July

So I hear that I'm actually supposed to update this thing! Ok, I will do my best to update - and yet not make it a 10 hour read.

What did we do? # 1 - Watched Tour de France. Luckily we have DVR - and didn't need to miss a thing... which is great - because I'm addicted.

#2 - I got a kidney stone. This one was a bit different from all my other stones because it started differently. Felt more like a bladder infection to begin with - and then like all of the others - Pain. Lots of it. 8 mm stone that I luckily passed without needing surgery. Good news - I have another in my kidney just lurking around for another moment I need to be reminded how much I like pregnancy.
There was a very funny part though (as if me having kidney stones doesn't make you laugh already --- admit it old roomies --- it makes you laugh!). The night before was our very first Childbirth class at Flowers hospital. They showed us all the things they would be hooking me up to during the labor, and then we got a tour of the rooms. Very nice rooms. I wasn't quite expecting to be in them - hooked up to all the same monitors the next night... with the same nurse that gave me the tour. I was handling all of this information fine - until they gave me some drugs... and then I had to keep telling myself that I wasn't having the baby... and that it was just a kidney stone.

#3 - All things baby. This is Jaren painting the wall for the room. We are going with Brown and Green with Pink accents for the colors. Look for more pictures when we finish the room.
Here's a random picture Jaren took of my belly.

I'm getting a lot of phone calls from family and friends back home - saying I'm not taking enough of these - so here's two! (And yes... this door is our standard place to take the belly pictures)

Last Friday I made my first baby quilt. I'm really not as crafty as that sounds. I had the inspirational help of my dear friend Sparkle. She has the tools, the know-how, and experience to convince me that such a job can be accomplished. I loved the process of making a quilt... all the way from buying the fabric to sewing the last stitch - totally enjoyable. Also, the process makes me very nervous and scared that I'm going to mess the whole thing up. And yes... Sparkle made me do all of it - that way all of the mess ups I could claim as a right of parenthood - and creation of something all my own for my daughter.

Here's me - 1st time on a surger.
Tying the quilt...

And the finished product! I have to admit that I'm a bit shocked that I pulled this thing off, and that I surged and sewed as straight as I did. Thank you Sparkle - my daughter is going to love her blanket - and love the stories of us making our blankets together.