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We had a great 4th of July weekend! Kathy and Derrick visited us from New Jersey Friday night and were our first overnight guests in the new house! It was so much fun seeing them!
Saturday we traveled to Rich Hill for the family BBQ, which was AWESOME to catch up with all of the extended family that we don't get to see very often (plus uncle Trent makes the BEST grilled burgers EVER and aunt Kris's homemade ice cream is so good it's worth waiting a whole year for!). Saturday night we attended the famous Rich Hill 4th of July Festival, complete with an outdoor concert by Shenendoah. Mike got some great fireworks pictures!
Baby update....I am now 19 weeks along and apparently the baby is the size of a mango, weighing in at just over 1/2 a pound already! Everything is going great and I'm feeling really good now. FINALLY I'm getting over this upper respiratory/sinus infection that I've had since mid-May...who knew how awesome it is to actually be able to breathe!
We made our first baby purchase last weekend, a crib and dresser! Uncle Bob and Trevor helped Mike carry them into the baby's room (thanks for the muscles!) and Mike put them together. Next project, painting the baby's room!
Your body does many interesting things while pregnant, one of which is to supress the immune system so as not to identify the baby as a foreign object and launch an all out attack. The down side is that your immune response is diminished to pretty much EVERYTHING...which is why I've been battling a cold for the past month and can't seem to shake it. Last week I developed a fever and now I have an earache and a sinus infection. Ugh! Today I finally had to give it up and kneel down to the Zithromax god so that I can get some relief. Poor Mike has listened to me whine for long enough so hopefully he'll be able to get some relief, too!
We had an ultrasound today and everything looked absolutely great, including the four-fingered wave of greeting shown above! Baby Jinx is growing wonderfully and is right on track for a Thanksgiving delivery! The little rascal wouldn't let us get a good look at the gender yet...Yesterday was the first day that I really felt some little wriggles and thumps! Very exciting!!!
Thanks to all for the many birthday wishes! Thanks to Mike I had a GREAT day, starting with that Cuisinart food processor that I've been lusting after for years, bagels for breakfast at work, yummy Bo-Ling's for dinner, and ICE CREAM BIRTHDAY CAKE! Mmmmm!! What a great husband I have!
Also, thanks to everyone who helped schlep all of our stuff from the condo over to the new house while I was away for my Granny's funeral. I am SO thankful that we have such great friends and family who were willing to help so that Mike didn't have to do the entire move by himself. Other than everyone risking a hernia, I think the only casualty I heard about was that uncle Bob nearly got a concussion from the garage door! We can't wait to have everyone over to visit once we get unpacked and settled in!
There's not much to report on the baby front...I'm 17 weeks now and looking really pregnant! I just read that the baby is the size of an open hand, which is hard to imagine. Everything seems to be going great!
Unfortunately I have some sad news to share. My granny passed away on June 10th. She was 85 and we were very close. Granny was full of spunk and loads of fun. She was quite a remarkable lady and was surrogate mom/grandma to more kids around my hometown than I can even count! She loved her BINGO and made the best coconut cream and lemon merengue pies! I will miss her dearly.
Her funeral service will be on Saturday. Unfortunately, I'll have to make the 6 hour trip home by myself because Saturday is the day we've been scheduled to move for months! I feel horrible for Mike because he'll have to do the whole move without me. Thank goodness we have such AWESOME family and friends who have volunteered to help Mike with the move. I can't imagine what we'd do without them!
Today is a big day! In a couple of hours we'll be getting the keys to our new house! We are SO excited!! Everything in our condo is all boxed up and ready to go. The Mao-Mao's have been enjoying the last two weeks prowling around the cardboard jungle that is our living room and kitchen. They are going to be in for quite a shock tomorrow on Moving Day, but I think they'll like their new digs! Lots of windows and space to run around.
Remember when I blogged about starting my patio garden? Well, apparently my thumb turned green! I have already picked three red-ripe tomatoes and my yellow cherry tomato plant is loaded with tiny greens. I already have about 4-5 jalapeno peppers on the vine and my basil is going crazy. I think I must have bought the incredible hulk of potting soil this year! I have not yet mastered cilantro cultivation, apparently. My cilantro started out as a nice, full, bushy plant and now it's about 3 feet tall and looks like some giant weed that I would have found in my dad's cow pasture. Hmm...maybe I'll just have to harvest the seeds and have some fresh coriander! We'll see how the plants handle the move to the new patio...
Baby update....I am now 19 weeks along and apparently the baby is the size of a mango, weighing in at just over 1/2 a pound already! Everything is going great and I'm feeling really good now. FINALLY I'm getting over this upper respiratory/sinus infection that I've had since mid-May...who knew how awesome it is to actually be able to breathe!
