Hubby Is Off Again :(

Well, once again my hubby Matt is going out of town for work. He is headed to San Antonio, Texas for 3 days and leaves tomorrow morning at 2:30am. I'm always so sad to see him leave, but at least this should be his last trip before the baby is born!

I have a ton of appointments this week. Monday is my chiropractor (yay, she's back from medical leave!!), Tuesday is my OB appointment, Wednesday Matt comes back home and I think it will be our relax day and Friday I have an ultrasound and Matt has a doctor's appointment. I'll be so glad when the week is over, haha.

Things are going pretty well still. My belly is getting so big that it hurts to bend over, so that makes it difficult to help Ceili get her shoes on and stuff like that. She is slowly learning that she needs to do things like that herself though. The baby has been kicking lots and getting the hiccups often which is pretty neat.

I found out this week that my long term disability was approved until the birth of the baby through my health insurance at work, so I am very relieved. The only awful part is that I will only be getting paid once per month, but there's nothing I can do about that. We just have to make sure to budget well.

Today we got our first snowfall of the fall. Ceili was very excited. After her dance class we went outside for a bit and she played in the snow. It was only a little snow, but she's already bugging to go sledding! Matt will have to take her when there's a bit more snow.

29 Week Ultrasound

I had my 29 week ultrasound yesterday. The tech didn't let me see alot, but she did show Matt and I the baby after she was done all of the measurements and gave us a couple of pictures. Ceili didn't seem too interested in the ultrasound, but I know it's hard to see through all of the black and white mess! She said the baby is around 3 1/2 lbs already and is head-down. This kid knows what it's doing I guess!! I was pretty sure he/she was head down because I have been feeling lots of kicks in my ribs and what felt like little hands moving around in my low abdomen.

I am anxious to see what the doctor is able to tell us when I see him next week since he normally reads the ultrasound report to me. I am hoping he doesn't plan to induce me early because of the size of the baby or something and because I just about failed my gestational diabetes test.

I have been feeling alot better lately. I have been able to do more with Ceili like walk to the park and take the bus places. I still have that little fear in the back of my mind that maybe I could bleed again, so I still don't overdo it. I don't think that fear will go away until after the baby is born though. This pregnancy has had such ups and downs, it has been so rough compared to my first pregnancy.

Getting Better...I hope!

I am starting to feel better every day. I am loving feeling "normal" and being able to do more. I have not had bleeding in a little over a week, so I am hoping I can go back to work even if it's only part-time.

Last weekend we went to a guy from my work's wedding. It was pretty good, our daughter had a blast running around and dancing at the dance, but her attitude the rest of the weekend stunk! She wants to be so independant, but can't quite yet because she's so young and still needs help with some things.

The baby is moving around like crazy lately, punching and kick my bladder and intestines seems to be his/her favorite thing to do! When I lay down in bed, I can now feel the baby's little back and bum and almost always know exactly where the little peanut is. It's such an amazing thing to feel and I'm cherishing it because I know that this will be our last little one.

I found out some unfortunate news on Wednesday from a girl at my work, the lady that trained me at my job when I started last August committed suicide. After she left my position she was offered a new position with the company and took it. A few months later she got let go, but was with the company for a few more months and left just a couple of months ago. That paired with the fact that her boyfriend and her just broke up must have caused her to be depressed. For the last while she was always crying at work. I don't think I will be able to go to her funeral because our van will be in the shop, plus I don't do well at funerals. I'm not sure why but I have issues with death. I know I will die someday and that doesn't bother me, but when other people do it bothers me. If it's family or to support family I have no problem going, but I don't deal well with funerals and I don't think stress is the best thing for me and baby right now.

This weekend Matt and I are going out for dinner for his birthday. His sister is going to babysit Ceili so we can have an adult night which will be nice. I miss having regular dates! We are also hoping to get away in the winter to the mountains for some us time before baby comes. It's just nice to have some bonding time before the chaos ensues!

In other good news, we almost have the baby's room cleaned out now. We have been working on cleaning up our basement and the baby's room for the past few weeks because it has been bugging me. We still have to finish the baseboards in our stairwell and bedroom and then we'll be much closer to done! I don't know why but I'm starting to stress about all of this, but I know we have around 4 months left so I need to calm down, lol.