Ice out -- almost (Week 27)

The ice is out of some lakes in the city -- and getting close in others.  Today we took a stroll around Lake Harriet.  It was sunny and lovely.  Lots of walkers, runners, dogs, strollers and kids.  Minnesotans are just itching to stretch their pasty white legs with a run around the lakes. We were a little more discreet, and kept our winter whites to ourselves. 


I am happy to have last week behind me.  It was staff appreciation at Lyngblomsten, all staff were offered a free 15 minute massage. I gave more than 60 massages in less than 7 days! My hands were raw by the end of the week from washing and sanitizing.

We had another doctor appointment this past week.  I gained a modest 3 lbs in the last 5 weeks. I am happy to have the glucose test done, I passed with flying colors.  My iron is a little low, but everything is still checking out fine.  She continues to kick and flip like crazy.

I have been going a little nuts shopping for little pink outfits.  I think she'll be well dressed throughout her first months of life.  Grammy also has put a considerable dent in her closet, including a ridiculously adorable swimsuit.  I'm not sure how much swimming she'll be doing, but we thought we would have to put her in it, just to take pictures.

Aunt Carrie takes a break from quilting to pose for a photo at Lake Harriet

Aunt Carrie has been busy shopping for fabric, cutting and quilting.  Can't wait to see the finished product(s).  Hey, Car - we're counting on quilt, bumper, curtains, crib skirt, etc! Chop,chop! HA... kidding.  No seriously, I am beyond excited about the quilt - I think it will be so sweet for our little girl to be swaddled in something made with love by her Auntie.

In other non-important, baby related news -- Saturday we went to Baby Grand, they carry the stroller we want and a lot of other stuff we had registered for at 'Babies', for the same price. They were very friendly and helpful -- even though we overstayed our welcome, well past closing time. We've already set up our wish list there. We decided to "de-registered" for babies r us.  We were not in love with anything we had on our registry there.

That's the update for week 27.

Happy spring to all! Have a great week and a Happy Easter!!!

Art Imitating Life

26 Weeks

We dropped by Hamline on Sunday to get something from Jamie's office - I saw this statue and was inspired.  It appears that I am perfecting the pregnant lady, 'hand on the belly, hand on the back move'.  I'm feeling more and more like I need to stand like this just to hold myself up. Yoga has helped me stay upright, but this past week my balance seemed to disappear all in an instant.  I could not stand on one foot and do my balancing poses to save my life -- this used to be one of my favorite parts of yoga. 

Big weekend for Hinote's Heroes (my hockey team) -- we won state! I stepped in as 'coach', it is really hard for me to watch (I am a doer), but I was happy that I could be on the bench, yelling and opening the door for line changes.  And, of course, I love my team to pieces and miss getting to hang out and skate with them.  They had a great tournament, and an excellent championship game beating the Blue J's 4-0.  Nice job, ladies! I'm already looking forward to next season.  I should be back on the ice by early July ... right?

We had some plus 60 degree days to whet our appetites (well, mine at least) for summer -- Jamie starts sweating when it hits 53, so he is less enthusiastic.  The rink has melted (and more importantly evaporated) and the grass is starting to green.  I found some chives that had sprouted in a pot that was left outside all winter.  I'm anxious to clean the yard and start to plant -- but we'll see how much actually gets done this year, I will be quite large by the time planting season hits.

Happy Spring!

Girly Girl...

Take that! For those who are predicting that we will have a little tomboy on our hands... check out all the pink in the closet! I'm trying not to go overboard on buying clothes.  I realizewe'll get gifts and we don't even know for sure how big she'll be.  But how can I resist? I can already see how cute she'll look in all these little dresses.
This is about as far as we've come on the baby's room, by the way.  The rest of the closet is filled with massage linens, a sewing machine and random odds and ends.  The room is still set up for massage and as soon as we paint the other room we can change things around. Now if we can only get off our rear ends to paint!

And the bump goes on...

25 down, 15ish to go!

I guess perhaps I was a bit disillusioned thinking that I was "small." Maybe people were lying to me? Recently I've had two people (perfect strangers) assume I was expecting. How presumptuous, I thought - Do I even look that pregnant? The answer, by the way, is an undeniable, YES! So far it has been better to look pregnant than just looking chubby and out of shape - though there is definitely some of that going on, too.

It was a big weekend for us here. We spent most of Saturday registering for stuff, stuff and more stuff. We were all smiles at the beginning. To get our feet wet, we started at Target, where the selection and items are fewer.

Jamie learned that this was not the proper way to handle a car seat.

Our first big mistake of the day, was to leave the house at 11:30 am, dangerously close to the lunch hour.  As much as I like to shop - I am a pregnant lady who needs to eat! It wasn't long before I felt overwhelmed with hunger and had to stop for a snack. 

Thanks for the photo, dear!

We soldiered on and managed to knock out both Target and Babies R Us.  Well, for the most part. The end-cap-stop-and-snack only took me about three-quarters through Babies R Us before we had to leave for lunch, which was actually closer to the dinner hour.  We may have been a bit trigger happy with the scanner, and we left feeling a little too much like we were asking for people to buy us all this stuff.  So we've been doing some tweaking via the Internet - more editing is needed.

Don't forget to enter our baby pool:  MacBaby Girl Baby Pool

24 Weeks

 

It's high school hockey playoff time around here - a rather huge deal in Minnesota. We spent our 23rd week taking in a few high school section playoff games over at the Coliseum on the State Fair Grounds. White Bear Lake eliminated Stillwater on Wednesday, and, two nights later, Hill Murray eliminated White Bear - after Hill had brutally eliminated Mounds View (my alma mater).  We missed the Mounds View game because I was getting a massage (priorities).  I posted a few tweets (yep, Twitter) during the White Bear v. Stillwater game, which happened to be spotted by an old hockey buddy of my brother's.  He stopped by between periods with 2 of his 3 boys to catch up.  Isn't technology grand?  I was forbidden to tweet during the rest of the action because we were apparently in foul puck territory and I was putting our unborn child in harms way by not paying attention.

Still feeling well.  I will continue to work as long as my belly allows my hands to get to my clients.  It can be a bit grueling to work with my folks in their wheelchairs - but I love them all so much, and I will miss them when I'm out.

Our 24th week brings the high school hockey state tournament at Xcel Energy Center.  We probably won't attend - but it is well covered and games are aired in full on local television.  Thank goodness for all this march madness to ease the pain of the end of the Olympics.