Week 28

Yesterday was my doctor's apointment and some fun things occured. I got the results back from the orange crush test and my glucose is normal but my iron is low. Normal is at 12 and I am at 10 which means that I have to start taking iron pills. The doctor said that the side effects of low iron are being tired and short of breath. I thought that those were the side effects of being pregnant so now am I being hit twice as hard? Because I can sure feel it if I am. Plus my weight is at 153 pounds which is a bit much for where I am at so I am going to start aquafit for pregnant women next week, provided I can get in and it works out with my schedule. The baby's heart beat was at 140 and everything still looks good except for my memory. As soon as the doctor would say something I would have to ask her to write it down because I had already forgotten. I have a cold/cough. When I talk I start to cough and so I have been pretty quiet today here at work. The doctor said I could take some cough syrup for the cold and listened to my lungs and stuff. but I am not sure. We'll see how it goes first, maybe I can fight it off for a bit. Thanks to my wonderful husband who is suffering from a cold or fever or something, I think that I may have gotten it from him. I mean that's what we do right? Blame everything on our husbands so it must be his fault.

So on a not so great note, Geoff was in a car accident yesterday. He's pretty sore with a bad headache and neck ache all day and night and he is still fighting the cold. Poor guy. He rear ended a car and I am just very thankful that he's not hurt worse. Although he mentioned that his ribs feel bruised too. Plus he has so much work stuff in his car that something could have come from the back and hit him. I'm glad that nothing did. The frustrating part is that he was in the middle lane, the light turned green, everyone started going and then someone slammed on their brakes as Geoff glanced to the side and then hit the guy in front of him before he even had a chance to stop. He was going maybe 30clicks. Anyway, the car is finished. Everything got pushed in and it's not worth fixing. The only problem is that we used that car for all of his work stuff. So he is borrowing his parents truck for now to finish up his last three jobs and then I think he will be done work for this summer. We'll see how it goes.

So that's been the last two days for us.

Hi, my name is Colleen Salter...

and it's been 10 days since my last blog. My life is some what boring this week as I have been trying to go to bed at 9pm each night and the baby decides to wake up at 10pm and then I am in the bathroom at 10:01pm, 11pm, 2am, 4am, snack at 5am, and then there's the alarm 7am.

So my cousin Alyssa in Hawaii is having a rough week. Check out her blog, I have her name as a link and let her know that you sympathize and give her something good that is going on with you. I tried to post a comment on your website Alyssa and it says that I am not a team member so I can't. What's up with that?

My good thing is that it is Friday!! I am leaving at 130pm (one hour) to go home and take a nap. This week has been bad for not getting enough sleep but I guess that's what happens, or at least that's what everyone keeps telling me. Then we are going to a reception tonight with a family dinner starting at 430. I plan on getting a little dancing in tonight too since I haven't done that since my reception in Grunthal. We'll see how my moves are since I have this belly that keeps me slightly off balance most of the time.

Yesterday I went to Walmart at lunch to buy the 5th season of Dawson's Creek on dvd and managed to get the last copy. I really enjoy this show, so laugh if you want, I don't mind. Then I was looking to find a gift for our new niece (two months ago, I'm a bit slow on the gift thing) but wasn't able to decide on anything. I did end up buying the first thing for the baby. It's a really cute, soft baby blue blanket with a puppy dog on it. (I'm hoping for a boy if you didn't already know) Geoff's reaction was that my dad had seen the pictures we took of me and told us that we were having a boy. That would be wonderful but he hasn't seen the pictures yet because I don't have them yet to send. But wouldn't that be nice to know that we are having a boy!! I figure that a girl can still have a blue blanket. She might be a little off at first since we always refer to the baby in the male sense but it can't do any permanent damage, I hope. But if I were to buy a pink blanket that work for a boy. They can't get away with carrying around a pink blanket because that could do some permanent damage and we don't need that. :) (just joking)

I also found a really nice diaper bag that matches the car seat and stoller. But what do I buy now and what do I wait for later on. Not really sure so, for now we'll just hold off on buying too much. Although we did go shopping last night for our new bathroom. Geoff has very expensive and nice taste so we'll see where that leads. I'm really excited to have it all done I just don't like spending all of the money. We will post before and after pictures of the bathroom so that you can see how it turns out. I've decided that since it's only 3 weeks until it's all new that there really isn't any point in cleaning the bathroom anymore. I cleaned it at the beginning of the month so that should be good enough. The tub's been around since the 70's so how much cleaner can it get anyway.

Countdown for work, 44 more days!!

Have a great weekend and if anyone remembers things that they wish that they would have had or done when their baby was first born let me know. I can use any advice.

