Time is moving right along....3 months from today is our due date! Although I am hoping he comes a week early so that I will be home in time for Christmas. :)

Less than 2 weeks til my first baby shower and 4 weeks from today til my second baby shower. Crazy! I hope time slows down a little after he is born!

OB appt went well this morning. My blood pressure was fine. Up 3lbs since my last appt making me up 8lbs total. Belly is measuring on time and Austin's heart rate was 140. :) I will be getting my 28 week labs (3 total lab draws) done sometime during my 28th week (the OB doesn't see you for them...you get them done in the office lab and they call you afterward if you fail the Glucose tolerance test or if you come back anemic). I will also be getting my RhoGam shot at that time since my blood type is O-. Any pregnant woman with a "-" blood type gets the shot. It doesn't have anything to do with the first baby but it will affect subsequent babies. I will have to get a 2nd dose after I deliver ...and then again with each child. Yippee..I'm not a fan of shots! Here is a link to more info on the importance of the RhoGam shot for the non-medical girlies reading this. Click here! 

Also no flu shot for me...he said it was up to me and I don't want to get it since it has the H1N1 in it this year as a combo shot. I will be getting the Pertussis booster soon after I deliver (can't have it while pregnant) while still in the hospital. I recommend everyone else to get theirs also since infants aren't fully protected for quite some time since their vaccines are spread out. It's given as a combination vaccine called the Tdap (tetanus, diptheria and pertussis). The CDC is highly recommending it since it's becoming an epidemic. 9 infants have died so far this year. Some of it is due to the parents who don't vaccinate their children and some of it is due to the fact that some adults don't realize that not all vaccines last forever and they therefore inadvertantly give it to a baby. It's very very serious if an infant catches this ...an adult probably won't be hospitalized for it or even think of it as much more than a bad cold but a infant will likely spend a good chunk of time in the Pediatric ICU for it. So if it's been more than 7-10 years since you had yours...please get it to protect Austin and other infants in your life.

Next OB appt is October 21. After that I get to start going every 2 weeks. Time is really going to start flying then!!!

I'll let ya know if I pass my GTT (and what that drink tastes like :( ) after I get my labs drawn sometime between Oct. 4-8th.

Cleaned almost my entire house and threw away/put away a bunch of clutter! Thanks pregnancy hormones/nesting hormones! :) Check out the pictures of Austin's nursery so far on facebook. Can't wait til we can finish it!

Working a little bit on Austin's nursery today. Wanted to buy some of the stuff since his specific sports theme is going away in stores soon. Pictures to come...most likely on facebook.

We are installing his light switch cover (from BRU), curtain rod with cute baseball ends (from BRU), and a window valence that I found at Target in the toddler/young boys bedding aisle.

His aunt Cassie and uncle Alan got him a frameless picture frame that holds 5 pictures and has baby words in blue lettering on it...not sure where we will hang it quite yet but it'll go in his room also! They are bringing it when they come home to Fort Wayne again.

I think we have a night owl on our hands. Austin has been most active from midnight to 2am all week so far! Oh well...I love feeling him move!

And....100 days (or less) to go!

Andy had a half day today so we went out to lunch..and to Babies R Us..which is actually quite a shocker since he's been there with me recently and claims he does not need to go as often as me! lol :)

Anyways he also shocked me when he said we could get some stuff for Austin's room. So we were practical and got his mattress cover and one sheet. We also got his "A" to hang on the wall. :) Exciting!

But we did leave the store bummed...we were looking at the other little boutique sports collection stuff that matches his sheets and didn't see a few of the items..so we asked one of the workers about whether they had more in the back or if they would be getting them in soon. She said "the little boutique sports stuff is being discontinued after each store sells out of it." The outer space line is going to be the little boutique option for boys for the next few months. Grrr!

Most of it is still in the Fort Wayne store...the growth chart, basket (to hold diapers & wipes), decorative shelf, etc. But a pro does come out of this long rambling story....maybe when people are shopping for Austin they will see all this stuff on sale and be more willing to get it! :) Not sure exactly when the stuff will start getting marked down. The lady didn't know.

This is a good frame of reference for Austin's size this week. :) This picture also shows a woman with an anterior placenta like me!

Finalized our pediatrician decision today. Yay for us! :)

Hard to believe we have 16 or less weeks left. I feel like I was just 16 weeks pregnant yesterday! Nothing new going on with us. Just waiting on potential jobs to call. Classes are going well. :) Next OB appt is September 23 @ 9:30am.

Happy Labor Day to all! :) Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend. :) I had a great time with the girls on Friday night and then spent a good chunk of Saturday shopping/walking the mall & Target with my Mom. :)

Happy September Everyone!

I applied for 2 NICU jobs at Community North today which is at exit 1 off of I69....prayers please.

Classes are going well...not really doing anything yet for my independent study one...still waiting on my advisor to give me a game plan.

Very excited to be a bridesmaid in a friends upcoming wedding in June 2011!