Sunday, March 18, 2007
All Hail the Chief!!
Will has been asked to be the Chief Resident next year! He was chosen out of the four ER residents that will be seniors. He'll be responsible for making the ER schedules for the 6 months that he'll be in the ER, and he'll have to make the lecture schedule for their education days (every Wednesday). It's a little more responsibility, but he feels honored that his attending physicians chose him for the job! He'll be great. He's very fair, level-headed, and he gets along with everybody, so hopefully his peers will be as nice to him as I'm sure he will be to them! I'm so proud of him!
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Happy St. Patty's Day!
We're starting to get Maya's room put together! Yay! Matt and Miriam came over for a bit to help Will get her dresser up the stairs and into the nursery. I think Matt was in for much more than he bargained for! Since our house is SO OLD and SMALL, the staircase is tiny. It is very difficult to maneuver the corners with large furniture to fit it up the narrow passage. It took them a couple of tries and changes in strategy, but with some perseverance and maybe a little sweat, it worked! Thanks again, Matt!! The nursery is going to look great!
We went to Dave and Jill's tonight for a little St. Patty's Day get-together. It was a lot of fun. I got the opportunity to get to know Stephanie (and meet her husband Mike), one of the girls that many of my friends hang out with, but I have not spent much time around her before. We've worked together and been in larger groups together, but we've not really spent time in such a small group. Turns out, we get along quite well! We also got to spend some quality time with Matt and Miriam, which we haven't done in awhile, either. It was great company, all the way around! Dinner was really good, too. We had corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, salad, cheese and crackers, guacamole, veges with "green goddess dip", Watergate salad, two kinds of soda bread, green rice crispies, and apple crisp with homemade Irish whiskey cool whip! Everything we had was either Irish or green, and everything was delicious!
It was the best St. Patty's Day ever!
We went to Dave and Jill's tonight for a little St. Patty's Day get-together. It was a lot of fun. I got the opportunity to get to know Stephanie (and meet her husband Mike), one of the girls that many of my friends hang out with, but I have not spent much time around her before. We've worked together and been in larger groups together, but we've not really spent time in such a small group. Turns out, we get along quite well! We also got to spend some quality time with Matt and Miriam, which we haven't done in awhile, either. It was great company, all the way around! Dinner was really good, too. We had corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, salad, cheese and crackers, guacamole, veges with "green goddess dip", Watergate salad, two kinds of soda bread, green rice crispies, and apple crisp with homemade Irish whiskey cool whip! Everything we had was either Irish or green, and everything was delicious!
It was the best St. Patty's Day ever!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Furniture Issues... Solved!
Will and I went to pick up the chest and dresser that we had ordered about two months ago for Maya's room. After the guy from the store loaded the boxes into the back of our truck, Will noticed that one of the boxes was tattered and the bottom of the dresser was busted up! The manager came out and said they would order a new one for us, and we could pick it up tomorrow. Well, that was okay, but Will's friend, Andy, was coming over today to help Will get the stuff up the stairs (and the rest of our heavy furniture back into the house). We also thought it was weird that they could get the dresser in one day, since it had taken about 8 weeks the first time we ordered it. We took the chest anyway and went home.
Right after we got home, the store called and said that the dresser would take 6-8 weeks to arrive at their store. Just as we suspected. We eventually talked it over, while poor Andy patiently waited to see whether or not we were taking the chest out of the truck, and we decided to return the chest and cancel the order on the dresser. Neither one of us wanted to wait until I was full-term to get all of the furniture for Maya's room. Plus, if the dresser was busted during shipping, how good of quality could it possibly be? We took the chest back and got our money back for everything. We were back to square one! Ugh!
We ended up stopping at this furniture store called Rooms Today that we had never been in before tonight. They had one white dresser, and it was perfect!! It has some wood on one of the drawers that is the same as what's on Maya's crib, and it looked like it was made to go together! We purchased the dresser, AND we get to pick it up on Friday (at the earliest)!! We like this dresser even better than the other things we had originally purchased, so it worked out for the best.
I think we're just going to put that dresser and a couple of book shelves in her room and skip the changing table altogether. We'll just change her on her crib. It worked for my mom, so I think it will work for me. We're going to put together one of the bookshelves, and if we think we'll need more storage than what they can offer, we'll reconsider the changing table. As of right now, though, all we need to find is a glider or rocker, and we'll be set! By next week, Maya's room will be well under way!
