This month is land marked with the halfway point, although very thankful that everything has been great and healthy so far, now scared that we are closing in on the home stretch. The reality sets in on how much more there is left to do with the days dwindling and my belly growing rapidly.
This month's ultrasound, aka Anatomy Scan, went well. Everything is where it should be and functioning properly. Although the Baby wasn't very photogenic we were happy to see the little one active and growing. Mike was told the sex of the baby and sworn to secrecy not to reveal. Thank goodness for his huge hands to cover my eyes while the tech put the gender on the screen. He is having a lot of fun playing the pronoun game with me, to give him credit he is really good at changing it up on me.
When we first moved into the house we had hopes that we could one day call the guest bedroom a nursery. This room was at the bottom of our priority list with home improvement projects so we left it the way it was. As you can tell by this picture we have our work cut out for us. I don't know what the couple before us was thinking when they painted this room but it wasn't a deal breaker for us since I love to paint. After getting the OK from my OB, I started ripping all of the existing base trim and chair rail molding off the wall. The room has now been patched and primed. As soon as my HANDyman Mike hangs the ceiling fan, I will be able to finish the new trim and paint, the color neutral of course. Lots of work to do!!
This month there will only be one belly picture, sorry to disappoint. The weekend of 22 weeks I contracted the flu. After trying to get some liquids into my body for several hours and not having any luck, Mike called my OB. She was on call that weekend at OSU and directed us to the 6th floor of Labor and Delivery where a room was waiting. After a few bags of IV fluid, anti nausea medicine and the threat to being held over night, I was able to hold down 4 saltines and a sprite after 7 hours. Mike was by my side the whole time which is reassuring for when the real time comes. This was actually a good test run for us in December, we timed our trip from the front door of Randle to the 6th floor; 40 minutes. Hopefully the weather will be kind when we have to make the trip. Fingers crossed.
