Daycare and 10 year high school reunion

Well in my previous blog I told you that I was going to interview in home daycares, I did in fact interview two great daycares last Thursday. I did decide to choose Sue Stanek. She lives pretty close to us and she has an assistant which makes the caregiver to child ratio 1:5. That is pretty good! Also she lives out in the country so as our child gets older there is a really big backyard to play around in with a lot of playground equipment. She is CPR/first aid certified and has 19 years of experience as well as 7 children of her own. She stated also that sometimes they like to babysit on the weekends...Bonus! I also observed her interactions with the kids and I could tell that she is great with children. I think that she will be a great fit for us.

Also this last weekend we had our 10 year high school reunion. We had a great time both nights. Friday night we all met at a local bar called Eddies and then Saturday night we went to Aggies and had a buffet style dinner with a local band. Andy works with the guitarist at Long Lines and the band was amazing. They have been number 1 in Sioux City for the last 3 years. I will post some pics from the reunion. Although it did make for a tiring weekend with staying out late each night!

This Wednesday is our first birthing class. We have them every almost every Wed night in July. We will learn breathing techniques, pain relief, newborn care, and get a tour of the nursery. I also mailed the paperwork in for pre-regristration to the hospital so when the big day comes we won't have to wait to register. This week I am going to work on finding a good pediatrician and washing some more baby clothes. I had bought a few more baby clothes at a friend's rummage sale for a really good price!

31 Week Appt

Today I had my 31 week appt. Everything is going great with Baby G. My BP was great and I didn't have any protein or sugar in my urine. Also the baby's HR was 144. I asked the doc a few questions today and one of them was about at what point do they induce labor. She had told me one that I would be induced around 41 weeks if I hadn't gone yet. That would be around Andy's birthday...that is if I don't go into labor before!

Also today I have two great potentials for in home daycares. I am going to interview both of them on Thursday and I will let you know who we end up picking.

Baby Shower!

A lot has happened since my last blog! I had another appt last monday and I have just been super busy with family in town to report what happened. We had our 3d/4d ultrasound and it was amazing! You could actually see the baby's face. Some people say that he looks like Andy and some people say that he looks like me. We will find out when baby G. comes out in 10 weeks. That is right today we are 30 weeks! At the appt I was also checked for gestational diabetes and it was negative. Actually my blood sugar was 97 even after drinking a bottle of glucose. I also had a great hemoglobin of 11.1 which means I am not anemic. My doctor was surprised because she said that usually people don't pass both. We also heard the baby's heartbeat and it was 145. My next appt will be next week since I am now on every 2 week appts!

I also had my baby shower this last weekend and it was great. We had about 25 people there and it was held at the Bluffs Area Family Center. Roxanne, Liz, my mom and Kelly helped host. Roxanne and Liz made the food and they made meatballs, fruit skewers, chips with 3 different salsas, cake, iced tea, and coffee. Sue Flom made chocolate covered strawberries and kiwis! We played a game where everyone brough a baby pic of themselves and we had to guess who was who. Maria Williams won with guessing 11 people! I got second with guessing 10. We also had to guess how many chocolates/ mints were in the plastic baby bottle and Nikki Huygens won that game. For gifts I got a ton of stuff and now Baby G. is set! He got a pack n play, baby monitors, baby swing, tons of bath stuff with a "whale" bathtub, clothes, infant travel bed, toys, and soothing baby sheep that plays sounds and a soothing sounds machine that fits on the crib just to name a few. You can view pictures of the baby shower at http://www.flickr.com/photos/thegouldfam/sets/72157619763440709/

Also there were party favors that were impatients in a pot of soil that had the poem " We planted these seeds Now watch them bloom, Just like Baby Gould who will be here soon!"

Third Trimester!

We are now in the third trimester! Today I am 28 weeks along. The baby weighs 2.25 lbs right now according to baby center! We can't wait to see him!

In a couple of days I get to back to Sioux City! After 4 weeks of being in Virginia Beach, VA it is time to go home! I can't wait! Our baby boy misses his daddy so much! He is still kicking like crazy too. I will post some pics of me down at the beach. It was really nice here last weekend and me and some of my coworkers went swimming in the ocean! We all got really sunburnt but yes we did wear sunscreen!

Virginia Beach!

Well the baby and I are in Virginia Beach and we will be here until this Friday. We miss daddy so much, but I am learning a lot for my new job at International BioResources. We have been training (mainly reading and presentations) for the last week and this week we will finally be able to do some hands on type of stuff.

I also went swimming the other day with the baby for the first time. They have a pool in the hotel so I have been taking advantage of that and the workout area while we can. The baby has also been eating a lot of crab cakes and he seems to like them cuz I haven't felt nauseous.

Today we went down by the beach and saw the first government owned lighthouse...it was pretty cool. It was on a military base so they had to search our car thoroughly before we could get in. We also went to a naval museum and we were going to get on the battleship Wisconsin but due to the rain we were not able to so we will definitely see it another day!

Well the baby is definitely getting bigger and he is very active...I love it when he kicks! I have been able to see my stomach move when he kicks now. I can't wait for daddy to be able to feel the baby kick again when I get back!

Jason Mraz Concert!

This week we were supposed to go to Playa Del Carmen Mexico for Dusty and Megan's Wedding...However due to the swine flu we decided not to go. There is no need to put our baby at risk right now since he is so vulnerable at this point. Since we didn't go, we decided to go to a Jason Mraz Concert! We went last Tuesday night and he was amazing. He was so good live and he even had a brass section, which made it even better. Before the concert, we went to Brewburgers which was a really awesome burger place in Omaha and we met Hugh there. I had their beef brisket sandwich which was amazing and Andy had their portabello burger with gorgonzola cheese. If you are ever in Omaha we highly recommend this place! (We found it on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives...the best show ever.)

Also when we were at the concert, I think the baby liked the music because he kept kicking. Either he liked it or it was too loud...I am not really sure!

Ob Appt

Today I had another Ob appt and everything is going great! My BP was really good and no protein or sugar were found in my urine. They also measured my belly which is getting bigger everyday! They checked the baby's fetal heart tones and baby's HR was 155. It was really funny because when the nurse went to put the doppler on the baby to check fetal heart tones he moved! He is a mover and a shaker...I wonder where he gets that from?! =) Recently I have felt him kick a lot and Andy loves putting his hand on my belly to feel him kick!

My next Ob appt. I will take a glucola test that checks for gestational diabetes. I hope it is negative. I really haven't had any signs or symptoms of gestational diabetes but I guess we will find out next appt.

I also had to pick up all of my medical records up until this point so I can take them with me to Virginia Beach, VA. I am going to be there for 4 weeks for my new job. I turned down the Sgt. Bluff Clinic job and took this one instead. It is full time and I will be working at Plasma Donation Center that will be opening June 16. It is only a couple blocks away from my house so that is really nice.

In the meantime I have been looking for good daycares and I have a found a few but if there is any in home daycares that anyone knows about let me know!