Right after we got home, the store called and said that the dresser would take 6-8 weeks to arrive at their store. Just as we suspected. We eventually talked it over, while poor Andy patiently waited to see whether or not we were taking the chest out of the truck, and we decided to return the chest and cancel the order on the dresser. Neither one of us wanted to wait until I was full-term to get all of the furniture for Maya's room. Plus, if the dresser was busted during shipping, how good of quality could it possibly be? We took the chest back and got our money back for everything. We were back to square one! Ugh!
We ended up stopping at this furniture store called Rooms Today that we had never been in before tonight. They had one white dresser, and it was perfect!! It has some wood on one of the drawers that is the same as what's on Maya's crib, and it looked like it was made to go together! We purchased the dresser, AND we get to pick it up on Friday (at the earliest)!! We like this dresser even better than the other things we had originally purchased, so it worked out for the best.
I think we're just going to put that dresser and a couple of book shelves in her room and skip the changing table altogether. We'll just change her on her crib. It worked for my mom, so I think it will work for me. We're going to put together one of the bookshelves, and if we think we'll need more storage than what they can offer, we'll reconsider the changing table. As of right now, though, all we need to find is a glider or rocker, and we'll be set! By next week, Maya's room will be well under way!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Busy, Busy, Busy!!
Will and I have been extremely busy over the past few days, so I haven't had time to sit and write for a little while... sorry! Last Friday, the 9th, we started organizing, rearranging, and moving pretty much everything out of our house. We spent the entire weekend working on project after project, cleaning, and making about million trips up and down the stairs to get everything ready for the carpet installers to come in on Tuesday. Sunday night, Chris, my friend from the ER, came over to help Will move the heavy items out to the garage (since I can't lift heavy stuff). That was a HUGE help! Will was on-call all night Monday, so I had to finish all the projects by myself. Bummer. I know Will would have much rather been home helping me than at the hospital, though! Lucky for him, he actually got to sleep most of the night there, uninterrupted by pages for orders or admissions.
Tuesday morning I medicated myself with some Tylenol then went to my orthodontist appointment. The plan was to take my braces off that day, but it didn't work out. I wasn't expecting it to, though, to be honest. I certainly hadn't been holding my breath because I had a gut feeling that I would need "just one more adjustment", and sure enough, that's what happened. The doctor said we are so close that we should "go for the gold" and do one more adjustment to get the 1 mm or so that will make a perfect smile. What was I going to say to that? No? I doubt it! I've had them this long. One more month certainly isn't going to kill me! The adjustment hurt like crazy, and I ended up being grateful that they didn't come off because of the pain factor. At my next OB appointment, I'm going to ask if it's safe for me to take Vicodin prior to getting my braces removed. I think that's the only way I will survive that kind of torture! I'm hoping that just one dose of pain meds will be fine for me and Maya. If it's not safe, then I will suffer through it! GULP! Wish me luck!
After my orthodontist appointment, I picked up Ruby, and we went to spend the afternoon with my friend Jill. We walked for a long time on the White Pines Trail in Rockford, then went shopping in the little downtown shops. We topped off our afternoon with a couple of delicious hot dogs. It was tons of fun just hanging out, talking about being pregnant and our lives in general, and looking at baby stuff. I'm up for that pretty much any day! Plus, the weather was awesome. It was sunny and WARM! Yay! It was great to spend the day outside with a great friend.
When the carpet installers were finished, Will called, and Ruby and I headed back home to put our house back together. Our house looks so much nicer with new carpet!! The old carpet was just NASTY. I didn't even like for people to come over because I was embarrassed about the carpet! That's pretty bad. Now, the floors look fabulous! It really made our entire house look a lot nicer (and the old uneven floors and stairs more even!). I had no idea how much better our place would look by just replacing the carpet. It was definitely worth the money spent to do it! I can't stop looking at our floors! Hahaha....
Oh yeah, on Sunday, I went to a baby shower for my friend Carrie, who now lives in Montana. It was really good to see her, and the shower was a lot of fun. I got to see lots of girls I worked with in the ER that I haven't seen for quite a while. I think about half of the girls there were pregnant, so that was fun! We all took a picture together with our bellies! Everyone looked really great. Carrie got a lot of really nice gifts, and everyone at the shower was so glad to see her in all her pregnant glory! She looked fantastic! She is due about 3 weeks after I am, so it's fun to keep track of each other's pregnancy symptoms through frequent emails.
