CPR Class

Friday we had our infant CPR class at the hospital. It was by far the most valuable thing we could have done. The nurse sat with us and we went through the CPR video, stopping at certain points to practice on the mannequin. We practiced the infant CPR and choking. I feel so much better and I think Brian does too. It was very educational. Then the nurse spent about another hour with us going through the birthing suites, telling us what we could expect the day of delivery, answering all the questions we had, she showed us the nursery and talked about what the baby would go through after it's born. She was really great! Saturday Brian and I put together the stroller and the high chair. We got the car seats all ready to go too. Here are a few pictures of Brian putting together the stroller and high chair. I know I've said it before, but now I really think I'm ready for Cletus to come.

Lights Out

I'm not sure BMeyer wants me to share this story with everyone, but I'm going to anyways....and hopefully I'll get it right....

Yesterday at school, he was working with the kids in the welding shop at about 2:30. He was switching out the wire on the welder and was clipping the wire off to replace it. Well the wire that he clipped off just happened to drop onto the 480 volt outlet for the welder. There was an explosion followed by all the lights going out. The students just stood in stunned shock with their mouths open looking from the smoking wall to BMeyer. BMeyer immediately told the students to begin cleaning up and not to touch the wall or outlet. He started following the trail of fuse boxes and discovered that he had actually blown something in the main box outside the school which had caused the lights to go off for about a 1/4 of the school. Other teachers were calling down to the office saying that their lights were off. Luckily it was only the lights that were affected and not all the electricity. The maintenance guy for the district came and replaced the fuse and the lights were turned back on.

There's never a dull moment when BMeyer's around....I love you babe!

This weekend the agenda is pretty open. Sunday is Stella's baptism so that will be fun. I'll take some pictures and post them later. Last night we got our taxes done and found out we don't have to pay in, which is phenomenal! Kenny you're the best accountant ever! On top of that we should get enough back to pay for our lp for next year! We'll be able to heat the house...how exciting...

Less than two weeks until Cletus is here....

38 Weeks

We had our 38 week check up yesterday. Everything went well. Cletus is head down (has been for a while) and ready. I still haven't felt a contraction yet so I'm thinking it will still be a couple weeks before he makes his debut. We haven't checked to see if I'm dilated or anything, maybe next week at our 39 week appointment we'll check it out. The funny thing is our doctor will be gone on vacation next week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (and probably the weekend although we didn't confirm that) so Brian's calling that we'll go into labor next Friday. I'm not really sure what happens if we do go into labor and our dr. isn't there. She didn't even tell us she was going to be gone, but our next appointment is Tuesday the 11th, so we can ask her then. Maybe BMeyer will just put the catchers mitt on and squat at the end of the bed....

Tonight we're getting our taxes done. I'm just hoping this year we won't have to pay in.

More belly pics

No that's not a giant boob....it's my belly....

It's beginning to look like a bathroom....and a beach ball...

Brian finished laying the tile on the bathroom floor last night. It looks so great! I should have taken pictures of him while he was laying the tile, he had mortar all over him, it's a messy job. But the hard part is done, tonight is grout and then onto the tile for the walls and shower. Hopefully we'll have a toilet in there by next week!

There are also some pics of Cletus on there. Brian and I were playing around with the camera last night. As you can see from the pictures my hands are almost as big as Shrek's hands. Stupid water retention...

The quest for a nursing bra

I know I already posted today, but I just need to vent about my quest for a nursing bra...

I wish someone would have told me how difficult it was going to be to find a nursing bra. My quest started at Target when Brian and I registered for gifts. They had a wide selection of nursing bras so I registered for one in my size. (I know not something people usually give at showers, but it was something I needed and we didn't have much on our registry so I thought "why not?"). Well I did not receive a nursing bra for my shower and now I know why. I went back to Target to get one and they didn't have any in my size (or even remotely close to my size). So a friend recommended Wal-Mart, saying they had a better selection then Target. So I go to the Wal-Mart near my house and they've stopped carrying nursing bras all together. The lady at Wal-Mart said the only place to find them near here was Herbergers. Ouch...I could just about imagine how expensive those nursing bras would be only to get completely soaked with milk and stained a gross yellow color. So I remembered another friend commended Babies-R-Us. So today on lunch I ran to babies-r-us to see if they had anything. Of course they don't sell them either, but the lady there said to try Motherhood Maternity across the street. Of course! How stupid am I? Of course Motherhood Maternity would have nursing bras. So I ran across the street feeling the first glimmer of hope that I would in fact be able to find a nursing bra. I walk into the Motherhood Maternity store and ask where their nursing bras are and the lady points me to half a wall filled with nursing bras! I figure my quest is finally over...wrong again. The lady offers to measure me to make sure I get the correct size, and we find out that they don't carry the size that I need. For the love of....Then she offers to order the correct size from the manufacturer on-line for me and have it shipped to my house. Turns out she can't do that either. (Don't ask me why.) So she gives me the website of the manufacturer and the product number so that I can go to their website directly and order it myself. I did manage to finally order two nursing bras from the manufacturer and have them shipped to my house, so my quest for a nursing bra has come to an end....who knew it would be this difficult? Now I just hope that Cletus and I will be able to nurse or this quest for the nursing bra will all be for not.

Swelling

My entire pregnancy people have asked me, "Have your ankles swelled yet?" I always took great pride in saying, "No, I haven't swelled at all." And for some reason I had even convinced myself that I wouldn't swell...well that fantasy is over! My ankles have swelled up and look like I'm smuggling tennis balls, my fingers look like sausages and I feel like my face has swelled up as well...even though when I asked Brian if my face looked swelled he said no. I think he was just being a good husband though and partly scared of the pregnant lady wrath he would have to endure if he agreed with me. So yes, I'm starting to get sick of being pregnant and I'm ready for Cletus to come. Friday night we picked up the last of the necessities, the highchair and the stroller, so I think we've got everything we need for Cletus...although I'm sure once he/she's here, there will be something we've forgotten or didn't realize we would need.

Friday we also picked out the tile for the bathroom. I meant to take pictures before I left for work this morning of the progress Brian made this weekend, but I forgot. I'll take some tonight and post them tomorrow. He's doing such a great job!! It's really beginning to look like a bathroom!

Happy Monday Everyone! Have a great week!