You probably won't see many posts from me here for awhile. I've been put on strict bed rest for possible pre-eclampsia. It sounded serious when my doctor was telling me about it, but I didn't realize how serious until I spoke to one of my best friends last night (angie, also a doctor). She actually "gave it to me straight," so I realized just how important it is to stay in bed. Before, I had been getting up to get snacks and drinks or just because I was bored. No more.
Keep us in your thoughts! We go in for our nonstress test this afternoon. My doctor is hoping to avoid delivery for at least 2 more weeks, but delivery is the only cure so that will only work if my blood pressure stays down and my liver and kidneys stay healthy.
1.27.2006
1.24.2006
cutest mobile ever
I'm so excited with how the mobile turned out! On a business trip to Toronto a few years ago, I was at a bookstore and found Pierre the Pig by the Manhattan Toy Company. He was very large...I'd say about 18 inches tall. Later, I discovered that they make smaller versions of the same animal, plus other farm friends! I have yet to find them sold in Indiana, but managed to pick up 4 of his friends on various other trips (Seattle and Boston, I believe). Target had their mobiles clearanced, so I just bought the cheapest one, cut off the animals that came on it, and sewed on mine. Love it!
I'm also pretty excited with how well the dresser turned out. Tony worked hard to make it look like a nice piece of furniture (it's something we picked up at Value City one day for $30), and I'm really pleased. I've already got the clothes moved over to it, so the other dresser can truly act as a changing table. Now we just need a baby! ;-)
Congratulations to my cousin Carrie and her family, for the new addition they added on Saturday! Can't wait to meet the little guy!
I'm also pretty excited with how well the dresser turned out. Tony worked hard to make it look like a nice piece of furniture (it's something we picked up at Value City one day for $30), and I'm really pleased. I've already got the clothes moved over to it, so the other dresser can truly act as a changing table. Now we just need a baby! ;-)
Congratulations to my cousin Carrie and her family, for the new addition they added on Saturday! Can't wait to meet the little guy!
1.19.2006
gettin' edjumacated
Wow. Double wow. We attended our birthing "crash course" class last night. Oh my gosh. It's a good thing you don't see those videos BEFORE you get pregnant! I'm sure not looking forward to actually giving birth after last night! I guess it's good to know what is coming, but oh my gosh.
I was really glad they went through the stages of labor and let us know when to call the doctor and when to go to the hospital. I was wondering about that...not know what contractions feel like. I'm also paranoid about my water breaking while I'm at work, so I was relieved to hear that only about 20% of women actually have their water break on their own.
At the end of the class we got to take a tour of the hospital...they let us know where to go when we come in to deliver and showed us the rooms and where the nurseries are. They also went through their security process, which seems really great. The labor and delivery suite is very nice, and the recovery room you go to for the rest of your stay was okay. I like the idea of the pull-out couch, and they promised that if I end up trying to nurse and our baby is in the nursery during the night and gets hungry, they will wheel him down to me and wake me up, rather than give him a bottle. That was good to hear, too! Oh, and they have 24-hour room service and refrigerators in each room. :-)
I was really glad they went through the stages of labor and let us know when to call the doctor and when to go to the hospital. I was wondering about that...not know what contractions feel like. I'm also paranoid about my water breaking while I'm at work, so I was relieved to hear that only about 20% of women actually have their water break on their own.
At the end of the class we got to take a tour of the hospital...they let us know where to go when we come in to deliver and showed us the rooms and where the nurseries are. They also went through their security process, which seems really great. The labor and delivery suite is very nice, and the recovery room you go to for the rest of your stay was okay. I like the idea of the pull-out couch, and they promised that if I end up trying to nurse and our baby is in the nursery during the night and gets hungry, they will wheel him down to me and wake me up, rather than give him a bottle. That was good to hear, too! Oh, and they have 24-hour room service and refrigerators in each room. :-)
1.17.2006
details
Four jobs you have had in your life:
1) Cashier at a family grocery store (first job, in high school)
2) Pharmacy technician (LOVED that job...reason I enrolled in Pharmacy school at Purdue!)
3) Retail (Bath & Body Works, Target, Scrapbook Xanadu)
4) Senior Creative Services Associate (current job, hard to explain)
Four movies you would watch over and over:
1) Clueless
2) 40-Year-Old Virgin
3) Dirty Dancing
4) Pulp Fiction
Four places you have lived: (uh oh...this one might be tough for me...might have to cheat)
1) Parents' house in Brownsburg, IN
2) Dorm at Purdue
3) Apartment at Purdue
4) My house in Brownsburg, IN
Four TV shows you love to watch:
1) Laguna Beach
2) Any variation of the Real World/Road Rules
3) Grey's Anatomy
4) Entourage (sniff sniff...until we cancelled HBO)
Four places you have been on vacation:
1) Mackinac Island, MI
2) Various places in FL
3) Las Vegas
4) Hawaii
Four websites I visit daily:
1) www.twopeasinabucket.com
2) http://aliedwards.typepad.com/
3) My company's intranet page
4) www.oldnavy.com (well, not everyday, but pretty close...alternate it with www.gymboree.com)
Four of my favorite foods:
1) Tony's cheesburgers (seriously, if you haven't tried them before, remind me to invite you over for a cookout this summer)
2) Brownies
3) Sunflower Ranch salad
4) Tony's New York Strips (the man can grill, what can I say?)
Four places I would rather be right now:
1) Home
2) On the couch with a book and 2 cats
3) Seattle
4) NYC
1) Cashier at a family grocery store (first job, in high school)
2) Pharmacy technician (LOVED that job...reason I enrolled in Pharmacy school at Purdue!)
3) Retail (Bath & Body Works, Target, Scrapbook Xanadu)
4) Senior Creative Services Associate (current job, hard to explain)
Four movies you would watch over and over:
1) Clueless
2) 40-Year-Old Virgin
3) Dirty Dancing
4) Pulp Fiction
Four places you have lived: (uh oh...this one might be tough for me...might have to cheat)
1) Parents' house in Brownsburg, IN
2) Dorm at Purdue
3) Apartment at Purdue
4) My house in Brownsburg, IN
Four TV shows you love to watch:
1) Laguna Beach
2) Any variation of the Real World/Road Rules
3) Grey's Anatomy
4) Entourage (sniff sniff...until we cancelled HBO)
Four places you have been on vacation:
1) Mackinac Island, MI
2) Various places in FL
3) Las Vegas
4) Hawaii
Four websites I visit daily:
1) www.twopeasinabucket.com
2) http://aliedwards.typepad.com/
3) My company's intranet page
4) www.oldnavy.com (well, not everyday, but pretty close...alternate it with www.gymboree.com)
Four of my favorite foods:
1) Tony's cheesburgers (seriously, if you haven't tried them before, remind me to invite you over for a cookout this summer)
2) Brownies
3) Sunflower Ranch salad
4) Tony's New York Strips (the man can grill, what can I say?)
Four places I would rather be right now:
1) Home
2) On the couch with a book and 2 cats
3) Seattle
4) NYC
1.15.2006
nursery progress
The fence pieces are up! Tony and I worked on them this morning before the Colts game (if you can call it a game), and then when his brothers came over, they helped him re-arrange the furniture. The only necessities left are painting the dresser to put under the window, hanging the new blinds, and getting a changing pad to go on top of the current dresser. We're getting there slowly but surely!
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