As with all of my pregnant friends, it's been so much fun to have other women to go through these experiences with. It's so nice to be able to call one or several of them and say, "Such and such is going on. Have you had that?" I'm also grateful that all of my friends are open and honest. I don't feel like anyone tries to sugar-coat anything, and that makes me trust their advice!
Tuesday morning I medicated myself with some Tylenol then went to my orthodontist appointment. The plan was to take my braces off that day, but it didn't work out. I wasn't expecting it to, though, to be honest. I certainly hadn't been holding my breath because I had a gut feeling that I would need "just one more adjustment", and sure enough, that's what happened. The doctor said we are so close that we should "go for the gold" and do one more adjustment to get the 1 mm or so that will make a perfect smile. What was I going to say to that? No? I doubt it! I've had them this long. One more month certainly isn't going to kill me! The adjustment hurt like crazy, and I ended up being grateful that they didn't come off because of the pain factor. At my next OB appointment, I'm going to ask if it's safe for me to take Vicodin prior to getting my braces removed. I think that's the only way I will survive that kind of torture! I'm hoping that just one dose of pain meds will be fine for me and Maya. If it's not safe, then I will suffer through it! GULP! Wish me luck!
After my orthodontist appointment, I picked up Ruby, and we went to spend the afternoon with my friend Jill. We walked for a long time on the White Pines Trail in Rockford, then went shopping in the little downtown shops. We topped off our afternoon with a couple of delicious hot dogs. It was tons of fun just hanging out, talking about being pregnant and our lives in general, and looking at baby stuff. I'm up for that pretty much any day! Plus, the weather was awesome. It was sunny and WARM! Yay! It was great to spend the day outside with a great friend.
When the carpet installers were finished, Will called, and Ruby and I headed back home to put our house back together. Our house looks so much nicer with new carpet!! The old carpet was just NASTY. I didn't even like for people to come over because I was embarrassed about the carpet! That's pretty bad. Now, the floors look fabulous! It really made our entire house look a lot nicer (and the old uneven floors and stairs more even!). I had no idea how much better our place would look by just replacing the carpet. It was definitely worth the money spent to do it! I can't stop looking at our floors! Hahaha....
Oh yeah, on Sunday, I went to a baby shower for my friend Carrie, who now lives in Montana. It was really good to see her, and the shower was a lot of fun. I got to see lots of girls I worked with in the ER that I haven't seen for quite a while. I think about half of the girls there were pregnant, so that was fun! We all took a picture together with our bellies! Everyone looked really great. Carrie got a lot of really nice gifts, and everyone at the shower was so glad to see her in all her pregnant glory! She looked fantastic! She is due about 3 weeks after I am, so it's fun to keep track of each other's pregnancy symptoms through frequent emails.
As with all of my pregnant friends, it's been so much fun to have other women to go through these experiences with. It's so nice to be able to call one or several of them and say, "Such and such is going on. Have you had that?" I'm also grateful that all of my friends are open and honest. I don't feel like anyone tries to sugar-coat anything, and that makes me trust their advice!
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Feeling Spoiled!
Today, I had a fabulous date with my friend, Diane. We met at Starbuck's for drinks, went to a beauty boutique for some pampering, and ate dinner together at Olga's Kitchen. At the beauty boutique, Diane had a manicure, and she treated me to a fantastic pedicure! The gift of relaxation... what a wonderful thing! Pedicures and massages are my most favorite means of relaxation, and what pregnant woman doesn't need some R & R every once in a while? It was a perfect afternoon, and one that I won't soon forget. Thanks again, Diane!!
After my pedi, I experienced my first public display of my pregnant belly. I was saying that the elastic of my pants was itchy on my belly, and before I knew it, my pedi-girl had my shirt whipped up over my belly and was fixing my pants for me! Then she pulled all of the elastic (you know the foot of elastic that stretches over the belly in maternity pants) down and folded it under my belly, exposing my now naked pregnant belly to the shocked bystanders. I wasn't sure what to do, so I just rolled with it. I'm not very modest, so it didn't so much bother me as it took me by surprise. We all giggled, and I received some "awwwws" from a couple of the women. I don't think Diane knew what she was in for or how to react to the situation. She just exclaimed, "I haven't seen your belly yet!" The whole situation was pretty funny. This pedi-girl also told me that my doctor was crazy to tell me that I could only gain 25 pounds, and she advised to gain as much as I want. Now if she was the one I had to answer to, I'd be all set!
