. It was Craig's 1st catholic mass ever and he survived just fine. 25th my dad's side of the family came to my parent's house. We got lots of goodies for nugget and a hand mixer. 26th went to my grandparents with my mom's side of the family. 27th went bowling with the fam. And 28th came back here. We didn't get back to our house until 10/1030ish and I had to work the next day and the rest of the week so was nice and tired. Then we had a few friends over for new year's eve. I made it until midnight but it was definately a struggle!

Nugget is doing well. Had another US on the 29th and he is growing nicely. Dr thinks he'll be 7.5 to 8.5lbs when he pops out. I'm starting to get a little nervous. I think my belly gets bigger every day at this point, even my maternity clothes are getting a little too snug! I'm ready to be done being prego at this point. :)

Here's some 35 wk pics

Baby shower

Had my baby shower last weekend. It was fun and nugget got lots of good stuff. My mom and Amy were able to come out for it which was nice. I think my favorite gift was a BOB stroller from a bunch of people. I'm super tired right now and don't feel like saying much so instead here are a few pics from the shower.

Craig and I beforehand


Grandmas

Aunts


Me and Alicia. She threw the shower for me. She is due 1 wk after me.


Diaper cake

28 wks

Here's some new belly photos at 28wks. Things still going good. We have his room painted and crib put together. Now we just need to add some finishing touches. The bed set I got came with a valance but our windows are so big in there that it's 2 short for either of them. I'm debating what I want to do there.

Craig is going down to his parents for thanksgiving. I have to work on friday and traffic is so bad here (last yr it took us 3.5 hrs for a 1.5 hr drive) that I've decided not to go. I may go to Alicia's house or I may just stay home, I'm leaning toward the staying home.

We have a busy next couple weeks. Thanksgiving then the next weekend we have a get together for a big football game between uw and wsu on sat and I have Alicia's baby shower on sunday. Then the next weekend my mom and Amy will be here for my shower. Then a free wknd and then we will be off to MN for Xmas. And it looks like Jan is going to be just as busy!

25 wks

Things going good here. Not much new. We went to Longview for Craig's mom and uncle bday last night and then went to a halloween party. I tried to take pics with my phone but they all turned out too dark. It was fun but I stayed up way too late. I don't think we've done much exciting lately nor do we have much exciting coming up.

Nugget-wise things are going good. I think I get bigger every day. I have the follow up echo next week so hopefully things still look good there. And I have my fun glucose tolerance test next week. And I get my 1st dose of rhogam. Going to be an exciting week. :)

We are working on the nursery. Decided to go with a jungle theme. Craig needs to paint one last wall (he ran out of paint). The crib and dresser are currently sitting in our living room waiting to be brought upstairs. When we are done I will post pics.

Per my mom's request here are updated belly photos. 25 wks

I Have a Headache

I got this ridiculous quote in the mail from my OB office today saying what it will cost for my routine monthly OB care. It doesn't include ultrasound, lab work, routine tests, delivery, or any additional OB visits amoung other things (there was a list of like 10 things). There is no way it can be correct. And if it is Craig and I are screwed! Let's not mention that I have to see him every 2 wks already, have to have ultrasounds every 6 wks, blood work every month, and had 1 echo with another one scheduled in 3 wks. UGH!!!! I know having a baby is expensive but this is a little ridiculous. Now everyone just hope that when I call on monday they say they added an extra zero and if not I'll be taking donations shortly.

21 wks

Same old here. We had a pretty busy weekend. Went to dinner and a movie friday. We saw The T0wn which was pretty good. Saturday I had dinner with some old coworkers and then met up with Craig and his buddy at the casino. No gambling for me but wanted to meet his buddy's new gf. Today we attempted to shop for baby bedding. No luck though. So much of the boy stuff tends to be too busy for me. Guess we'll keep looking for a bit.

Here's the latest belly photos. 21 wks