Belated Merry Christmas!

Hope everybody had an excellent Christmas! It was a nice long weekend spent with family and good food. We finally got some work done on the baby's room and it is almost finished. Just need to get the crib and a few more items, pictures will come soon.

Flanagan also had a good Christmas, so much so that he fell asleep with his new toy. Thanks to Sean, Robin, and Gordie for his new favorite toy!

30 Weeks

I can't believe I am already 30 weeks pregnant! The months are flying by, and I feel that we have so much to do. B.J. has almost finished painting the baby's room, so after Christmas we will get the crib and all the other stuff we need. Only 2 more months!!

This baby is very active, it seems like she is always moving. I have been feeling pretty good, but I am starting to get uncomfortable. All the baby weight is out front and by the end of the day my stomach muscles and back are sore. I know it's just going to get worse so I will have to limit how much I do at work. More sitting, less standing and walking around. I had a doctor's appointment today and he said to just take it easy. I really don't want to go on bed rest so I will do my best to relax.

I feel huge!


B.J. hates painting.

80 Freaking Dollars

I finally signed B.J. and I up for the birthing class at the hospital where I will be giving birth. We are going on Jan 20th and 21st from 10am to 3pm. I am looking forward to it since I am sure it will be informative and interesting. I was not pleased with the cost of the class, $80.00 and not covered by my health insurance. Apparently most insurance companies do not consider the class to be medically necessary so they will not cover it. As if having a kid isn't already expensive enough. Annoying.

The baby is kicking so much lately! It is so weird to watch my stomach move when she moves around. B.J. finds it freaky and it kind of is. Seems like it's something out of Aliens. It is reassuring to feel her moving around. She's going to be a soccer player, she is, she is.

No Smoking in Ohio and Pearl Harbor

Today, December 7th, was the first day Ohio's no smoking ban went into place. This means no smoking in bars, restaurants, workplaces, and any public place. This is awesome. I can now enter the lunchroom at work and not come out reeking. Also this means the smokers at work will actually have to do work instead of sitting in the lunchroom. I bet there are a few people that spent around 4 hours a day smoking. Of course there were plenty of people bitching about the ban, but when they were asked if they voted and their response was "no" I wanted to laugh. Voting gives a person the right to bitch and complain. It was also hilarious that the first day of the smoking ban happend to be 20 degrees and snowing outside. Ha ha! (Nelson voice)

On a less spiteful note, today is Pearl Harbor Day. B.J. and I visited the USS Arizona memorial last year when we were in Hawaii. It was an interesting and moving experience. The memorial did a good job of giving both the US and Japanese points of view. Since both my grandfathers (Kohl and Sterling) were in WWII I really wanted to see the memorial. If you ever go to Hawaii, visit the memorial, it is very humbling.

Another slow week

B.J. is watching the end of The Librarian on TNT, it is not good.

Today was the slowest day at work, I did around two and a half hours of project work. I don't think we are going to get much work in this week, so this week will probably drag on.

Anyway, this weekend was ok. Saturday I had a good time with my mom at the outlet mall, I was able to get most of the Christmas shopping done. I did get really tired from walking, carrying around this extra weight is not easy. My feet really hurt by the end of the day. Sunday I woke up at 4:00am and could not fall back to sleep. So I decided to get up, did some dishes, read the paper and then at 5:30 went back to bed. I had fitful sleep until around 9:30. Almost every night the past couple weeks I wake up around 3:00-3:30 and cannot get back to sleep. It is really annoying and I felt lazy and like crap for almost the entire day. At least the Browns won, that was awesome!

Today we toured a daycare, Rainbow Child Development Center, in Fairborn. They are the only day care center I found that will watch kids part time (5 hours a day). When we get there the director who was to show us around had to watch a classroom since she had a teacher call in sick so we were able to look around ourselves and check out the infant room. The place was nice and very clean. The teachers fill out a worksheet every day on each child to let the parents know when they were fed, changed, and when they napped. I think it will work out fine. They are faxing me more info tomorrow about pricing, etc. Once I figure out how much it will cost I get to negotiate with my boss about pay.

Only three more months to go before our baby is here, time is flying by!

Nothing to do...

Work has been so boring this week, things are slow so I don't have much to do. Actually today I have nothing to do. Makes the day go by so slow. Luckily I have the internets and have been looking for Christmas gifts. My mom and I are going to the outlet mall tomorrow so I should finish up most of it this weekend.

B.J. and his dad are going to work on the trim for the baby's room tomorrow and sometime this weekend we are going to pick out paint. Sherwin-Williams has an Low VOC, no odor paint that we are going to use. Hopefully we can finish the room in the next couple weeks so we can get the crib and put everything in the room. Currently all the baby stuff is in our guest bedroom and you can barely walk in it is so crammed with stuff. I think I am nesting since all the mess is making me stressed. I am just getting excited for our baby girl!