It was a great day, and I'm noticing that my belly is definitely starting to attract some attention. How could it not, now that it just stands right out there?! I'm definitely loving my growing baby-bump!
After my pedi, I experienced my first public display of my pregnant belly. I was saying that the elastic of my pants was itchy on my belly, and before I knew it, my pedi-girl had my shirt whipped up over my belly and was fixing my pants for me! Then she pulled all of the elastic (you know the foot of elastic that stretches over the belly in maternity pants) down and folded it under my belly, exposing my now naked pregnant belly to the shocked bystanders. I wasn't sure what to do, so I just rolled with it. I'm not very modest, so it didn't so much bother me as it took me by surprise. We all giggled, and I received some "awwwws" from a couple of the women. I don't think Diane knew what she was in for or how to react to the situation. She just exclaimed, "I haven't seen your belly yet!" The whole situation was pretty funny. This pedi-girl also told me that my doctor was crazy to tell me that I could only gain 25 pounds, and she advised to gain as much as I want. Now if she was the one I had to answer to, I'd be all set!
It was a great day, and I'm noticing that my belly is definitely starting to attract some attention. How could it not, now that it just stands right out there?! I'm definitely loving my growing baby-bump!
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
I Passed!!
Good news! I passed my blood sugar test! Yah! My blood sugar had to be less than 140. It was just 75! I'm so happy! We both continue to be very healthy... what a blessing!
Monday, March 5, 2007
The Dreaded Doctor's Visit
I had my 28 week appointment with my doctor. I was really dreading this one because I had gained a ton of weight in the last four weeks. I actually DOUBLED my weight gain since my last appointment, and I knew it was not going to go unnoticed. I was right. The pleasant surprise came when my doctor laughed and said, "Valentine's Day must have been good for you, huh?" Whew! I wasn't in trouble! His next comment was, "Easter is coming up, so be careful!" Well, okay, maybe I'll take that as a warning. I really don't think I'm going to make the 25 pound limit that my doctor suggested in the beginning. For the first 24 weeks, yeah, I thought that was reasonable. Now I have 12 weeks of pregnancy left to go and only 5 pounds to spare. I don't think I'm going to make it! Oh well, as long as we're healthy, I'm okay with it.
Speaking of which, I also had blood drawn for the sugar test. I had to drink a very sweet orange flavored drink about an hour before my appointment, then they drew my blood exactly an hour after I had finished the drink. The drink wasn't as bad as I was expecting. It just tasted like orange kool-aid. Not so bad. In two days, I'll get the results of that test, and I'm really hoping that it's normal! I'm a little nervous that it won't be because of my weight gain, and Maya measured a little big. But, I'm not spilling any sugar into my urine, which makes me think that it will be okay. He said that Maya measuring big could just be because of how she is positioned, so we'll see at the next visit. Her heart sounded good, and she continues to wiggle around a ton. She seems to be doing very well!
My next appointment is in two weeks, and I'll have another ultrasound in one month. I like going to the doctor for check ups, so I'm glad that the visits are getting closer together now. For some reason, just hearing him say everything is looking good, makes me feel better. We are very anxious for the ultrasound. We are very excited to see her again! This time she'll have some fat on her bones, so hopefully we'll get to see a good picture of her little face! We can't wait!!
Speaking of which, I also had blood drawn for the sugar test. I had to drink a very sweet orange flavored drink about an hour before my appointment, then they drew my blood exactly an hour after I had finished the drink. The drink wasn't as bad as I was expecting. It just tasted like orange kool-aid. Not so bad. In two days, I'll get the results of that test, and I'm really hoping that it's normal! I'm a little nervous that it won't be because of my weight gain, and Maya measured a little big. But, I'm not spilling any sugar into my urine, which makes me think that it will be okay. He said that Maya measuring big could just be because of how she is positioned, so we'll see at the next visit. Her heart sounded good, and she continues to wiggle around a ton. She seems to be doing very well!
My next appointment is in two weeks, and I'll have another ultrasound in one month. I like going to the doctor for check ups, so I'm glad that the visits are getting closer together now. For some reason, just hearing him say everything is looking good, makes me feel better. We are very anxious for the ultrasound. We are very excited to see her again! This time she'll have some fat on her bones, so hopefully we'll get to see a good picture of her little face! We can't wait!!
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