Third Trimester

Well, I can't believe how time has passed. It feels like just the other day I had my head in the toilet...oh, that's right. It was just the other day, Saturday to be exact. Fruit Loops in the morning just don't work.

There are so many wonderful things about being pregnant though. Feeling the baby inside of me. My hair has never been so shiny and healthy. My skin is clear and very soft. And one day soon I will be able to hold the little Geoff and Colleen miracle. I really do hope that the third trimester will be good. Maybe if I am lucky I will be able to pull off a labour like my cousin Alana. She went in to the hospital at 9cm dilated and had the baby in less than two hours!!

I am looking forward to not being so emotional. The other night it was 8pm and Geoff was still not home from work and my mind just went off the wall with worry. What if he doesn't make it home, where is he, how can I take care of a baby by myself, etc. That's when the tears started flowing and I was an emotional wreck. Thank goodness I pulled myself together before Geoff came home, about ten minutes later, and all was well again.

I went in on Saturday to drink the orange drink to check for diabetes and stuff and it wasn't that bad. Actually it tasted just like Orange Crush. I was impressed with myself too because I drank the whole thing in the five minutes allowed, 10 ounces, waited the hour, gave blood and didn't have to go to the bathroom. I leave with a smile on my face and a bounce in my step as I walked back home. Five minutes later the smile disappeared and the bounce turned into a speed walk as I heard the baby giggle while he/she kicked me in the crouch and my bladder exploded. Good times.

Thanks to my grandma's amazing pie crust recipe, I was able to make some wonderful pies for Thanksgiving this year. Blueberry and Peacan Pumpkin Pie. The pumpkin one I made for the first time and it turned out to be really yummy. I made a chocolate pudding pie with the recipe that my mom gave me and I made the pudding from scratch. It tasted really good too. Except for the crust which I baked wrong and it all shriveled up and didn't turn out right at all. But it was okay and it still tasted alright. Just not as good as when mom does it. But the only way that I was getting any this year was if I made it myself. Which leads me to the quote of the Thanksgiving weekend that was heard more than once and said by my husband, "Colleen are you having another piece of pie?" Yes I am.

So that leaves me what I am thankful for. Pie. No, just kidding. I am thankful for my wonderful husband who accepts me and loves me for all that I am. The miracle inside my body and the blessing that I am able to have a child of my own. My family and all of the love and support that they are to me. Geoff's family and how nice they are. And most of all, our loving Heavenly Father that watches over us and takes care of our little family. He has blessed us with so many things and I am grateful for His love. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

25 Weeks

I went to the doctor last week and everything is still going well. I weigh 147 pounds (yikes) which means that I have gained 20 pounds so far. I am measuring right for where I am and the babies heart is at 159. Since the baby is so very active the heartbeat just keeps going up. I am still convinced that I am having a boy and Geoff thinks that the baby is a girl. My blood pressure is still below normal which is great considering I had to wait an hour and fifteen minutes for my appointment. I guess we have all learned to sit and wait in the doctor's office. I love hearing the baby's heart and knowing that everything is okay.

As for me, I have been able to control how much I eat (usually) so that I don't eat till it hurts. Although I am still waking up at 5am feeling hungry and not being able to fall asleep again. This last weekend though was great as we were able to sleep in and take naps during the day. Just the right amount of relaxing to help us survive yet another week of work and stuff.

I have been told when my last day of work will be. I had hoped just to work right until the baby comes but my boss doesn't seem to like the uncertainty of that idea (go figure). So instead, my last day is December 16th but I can work up until the 22nd. I will train the new person for the first two weeks of December and then if I still feel good enough to work then I will come in for the last week and just do some odd stuff around the office. Which sounds great to be done work but is still a bit scary as I don't know what I am going to do during the rest of the time. Oh well, I guess we'll see what happens. Which reminds me....Has anyone heard what's going on with Alana?

We've signed up for our prenatal classes. They start on Nov. 7 and she told me that they show videos of normal birth and some complications. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I want to know so that I can be more ready (if that is possible) but I don't want to because well it's bad enough that I have to go through it but to have to watch other people. No thank you. Which reminds me of a funny story of when my mother in law went into labour for the first time. The pain came and she said that she had changed her mind and didn't want to do this anymore. Her sister was there with her, a quiet person really, and she says with some really good sarcasim, what are you going to do? push it back in and get up and go home? Funny. I can see myself saying that I don't want to do this anymore too.

Well that's all for now. On a side note, DQ has a blizzard called Chocolate dipped Strawberries which is really yummy!! If you get a chance, check it out.