Latest checkup

I had my latest check up yesterday. Weight gain: 22 pounds; belly measurement: 29 cm. Next appointment in two weeks. I've signed us up for our birthing class at the hospital, and I even convinced Dave to take the breastfeeding class with me (what a trooper!).

Another dream - strangest of all

I have a feeling the dreams will become more and more frequent as we get closer to my due date, but last night's was definitely a doozie. In it, we had twins. One boy, one girl. They were each named the names we have picked out. I believe they were about 3 weeks early and the boy came first with the girl coming almost a day later. We brought them both home, but we hadn't bothered checking the first one's gender until we got them home. But what really put this dream over the top was that the day before I delivered the twins, we had another child born by a surrogate mother. (!) But then after we had the twins Dave and I were wondering if she would want to keep the one she delivered since we now had one of each. I also called her husband to make sure he turned off the gas fireplace in her room at the hospital because I had forgotten to. I'm sure this dream probably says a ton about what's going on in my subconscience, but it's anyone's guess what that is. But the part of the dream where we were home with the babies was actually really sweet. It was kind of sad to wake up and realize I hadn't had the baby yet.

But not to worry, our sonograms clearly show that there's only one baby in me, whew! So there's no chance of this dream coming true. Oh, and by the way, according to all the pregnancy books, the baby is about three pounds right now. We got our first official weight prediction today: Gramma Watson in on the record predicting 7 lbs, 1 oz. I hope she's right, or at least close, I do not want to have a big baby!

30 weeks

Tomorrow marks a big milestone, we'll be at 30 weeks. Wow! That means we're getting down to crunch time with a mere 10 weeks until our due date. So far I feel like it's going to come before it's due date (July 3), but I know Dave is really hoping for the 7th, so his or her birthday will be 07/07/07. I suppose I can handle waiting a few extra days (as Doug recently told me, they're a lot easier to handle when they're still inside of you!), but I just really don't want to go so late that I have to be induced. Of course, that's all still a ways off, so we'll just see how it goes.

checkup update

We have our checkups every two weeks now, so we just had one last Friday. Having them so frequently is going to make the time go even faster, I think. Everything was good at the checkup, I've gained 19 pounds so far, and I think my belly measured about 28 cm. I'm still weighing less than Dave, but I bet I'll pass him at our next appointment on the 27th. I did my glucose test at Friday's appointment and found out this morning that I passed! Hooray!

Dave's working his last two games of the Mavs regular season this week, and then we'll know his playoff schedule on Thursday. Then we can finally schedule our birthing classes. I'm excited to start taking those and touring the hospital. We'll also be doing some crib shopping at the end of the week, too, so we can get that puppy ordered. We're not seeing a lot of cribs that we like, but I think we're getting a lot closer. Baby needs somewhere to sleep!

Only 11 weeks to go!

Happy Birthday Dave!

Yesterday was Dave's birthday. He had the day off, so we had a fun day together. Sleeping in and waffles in the morning, followed by a long walk at the Arbor Hills Nature Preserve with the dogs. After a Whataburger lunch we went to "Blades of Glory" (ho-hum). Then a fun dinner out with some friends and family, followed by cake and ice cream at home. It was a great day and so nice to do a lot of fun stuff in the midst of his busy work schedule. Happy Birthday Hubby! I love you.

baby dreams

Well, you know it's getting close when even I am having baby dreams. A few nights ago I had a dream that we were at the hospital with both of our mothers and Gretchen had a baby boy. We have a named picked out but I can't remember if we decided to name him that. Even though we have names picked out I want to look into his or her eyes first and see if the name fits.
I am in Minnesota today for Mavs. They clinched homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs with their win on Monday so the last 5 games of the season are meaningless. Kind of hard to get motivated when there is nothing to play for. I did get to have dinner with Ed, Connie and Jenna last night. They picked out a nice restaurant in downtown and I got to catch up with everything that is going on with them. That's one of the nice things about traveling as much as I do. I get to see a lot family that I normally don't see unless it's a holiday or special occasion.

Denver getaway

Dave and I got to spend a few days in Denver last week on what may be our last getaway before the baby comes. He had two days off there with the Mavs, so I met up with him on Wednesday. That day we went to the Rockies baseball game and then went to our good friends Sara and Dale's for dinner. Thursday morning Dave and I toured the Denver mint and walked around the capital. That afternoon we went to the aquarium with Sara and Jackson and then back to their place for dinner. Sara, Dale and I were able to attend the Mavs/Nuggets game on Friday night, but I think we were all surprised at whose team ended up with the win (the Nuggets won 75-71). Dave flew back with the team Friday night, but I stayed until Saturday afternoon so Sara and I got some good girl-time together.