February improves!

Boy were we happy to get our mattress. We are in absolute heaven! On Valentines day I made an executive decision that it was time to ditch the hand me down furniture in our bedroom now that we had this lovely mattress. For the last year I've been eyeing a bedroom set at work and it just so happened there's a set that was returned for a few nicks. They were just going to sell it off at full price after touching it up with a furniture pen, but I talked my boss into selling it to me at an extra discount on top of my employee discount. :) So, Valentines night I loaded up two nightstands and told Drew there was something heavy in the car I needed help with. Later that night when we were laying there we looked at each other and just smiled. We felt so "grown up" with our new nightstands and bed. We have the dressers on reserve. Fresh paint, a new bed and matching furniture..there was a bright side to the mini disaster.

I signed us up for the hopsital tour. It was huge! About 200 people (half of them pregnant) in a banquet room with vendors offering freebies, punch and cake, and a stroller raffle. It was a big ordeal. They even had a damn pianist! It was taking so long to get it all underway we were tempted to ditch and do our own tour. In the end though we were glad we stuck it out. We learned alot about the hospital and got to check out a birthing suite. They are very bright and roomy. She won't even have to leave the room after she is born. I was so impressed with the room I started to get dizzy while checking it all out. I think I'm in for it! :)

Last Saturday I went to a really cool mom and pop "babies r us" style store called Bergstrum's. I picked up my grandma and we met my mom and little sister there. We were there for half the day, but we had a lot of fun! We were able to get all the big stuff. We got her dresser, stroller, cradle mattress, crib mattress & rocking chair. Miles and Drew are finishing the green accent wall tomorrow and then Marly's room is ready to be put together. We are on our way to getting our upstairs back to normal. I'll post pics when done. :)

Monday night we were in bed watching TV and she started to do her normal movements. Then I noticed the blankets over my stomach were moving too! I kicked them off and we proceeded to watch my belly move in waves with her movements. What a trip!

Tuesday I had my glucose test. This is where you fast and drink a concentrated sugar drink and after an hour they draw your blood. It made me feel nasty the rest of the day, but the nurse called and told me my results were normal thank goodness. If you fail, you do it all over again, but have to sit for 3 hours and get blood drawn four times! It turns out though I am slightly anemic. Maybe that explains the dizziness??? Anyways, Im now taking iron pills.

Wednesday night we went to check out car seats at babies r us and sign up for the registry since it wasnt letting me do it on line. Mostly its nice to have a organized list of what you still need and how much its all gonna cost! What's really cool is that we have up to a year after the due date to purchase whatever we don't buy right away at a 10% discount.

Thursday I had my monthly check up. To my surprise Miles mom Laura happened to be the appointment before me, so that was nice. Made the time go quick for both of us being as how they like to keep you waiting a good 45 minutes usually. I had the follow-up ultrasound to check up on the placenta. As my uterus expanded the Placenta moved up right into place. Marly is now 3 pounds and she is growing right on track. I also had the tech confirm she is indeed a girl ...again. :) (I've heard some crazy stories!) Anyways, I feel like I'm having a normal pregnancy again, its nice!

I can't believe I'm 7 months now, its flying by.

Here is the latest ultrasound pic.

Love to you all..
Sarah